Day: August 2, 2019

Roasting Flores Gunung Gedha on a Popcorn Popper and Quest M3s

August 2, 2019

Aug. 2, 2019 We talk about our Flores coffees as being a nice alternative to Central American coffees, which has a lot to do with

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So I guess there used to be this time when could t

So I guess there used to be this time when could travel to places they grow coffee to visit the farms and talk to the people who grow it, and though it’s been a while I received some photos that suggest I used to actually do this, looking pretty dorky with oversized camera lenses and free t-shirts about, well, growing coffee. I’m not quite sure this actually used to happen but it sounds like a cool idea to learn more about where things come from and how to improve quality and compensate farmers fairly for that. Maybe we can start doing that some time? IDK.

How could we let national pet day pass us by? Our

How could we let national pet day pass us by? Our #dogsofcoffee hashtag wouldn’t allow it. Meet Opal, our rescue cattle dog. Opal was wandering around after she had a litter of pups. One has to wonder if she was turned out when the pups were old enough. Do people actually do that still ? Ugh. Anyway Opal is one of those follow-you-everywhere loyal dogs and it wouldn’t be the same without her. #rescuedogs #cattledogrescue #acd #dogsofcoffee

All about coffee, Sir Francis Bacon. “ ...as Bla

All about coffee, Sir Francis Bacon. “ ...as Black as Soot, and of a Strong Scent, but not Aromatical...” Ah, so quotable. Enjoy your morning soot! #coffeehistory #blackcoffee #aromatical #morningsoot

For years I have thought that if Sweet Maria’s e

For years I have thought that if Sweet Maria’s ever stopped selling coffee, we should go into the bag business. People love bags! So many types of bags from paper to plastic to cloth to burlap – and so many things to put in them!

Of course, I jest. But basically as a re-packager of unroasted coffee – taking coffee from a very big 60kg or 70kg bag and putting it in little bags – we spend a lot of time thinking about bags. The current zip bags we use are #4 recyclable, and are sturdy enough to be re-used, washed and re-used again quite a few times. That is what I do.

But for some time now, we have been looking for biodegradable bags with a zip and the options have not been good. But that is changing and we hope to start introducing biodegradable bags for some of the smaller sizes of coffee. For larger sizes, our focus is on more durable bags that provide good barrier protection for coffee and are easily re-used.
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A glass chimney spotted in the wild along with a h

A glass chimney spotted in the wild along with a home roasting classic, the West Bend Poppery 2.

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Rwanda Rutsiro Mushonyi from @sweetmarias, roasted using the brilliant glass tube technique.

Who wants a new Behmor roaster? We are supplying a

Sweet Maria's customer, David Almond cooked up thi

Sweet Maria's customer, David Almond cooked up this minimal but functional kitchen coffee roaster. Sure, chaff and smoke are free to roam but it's pretty awesome considering you can probably build one for a few bucks in under an hour. This is actually an upgrade from David's original invention that roasted half the amount. Check out our blog post and full length video to see how this machine was born. Link in bio.

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Meet Hadley. Hadley works in our warehouse and is

Meet Hadley. Hadley works in our warehouse and is part of the reason our operation runs smoothly and why coffee orders get out the door quickly. Hadley chose the coffees for our most recent Staff Picks Sample Set and explained why he thought they were good. Check out our latest post to read more about Hadley and his coffee picks. Link in bio.

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The Indonesia Sample Set has returned. We just mad

The Indonesia Sample Set has returned. We just made it convenient for you to pick up a variety of coffees from Sulawesi, Sumatra and Flores. Currently the set consists of Flores Golewa Soba, a Sumatra peaberry, Sumatra wet process and a Sulawesi honey process. Link in bio.

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Rewind to 1984. Purple Rain was released, Reagan w

Rewind to 1984. Purple Rain was released, Reagan was in office, Wendy's asked "Where's the beef?", Alex Trebek asked his first question and Melitta introduced the first fluid bed coffee roaster. If you really want one, there's a few floating around on ebay but you will probably be better off buying something from this decade since they weren't all that great. Instead, hop in our time machine and we'll tell you all about it. Link in bio.

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