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Jackpot!

August 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
Coffee cup

I hit the jackpot this week, coffee-wise.  Back in April I placed a "big" order for 15 pounds of various coffees all from the same source.  Those 15 pounds included 4 different varieties of coffee beans.  On Wednesday this week, the shipment arrived!  Oh, I was so happy! As I said, the shipment included 4 different coffees.  I immediatly roasted about a quarter pound of each bean, just enough for sampling, and testing out the roast.  I have now sampled each of the coffees. Here are my thoughts on each, my early thoughts that is: Rwanda Cup of Excellence #18 - Nkundiye Innocent - Bufcoffee Nyarusiza This is one of the winning beans in … [Read more...]

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Coffee Roasting 101

July 16, 2011 By 2 Comments
Greens

This morning I roasted some coffee beans.  You may be wondering what I am talking about.  You see, I purchased some green coffee beans, beans which have never been roasted before, and I roasted them in a pot on the stovetop. There are a lot of better ways to roast coffee beans, but I am a bit of a simpleton when it comes to coffee, and I enjoy pan roasting.  You can do a better job with commercial roasting equipment, but pan roasting is fine for me, for now anyway. If you like coffee, but have never roasted your own beans before, you probably don't know what coffee really tastes like.  The coffee you buy in the grocery store was … [Read more...]

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Roasting session this morning

July 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Roasting green coffee beans

Well, this morning I did some roasting of green beans.  I guess I usually roast about twice per week or so.  Today is Wednesday and I roasted two different varieties of green beans today. First, I roasted some Natural Yirgacheffe Worka beans that came from Ethiopia.  I got these beans from my Sangay, Bobby Timonera.  Bobby bought these through GCBC, but he didn't like them as much as some other varieties of beans, so I bought them from him.  These are some excellent beans that I really enjoy.  The roasted beans have a combination of a fruity and spicy flavor, which I really enjoy.  My first attempt at roasting the beans, I thought … [Read more...]

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Viva Brazil!

June 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
Brazilian Green Coffee Beans

Well, today is kind of a banner day here at MKLF Headquarters!  In other words, it's a big day at my house here in Davao City.  For the first time, I received a shipment of Green Coffee Beans that I ordered from abroad! Back on the last day of March, I ordered some Brazil Moreninha Formosa 2008 Crop.  I ordered the beans, 3 pounds of them, from Stubbie on the GCBC site.  Today, April 17, they arrived here in Davao.  Eighteen days for delivery, not too bad, considering they were shipped here from the USA.  They came via USPS Express Mail Service.  I ordered 3 pounds of beans, and according to my scale, I got a bit more than that, so … [Read more...]

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I’m going to Nyeri!

June 9, 2011 By 6 Comments
These Green Coffee Beans are Decaf beans, and they really are quite brown!

Nyeri is a district in the Central Province of Kenya, in Africa.  I'm gonna be going there!  Well, through my coffee cup, anyway!  That's right, I'm not going to physically go there and visit the place, but I just got two coffees that originated from the Nyeri area in Kenya!  Yes, the Postman visited yesterday to notify me that my fifteen pound box of green coffee beans had arrived and were ready to be picked up at the main Davao Post Office, so I headed down there and picked them up right away! Within 15 minutes after getting home with my box of beans, I was already at the stove and roasting them too!  I was so excited, because Kenya … [Read more...]

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Building a stash

March 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
Stash

I just got started in the Specialty Bean hobby a few months ago.  I am working to build up a stash.  What's a stash?  Well, it is a supply of various green coffee beans.  Sort of just how the word sounds... it's a variety of coffee beans that you have put away for your supply for the months to come. A few minutes ago, I was brewing a cup of Rwanda Cup of Excellence for myself, and got thinking that my green bean stash has been growing.  It's still small compared to others, but I'm starting to build up a little pride in my efforts.  I made a list of all the greens I have on hand, and I was also wondering about others.  How many … [Read more...]

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