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On Oct 23, 8:04 pm, "Big Jon" wrote:
http://www.coffeefool.com/?gclid=CN3...FQGnPAodzTW5TA What that fool says is so true..I've seen his site before We just started roasting our own coffee a year or so ago and the stale stuff in the coffee cans can not compare. After ordering many samples from Sweet Maria's then contacting farms all over the Caribbean and Central America we stumbled by accident onto Caye coffee in Belize. Paul the owner sent us samples that were better than anything we tasted..except one Blue Moutain coffee that the Japanese have price beyond any chance of profit. My favorate is a dark roast that Paul calls the Maya roast, my wife likes the Island blend..with it's chocolate tones. Both are mixes of award winning beans from a 3rd generation farm. The Ambergris Caye offers an excellent beta site to export products in an eco friendly way that can promote enviromental awareness. It's a pristine harbor that big ships can not source,cutting the overland transport cost providing more profit to the farms. We had planned on importing just green beans for the home roaster until we sampled Caye coffee's roast profiles. Then we figured to let Paul be the expert in coffee he is, and we will focus on eco-friendly sail transport as we contine to learn more about coffee and the roasting process. With Christmas coming soon we have decided to offer a gift pack with 4 different fresh roast's in a mini burlap coffee bag, with a collector label: http://sports.webshots.com/photo/257...m?vhost=sports Then once people discover a favorite roast, we will offer 1 pound bags. I can eat these roasted coffee beans like candy. Be fore warned the Caye Coffee is addictive. Joe |
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Joe wrote:
With Christmas coming soon we have decided to offer a gift pack with 4 different fresh roast's in a mini burlap coffee bag, with a collector label: http://sports.webshots.com/photo/257...m?vhost=sports Then once people discover a favorite roast, we will offer 1 pound Joe, I get all my coffee from these guys: http://www.cookesfinefoods.com/coffee.html Fresh roasted daily, being local, (they're practically on my way home from work) it's hard to beat the convenience. And as you now know, and Jeff will certainly attest; it's impossible to beat the taste of fresh roasted. Cheers Marty |
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On Oct 25, 7:02 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote: With Christmas coming soon we have decided to offer a gift pack with 4 different fresh roast's in a mini burlap coffee bag, with a collector label: http://sports.webshots.com/photo/257...m?vhost=sports Then once people discover a favorite roast, we will offer 1 pound Joe, I get all my coffee from these guys:http://www.cookesfinefoods.com/coffee.html Fresh roasted daily, being local, (they're practically on my way home from work) it's hard to beat the convenience. And as you now know, and Jeff will certainly attest; it's impossible to beat the taste of fresh roasted. Cheers Marty Sounds like you have a nice set-up Martin, took me many years before I discovered the good stuff. Not only fresh roasted, but roasted right. I hope you will break with you local provider and sample the coffee we will offer. It will be fresh compared to 99.9% of the coffee on the mkt. We plan on having some green beans for the home roaster who has to have it green. Have you boat roasted any coffee yet? I use a skillet designed for flipping pancakes and such, just keep the beans moving until it's right? Smokes up the cabin a bit, but it sure smells good. Joe |
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Joe wrote:
On Oct 25, 7:02 am, Martin Baxter wrote: Joe wrote: With Christmas coming soon we have decided to offer a gift pack with 4 different fresh roast's in a mini burlap coffee bag, with a collector label: http://sports.webshots.com/photo/257...m?vhost=sports Then once people discover a favorite roast, we will offer 1 pound Joe, I get all my coffee from these guys:http://www.cookesfinefoods.com/coffee.html Fresh roasted daily, being local, (they're practically on my way home from work) it's hard to beat the convenience. And as you now know, and Jeff will certainly attest; it's impossible to beat the taste of fresh roasted. Cheers Marty Sounds like you have a nice set-up Martin, took me many years before I discovered the good stuff. Not only fresh roasted, but roasted right. I hope you will break with you local provider and sample the coffee we will offer. It will be fresh compared to 99.9% of the coffee on the mkt. We plan on having some green beans for the home roaster who has to have it green. Have you boat roasted any coffee yet? I use a skillet designed for flipping pancakes and such, just keep the beans moving until it's right? Smokes up the cabin a bit, but it sure smells good. Sign me up for a pound each of roasted (not too dark, if you please) and green. The easiest way to roast on board is with a WhirlyPop popcorn pot on a cockpit BBQ. It does take some practice to get really good results, but even the mistakes can be better than Charbucks. Unfortunately it generates TONS of smoke, so its a bit anti-social in a marina. http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.stovetop-popper.shtml |
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Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe, I get all my coffee from these guys: http://www.cookesfinefoods.com/coffee.html Looks interesting. Their minimum shipment is three pounds, which is a lot for someone who wants real fresh from work) it's hard to beat the convenience. And as you now know, and Jeff will certainly attest; it's impossible to beat the taste of fresh roasted. Yup. Its hard to tell which is more important, the bean, the roast, or the freshness. I rate the bean first, probably because I've been drinking the highest quality for 30 years now. (I was weaned on "Coffee Connection" whose owner became the founder of the "Cup of Excellence" program.) Second is the freshness, but the decline is slow if the roasted beans are sealed in the special bags. Once open, or put in the supermarket bins, about two weeks and much of the value is gone. Personally, I don't think the bags are good for more than a month, but some sellers insist they work for 3 months. Roast is important because so many roasters go too dark for my taste. I believe this is an effort to make mediocre beans taste "gourmet" or to accommodate a lot of milk. A high quality roast is needed to get the last bit of flavor out of a bean. Even though I've been practicing roasting beans from a particular farm for 15 years, I can't come close to what a few masters can do with it. However, mine fresh is better than theirs after a few weeks! If you want to get a peek into the world of real coffee snobbery, go to the "Cup of Excellence" site and check out the auction prices. http://www.cupofexcellence.org/ This program encourages farmers to create the ultimate bean and rewards them with high prices at auction. This is the opposite of the "Fair Trade" program, which gives a co-op (not individual farmers) a mediocre price (roughly $1 a pound or a bit more) for beans that meet a minimal standard. check out this winner, and then find the finished product: http://www.cupofexcellence.org/Count...3/Default.aspx http://buystumptowncoffee.com/index....PROD&ProdID=80 I would not be buying the winner, but I wouldn't mind having a cup. I might, however, buy the ninth place, which Sweet Maria's sells green at $9.80. http://www.sweetmarias.com/coffee.ce...nicaragua.html |
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