Mocha Java
Mocha Java is the oldest known coffee blend. Traditionally, Mocha--a coffee from what is today Yemen--is cut with a coffee from Java. The goal was and still is a gestalt between the fruit-forward...
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Rusty's Hawaiian Medium Roast Ka'u
Rusty's is a celebrated farm in Ka'u, the southern tip of Hawaii. They have won state-wide cupping contests, and were behind one barista's recent win at the US Barista championship. In addition to...
View ArticleExtaction Times
I have been thinking a little bit about extraction times ever since making a mildly unpleasent pot of coffee last week. The pot of coffee was mildly over-extracted, I had forgot to adjust the grind on...
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Cremina Received!
Finally, after a long period of waiting, the Olympia Cremina I have been waiting for have arrived. I was pleasantly surprised because it actually arrived last Wednesday which is two days earlier than...
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Freeze Your Coffee, Says Don Francisco
Best way to store your coffee? Coffee experts tend to split on whether or not you should freeze your coffee beans, so specialty coffee roaster Don Francisco's decided to research the subject...
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A few random site-related observations
Since I visit this site often, like a number of you, I tend to notice when things change (and when they don’t). Hence this post, in which I’ll collect a few random ROASTe-themed observations. Please...
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Vietnamese Coffee Variation - Iced Saigon Cappuccino
Running out of half and half collided with several days worth of Vietnamese iced coffee recipes in my mailbox to create a very happy coincidence this morning -- my morning iced Vietnamese cappuccino....
View ArticlePT's Ethiopian Ardi
Ethiopian Ardi is an award-winning naturally processed coffee from the Sidamo region that placed 1st in East Africa's Taste of Harvest competition. It was until recently offered by PT's, Coava,...
View ArticleSame Coffee Different Roasters
Right now I have headed my way from AJ's Coffee a bag of Musasa Coop. I really enjoyed the previous coffee that I had gotten from AJ's and the description looked very enticing, "clean, juicy...
View ArticleCoffee & Shipping
I'm fortunate enough to live in a city where the highest quality coffee is a short drive away. Portland roasters, San Francisco roasters, Los Angeles roasters...they're all here, and fresh. I...
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Coffee Treatment
Which is not to say coffee as a treatment, but treatment for coffee. Being over-coffeed, that is. These days I generally limit myself to one diner mug's worth of coffee in the morning. When I skip...
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Help splurging on coffee?
No, not slurping. I freely admit I’ve already splurged on coffee this week—see the bag of Portola’s Roney Diaz Villela that just arrived 2 days post-roast below—but with my birthday coming up on 6/6...
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