Tag: Coffee Review
My Coffee Guru Mexico: Roasted with style.
The Drink: My Coffee Guru Mexico Type: Whole Bean Light Roast (Single Origin) Overall Rating: 3.25 Out 5 Coffee Mugs Mexico was the third of five coffees that I received from My Coffee Guru, a small specialty roaster, owned and managed by Sherry Dunbar. This coffee is from the Chiapas Region, located in the mountains [...]
One Village Coffee’s Rwanda Gatare Station Bourbon: Different brews for different beans?
The Drink: One Village Coffee Rwanda Gatare Station Bourbon Type: Whole Bean Light Roast (Single Origin) Overall Rating: 3.15 Out 5 Coffee Mugs Reviewing One Village Coffee’s Rwanda Gatare Station Bourbon brought up an interesting question: Are certain brewing methods particularly suited to different coffees? I love my coffee from a french press and One [...]
Please Coffee Companies Don’t Send Me Ground Coffee: Simar Dark Roast Review
The Drink: Simar Dark Roast Type: Ground Overall Rating: 3.25 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs I wanted to like this coffee. I had been emailing back and forth with a rep from Simar and getting to know their goals, which was to improve the lives of women in Kenya, and create jobs while working with [...]
My Coffee Guru Beacon of Hope Blend: Its subtlety is its strength
The Drink: My Coffee Guru Beacon of Hope Type: Whole Bean Medium Roast (Blend) Overall Rating: 3.75 Out 5 Coffee Mugs So I make my own ice cream. It grew out of a joke between my wife and me. When we were engaged we decided we would buy an ice cream maker instead of an [...]
Sneak Peek: Finca La Cumbre
The Drink: Finca La Cumbre Type: Single Origin Whole Bean Unless you’re the owners of Finca La Cumbre, it’s pretty unlikely that you’ve heard of this specialty, strictly-high-grown (SHG), and shade-grown coffee plantation in the remote mountains of northern Nicaragua. The previous owners abandoned the farm and left it in a disrepair. In 2010 an [...]
From Just Average To Top Notch: Intelligentsia Coffee Review Update
About a month or so ago, I wrote a review “Even Great Coffee Can Go Average When It’s Pre-Ground” about three coffees from Intelligentsia, their Lil’ Bit Lighter Blend, the Flying Blend and the Infinite Festival Coffee. The coffees were alright, kind of bland and boring, not at all what I expected from what used [...]
Moving Beyond Fair Trade: Cameroon Boyo AA From Barista On Duty
The Drink: Cameroon Boyo AA By Barista On Duty Type: Single Origin More Than Fair Certified Overall Rating: 4.25 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Cameroon is a country in central Africa. Boyo is name of the group of farmers that got together to sell their coffee and AA means that it’s the highest grade of [...]
Loaded With Flavor And Information: El Salvador Santa Ana From REV Coffee
The Drink: El Salvador Santa Ana From REV Coffee Type: Whole Bean Single Origin Overall Rating: Four Out Of Five Coffee Mugs Last week, the cool people over at REV Coffee (I’ve never met them so I’m just assuming they’re cool, but I think it’s a safe assumption), a roaster in Smyrna, Georgia sent me [...]
Redeeming The Hudson Valley Coffee Scene Via Irving Farm Coffee Roasters
The Drink: El Salvador Everest from Irving Farm Coffee Roasters Type: Single Origin Whole Bean Overall Rating: 4 out Of 5 Coffee Mugs I grew up in the Mid Hudson Valley in Upsate New York, it wasn’t exactly a hub of third wave coffee activity. Of course after I move out of the area, coffee [...]
Craft Coffee: Making Mailboxes A Lot More Attractive
Even when I get bills in the mail, I’m still happy to see a box from Craft Coffee. This time Craft Coffee sent me bags of coffee from Four Barrel Coffee, Paradise Coffee Roasters and Dallis Bros. Coffee. Check out my review of June’s Craft Coffee sampler for more how Craft Coffee works, but the short [...]
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