It’s here! Hot off the presses, we just picked up our 2011 Dogs of Coffee calendar! The calendar is back with a whole new cropRefers to fresh shipments of green coffee within the first month or two of the earliest arrivals ... not quite the same as Current Crop, which means the... ...more of dog photos from coffee origins, and this year we have some photos of other critters. The albino water buffalo from SulawesiSulawesi coffees are low-acid with great body and that deep, brooding cup profile akin to Sumatra. The coffee is sometimes known as Celebes, which was the Dutch colonial... ...more is my personal favorite. The calendar is peppered with some holidays the staff here at SM would like to see (or not), such as Take Your Barista to Work Day or City RoastCity roast is what we define as the earliest palatable stage that the roast process can be stopped and result in good quality coffee. City roast occurs roughly... ...more Country Picnic. Fifty percent of the purchase price will go to the following charities: $1.50 to Grounds for Health, and $.50 each to Nica Hope, Coffee Kids, Doctors Without Borders, Animal Aware and APAMAR. Check out the product description for more about these organizations and the good work they do in coffee producing areas. – Maria
