(08/05/10)
I’ve been in Oakland this week looking at some coffees and possible new shrub projects. There are a number of things just around the corner, including possibly an electric sample roaster and a pretty rad processingThe removal of the cherry and parchment from the coffee seed.: Coffee is either wet-processed (also called washed or wet-milled) or dry-processed (also called wild, natural or natural... ...more experiment that Atlas Coffee brought to us from FincaSpanish 101: Finca is the Spanish word for farm. Sometimes the term Hacienda is used to imply an Estate, which would mean the farm has its own wet-mill.... ...more El Manzano in El SalvadorEl Salvador coffee had an undeservingly poor reputation for years, marred mostly by the inability to deliver coffee of high quality in an unstable political climate. Unfortunately, agriculture... ...more. The RwandaA Bourbon cultivar variant from Rwanda and Burundi. Bourbon coffees are named for the island in the India Ocean where French colonists grew it. Some history from the... ...more FT Dukunde Kawa Musasa cupped really nice the other day and I’m taking another look at the GuatemalaGuatemalan coffee is considered a top quality coffee producer in Central America. Due to our proximity to Guatemala, some of the nicest coffees from this origin come to... ...more Finca El Tambor right this minute.
It’s that next level shrub…
