Throughout our three hour, three flight, thirty coffee cupping, we repeatedly returned to Helio Francisco Rico's coffee, La Esperanza #1. When the early morning bidding was fierce in the Cup of Excellence auction, we held onto our resolve that hell or high water, we were going to buy Mr. Rico's...
Victrola Coffee Roasters
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...
The last batch
Chris is back east visiting family and Cafe Grumpy this week so I am without my camera..point being, this photo is from May so don't let the roast date concern you! Chad broke the news to me this morning that he and Mike just roasted our very last batch of...
Coffee Rub
After a visit to the farmers market, our friends Misha and Michael whipped up this incredible dish. The meat is a Buffalo tri tip and the rub/marinade was made with the following: Victrola Guatemala Hue Hue Tenango Finca Vista Hermosa, bay leaf, cayenne, rosemary, earl grey tea, thyme, coarse salt,...
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...