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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]