New Beans!
Submitted by Legal Alien on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 17:49.
New beans arrived today! I'll be roasting tonight after the DTA meeting, which everyone is welcome to come to at our coffee house, and cupping tomorrow. Perhaps some of you would like to come try out the new beans tomorrow. Just give a call.
Fresh off the boat, arrived Monday at the port of Oakland. Beans from The Organic Tanzanian Peaberry Hope Project just arrived and we are very excited to present this great African bean. In Tanzania a large portion of the coffee is produced on very small farms. In an effort to provide better processing facilities for these farmers, the Hope Project has built 26 Central Pulpery Units that buy red cherry and centralize the pulping and drying processes under strict quality control guidelines. The Hope Project also works to offer the farmers a fair price for their cherry, discounted fertilizer and seedlings, and to provide health care for over 1,000 workers. We are proud to support a sustainable program such as the Hope Project. There is still more for me to learn about this project, that's the nutshell on it.
The other bean is Monte Crisol from the west Central Valley of Costa Rica. The cooperative Coopepalmares R.L. consists of about 1350 small producers. 100 % shade grown ( poro and guava trees) This is the second time I buy this bean and this is a whole new season for them. All the notes I've gathered point to another great season, their average temp down there is like 71 degrees. That makes for some happy coffee plants. Let's see what kind of cup it has.
Notes on the next buys coming as well, currently afloat coming from Africa is Harrar Horse. You think the Sidamo had great Blueberry notes? Research on this one says, FIELDS of Blueberry in the cup. I can't wait.
In a few weeks the new harvest from Chiapas will be here. We have some of that on reserve because that one sells out before it's available! We'll let the warehouse hold on to that one till the Harrar Horse gets here end of March or so, have them both shipped at the same time.
I'm thinking espresso tomorrow night for the cupping.....you should come for some free taste testing skills....
I personally enjoyed the tasmania that I bought there
In fact, I am about to have a cup of the tasmania coffee in a few minutes before going off to build more bicycles, and no I did not buy it because I happened to like the tasmanian devil from Bugs Bunny. (Though I do look forward to your Wylie-Coyote-Soooooper Genius genus blend coming out soon, (I intend to wear goggles and jet powered rollerskates... --Have found a recent Thai place that provides amazing rocket propulsion, but will talk to you about that later... aye carumba.)
I also am looking forward to the 'Monte Cristo 'Sammich as soon as you start making them... nobody makes a monte cristo anymore, and if you and Liz are now making them, I know they'll be good.
(I have also thought the MonteCristo to be a somewhat overlooked platform for GM, I mean until the late seventies early eighties SS years... and still then, I prefer a mid to late seventies Chevelle...)
I also can't wait for the 'Hungry Horse' and Chiapa-Lippas' versions to arrive, (Considering our close proximity to Clovis, I think naming a coffee after a hungry horse is a wise marketing move.
(Way better than my suggestion based on my neighborhood 'waaay-too-many-gatos,' (surprisingly enough? My cats didn't like that name either (especially the male toms outside...)
I still think naming a blend 'big fat weasel,' would be great, but really, felt awkward about the photo-shoot for the endorsement card, (besides, brain, burlap chafes me so...)
I've been trying to figure if the Chiappa-Lippas blend is going to have chocolate overtones (you know, from the Ooompa-Loompas,)
----but then suddenly it hit me like a dodge half ton being driven at a high rate of speed by a smiling shavedheaded goatee guy listening to SlipKnot...
-'...the Chiappa-Lippas is going to be used for the Espresso, and it obviously is a blend meant to remedy way too much kissing, -or walking around with out Chap-Stick in N. Dakota in the middle of,,, um, everything but the summer...'
--yeah, that's the ticket.
See, Leo
Because of Fresno Famous I are a smarter parson, and you can be toe, er, to.
(thinking of dragging the squeeze down to meet you guys this weekend... when are you gonna be there???)
Best to Liz and her little sorcerers apprentice...
your pal
E
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