Have any of you seen the best tv show in the world..arrested development? Well, if you have, you know that cheesy theme song "the final countdown" that plays every time gob performs one of his illusions?? That was our theme song this weekend as we roasted our last batch of...
Posts tagged: Roasting
ECAFE
After a couple of months of delay, the much anticpated ECAFE coffees finally arrived on our doorstep about a week ago. The ECAFE Gold auction features the best coffees from Ethiopia of over 65 cooperatives from five unions—the Sidama, Oromia, Yirgacheffe, Kafa Forest, and Tepi Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Unions. These...
La Esperanza #1, how do we love thee?
Our Colombia Cup of Excellence, La Esperanza #1, cupped out so beautifully this morning that we had to make a french press of it for ourselves in the roasting room. Mike "killed" on this roast and brought out everything we love about this coffee..big, juicy fruit, cranberry acidity, melon &...
San Francisco
We recently had a very delightful & productive visit to San Francisco & Oakland to visit some of our coffee collegues & importers. Right after landing we headed for the Toronado and had ourselves some really delicious beer. Usually the beer comes after the massive amounts of coffee but we...
Nez du Cafe
After months of waiting, we finally recieved our Nez du Cafe from the SCAA. This sensory training kit is based on the Nez du Vin developed by wine expert Jean Lenoir to help wine tasters learn to recognize & identify some of the different aromas in wines. The Nez du...