There you are, standing in the grocery store isle about to pick out your next bag of coffee. You say to yourself “self“ (‘cause you’re talking to yourself) “find the espresso beans“. You hunt and peck around and find 5 choices at least to tell you you’ve found espresso beans. Yippie for you. You make [...]
My latest conversation with friends has been about my curiosity to know what flavor qualities people find pleasing in the coffee they choose to drink. Most people don’t call out a brand’s coffee by name, but what I hear a lot, is “I like strong coffee”, or “I don’t like strong coffee”. I’m not sure [...]
Roaster hooked up, website done, space organized, green coffee delivered, espresso machine working, occupancy permit approved. Finally after all this there was only one thing left to do yesterday… roast coffee! Game on. Right around 9 a.m. I pushed the 3 button startup sequence on my roaster’s system: drum, blower, gas…gas..gas….gas….um, yeah, that’s not 3 [...]
I have the keys to the front door of my new space! In the past few days I’ve been busy (with the help of family, friends, and hired hands) prepping the roaster area (which arrives today!), building counters, and re-painting walls’.Yes, that’s what I said…re-painting.
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