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Learning to Cup and Evaluate
I am a big advocate of cupping within a group. Nothing improves cupping and evaluation skills like building on one another’s abilities and palates. Find...
"Evaluating" vs. Standard Cupping
I have long maintained (with little chorus support) that when making decisions about purchasing greens for sale/distribution, brewing and sitting with a coffee is superior...
"A Love Affair with Coffee" - Rob Boyer
The following is from our 1st place finalist in Focus on the Roast, Rob Boyer of ‘A Love Affair of Coffee’. The inception of ‘A...
Soil Management - Coffee Farmers Look Beyond Rust
For those of you interested in greens, long down the road, take time to read an excellent article on soil management from Daily Coffee News....
Starting a Business in Coffee
Adam Moore bought one of our 1K roasters and sent along some introduction thoughts. Adam has agreed to “think aloud” and discuss how he approached...
Cook's Illustrated Weighs In on Gear
As an avid reader of Cook’s, I found their ideas on necessary coffee gear a good read. It’s great to see them raising the bar....
Great Latte Art, eh?
My homeroaster group convened in Seattle for the SCAA convention. We stayed at a bud’s home and had a latte art throwdown. The judge had...
Seasoning the Drum
Setting up the greens, Weigh out 1 kilo (2.2 pounds). Make sure the face plate is warm! Letting the machine warm up for 30 minutes...
Coffee Broker Hedging
The coffee brokers in North America (and elsewhere) are impacted by the price of coffee as traded on the commodities market. Coffee prices go up,...
Rwanda greens ready and waiting!
We have new greens bagged and available for you today! Organic, Sweet, and Savory. This Rwanda grown bean has faint but clear pineapple, apple pie...
Blending? T'aint Easy
Confession time, and it isn’t even Sunday. When I started roasted 9 years ago, I was taken with blending. I thought that was the ‘end-all,...
BoldJava Tackles a Kilo
On Roasting New Charge Sizes Worked most of the morning developing a 300 gram sample size in the 1K North roaster. Seemed to get it...
Why do commercial coffee roasters cost so much?
Most of the companies building coffee roasters in the US are producing machines in very limited volumes. I know from experience that in the 50-500...
Espro Press - Makes one Forget France
Initial impressions: Great eye candy; display worthy. Stainless steel chrome buffed to the max. Solid — weighty for its size. Great cup. It’s designed to...
Using a Vacpot
A customer recently asked for advice on how to best use a vacpot. In that we wish to be a resource to you on all...
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