Wake Up and Coffee
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I think everyone is feeling a little Christmas hangover.
Yup it's the Epcot ball
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Ane, that's a crazy coffee cup, did you purchase that or was it a gift?!
Wife snuck it in for me at Disney World. It's more of a gimmick but I like unique mugs and it is certainly that.
Great pic Twin! I always like your diner shots, they have become a bit if a forum classic.
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While we're in Panama, just polished off this from a roastery down the street, Corvus. Diamond Mountain, naturally processed Catuai by Hacienda la Esmerelda, harvested from highlands in Panama at 1750 m. Soft plum and chocolate out of an inverted Aeropress. Exceedingly well roasted I thought. Felt like you could taste the farmers', processors', and roasters' loving efforts in each cup. It did take a bit of experimentation to extract the optimal flavor for my palate.
Today I'll start in on this Peruvian bean from another local roaster.
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Sounds amazing MCL.
I'm getting cinnamon on the back palette on this chemex gesha. Never had anything like it. Sweet almost honey to start with, and then a nice warm maybe even nutmeg like space at the end. Really looking forward to seeing what it does over night, and how it tastes tomorrow!
I'd been drinking it with the V60 earlier in the week and hadn't tasted any of the spice to it. Not sure if it's coming through the Chemex method, or if the beans had aged just that little bit further..
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The Panamanian stuff from Corvus blows away the other beans I got. A bit too heavy on the roast methinks.
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New mug from Sofi
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In fairness to your new beans, the Hacienda la Esmerelda lot/farm/producers are known world wide as some of the best producers in the world.
They even have their own coffee auction, outside of anyone else. This is the global auctions/sale of one of their crops. http://auction.stoneworks.com/ES2014/final_results.php Check out those $/bag!
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Hacienda la Esmeralda is the name of the plantation that is producing one of the most expensive and rare coffes in the world. This is not a novelty that comes from an animal’s digestive system, but a very tasty coffee.
One of the biggest reasons for it’s unique flavour characteristics is that the coffee comes from an old cultivar called Geisha (or Gesha among the cool kids.) This cultivar gives an extremely intense and floral cup profile that shines in the cup if the coffee is picked and processed well.
Due to it’s unique and intense flavour, the coffee
from Hacienda la Esmeralda has won several awards around the world.After winning the best of Panama competition several times, it became so popular that the Peterson family had to make their own internet auction where the coffee is now sold once a year. -
Yep, and Corvus roasted them lightly. You can taste the terroir and love of the whole supply chain.
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I couldn't resist another bag, this one roasted on Christmas Eve. I did a pour over this time and unlocked still more flavor. This ranks among the best cups I've ever had.
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Yep. And I'll send you bags any time Snowy.
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I'd be interested in a trade Sometime in January,. The most interesting roasteries available to me easily are heart from portland, Phil and sebastiens from calgary, ritual From sanfransico, supersonic from Berkeley and occasionally drop out of sweden . Check them out and if you'd be into it I'd be down for a trade for sure. The Corvus McLain posted sounds really great as well, so I'd be into sendings stuff south if you have any interest as well.
My good friend josh also recently started working for origin roasters in the uk as well, so hopefully I could get something interesting out of him for a trade as well
http://www.origincoffee.co.uk/news/coffee-development-manager-appointed.php
