Coffee
I have gone over the edge with coffee. I started about 15 years ago. Introduced to Starbucks and Peete’s Coffee, I began to search for the perfect cup. It started with expensive coffee, then I discovered the whole bean versions, then I came to understand Fair Trade and Organic so got away from Starbuck and Peete’s, then came the grind-and-brew coffee machines, and now I am over the edge and roasting green beans at home.
Anyway, I want to log the different beans that I have roasted and possibly comment on them. Just about all of them are Fair Trade and Organic.
from Invalsa (so far my favorite shop)
Cumbre
4 lbs ORGANIC FAIR TRADE® (AAA) BOLIVIA GREEN COFFEE BEANS
Supremo Cubre
4 lbs ORGANIC PRIZED-89 points (A4) BOLIVIA GREEN COFFEE BEANS
10 lbs ORGANIC PRIZED-89 points (A4) BOLIVIA GREEN COFFEE BEANS
from Coffee Bean Direct
FTO Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, 5lb bag
FTO Mexican H/G Chiapas, 5lb bag
from Sweet Marias
1 lb. Packs Green Coffee Sampler
Tanzania Hassambo Marco-Lot Peaberry - really flavorful, but not a darker roast. (6 out of 10)
Brasil FTO Poco Fundo Coop
El Salvador Matalapa Estate
Columbia Huila Valencia
Sumatra Lintong Special Preparation
Indonesia Flores “Jade”
Ethopia Organic Limu
Sumatra Organic Mandheling, 5 lbs - dark and bold (9 out of 10)
Yemen Mokha Mattari, 5 lbs - FC is nice (7 out of 10)
