We’re behind in posting to the blog but happily we are in great shape with coffee and equipment. We will certainly make an effort to post more often. At the moment we have all the Technivorm Moccamaster models in stock, these include the ever popular KBT-741 in both polished silver and black, the cylindrical Moccamaster CDT all of which brew 1.25 liters. We also stock the slightly smaller and shorter one liter model, KBTS. All are available with the best offer on the internet and selling at the lowest allowable price.
A number of coffees have arrived and will be on the site very shortly. We were successful bidders on Hacienda Esmeralda’s lot called Mario Pasqua, our favorite of the group offered this year. Mario is the name of the field where their most acclaimed coffee has come from in the past. This field was picked three times, the last of which was in April around Easter – Pasqua in Spanish. Esmeralda’s crop was half of the previous year, a common problem throughout Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia this year. Less coffee, winner of this year’s Best of Panama, higher prices. We will have only a bit available.
We will also be adding Ethiopia Amaro Gayo Organic, a beautifully selected natural with pronounced blueberry and tons of fruit. Special coffees out of Ethiopia are very difficult to find this year because of the advent of the ECX or Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. Ethiopia has launched its own NY Mercantile style exchange in an effort to generate more income and smoother transactions for farmers within the country, where in the past an open auction system existed. In doing so, the exchange negates rewards some growers and exporters were gettting in the past for exceptional coffee production, and relegates those coffees to being identified solely by region. It would be like famous Grand Cru wines such as Chateaux Lafite, Latour or Margaux being required to be sold as just Bordeaux, without allowing them to be sold separately and at their much deservingly higher prices. Why would they continue to take special care and make investment in their farms without reward? This is a situation we hope to be corrected in the near future, but it exists for now. Some pre-arranged shipments were allowed to go through and Amaro Gayo Organic is one of them. It is similar in appeal to Bagersh’ Idido Misty Valley, which will not be in the US in 2009.
Also be on the lookout for a truly top Kenya AA Kagumoini, one of the best we’ve had in some time, and we’ve had some stunners. Another coffee is a microlot from Costa Rica milled at the Helsar micromill. These and more to be added shortly. Check our New Arrivals section for the latest additions. New CoE coffees from Colombia, the 4th place winner, and, Costa Rica, the 3rd place winner, have just been added.
New coffees posting shortly
We’re behind in posting to the blog but happily we are in great shape with coffee and equipment. We will certainly make an effort to post more often. At the moment we have all the Technivorm Moccamaster models in stock, these include the ever popular KBT-741 in both polished silver and black, the cylindrical Moccamaster CDT all of which brew 1.25 liters. We also stock the slightly smaller and shorter one liter model, KBTS. All are available with the best offer on the internet and selling at the lowest allowable price.
A number of coffees have arrived and will be on the site very shortly. We were successful bidders on Hacienda Esmeralda’s lot called Mario Pasqua, our favorite of the group offered this year. Mario is the name of the field where their most acclaimed coffee has come from in the past. This field was picked three times, the last of which was in April around Easter – Pasqua in Spanish. Esmeralda’s crop was half of the previous year, a common problem throughout Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia this year. Less coffee, winner of this year’s Best of Panama, higher prices. We will have only a bit available.
We will also be adding Ethiopia Amaro Gayo Organic, a beautifully selected natural with pronounced blueberry and tons of fruit. Special coffees out of Ethiopia are very difficult to find this year because of the advent of the ECX or Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. Ethiopia has launched its own NY Mercantile style exchange in an effort to generate more income and smoother transactions for farmers within the country, where in the past an open auction system existed. In doing so, the exchange negates rewards some growers and exporters were gettting in the past for exceptional coffee production, and relegates those coffees to being identified solely by region. It would be like famous Grand Cru wines such as Chateaux Lafite, Latour or Margaux being required to be sold as just Bordeaux, without allowing them to be sold separately and at their much deservingly higher prices. Why would they continue to take special care and make investment in their farms without reward? This is a situation we hope to be corrected in the near future, but it exists for now. Some pre-arranged shipments were allowed to go through and Amaro Gayo Organic is one of them. It is similar in appeal to Bagersh’ Idido Misty Valley, which will not be in the US in 2009.
Also be on the lookout for a truly top Kenya AA Kagumoini, one of the best we’ve had in some time, and we’ve had some stunners. Another coffee is a microlot from Costa Rica milled at the Helsar micromill. These and more to be added shortly. Check our New Arrivals section for the latest additions. New CoE coffees from Colombia, the 4th place winner, and, Costa Rica, the 3rd place winner, have just been added.
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