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Not sure which roaster to geek out over more this month. This month Junto came through so hard with their offerings that I was able to choose three distinct coffees; a couple of you might even have more than three different Junto coffees depending on if you partook in the special add-on coffees from Colombia.Continue reading “March Coffee: Kaffibrugghusid and Junto HEAT”

Ecuador Francisco Vintimilla (Putuchio) – Sey Ecuadors are what keep me motivated to continue investing my time in coffee. The flavors and complexity from terroir, advanced picking skills, and processing are like nowhere else in the world. However, they are usually a LOT more expensive than any other coffee so y\’all better appreciate this stuff.Continue reading “February Coffee: Ecuador Francisco Vintimilla and Burundi Gaharo Hill”

Those close to me have surely heard me rant about the phenomenon of small micro-roasters that have popped up across the lower Midwest and the southern United States in the last few years. They have outstanding packaging that makes me say, \”Well there is just no way that the coffee is NOT going to beContinue reading “The cutest little bag of coffee in the game: Little Wolf Coffee from Ipswich, Massachusetts”

I have actually known who would get the coveted \”December Coffee\” for months because of course, it had to be the roaster in the North Pole. This roaster holds off on releasing over half of their in-stock coffee until late November just to have the absolute best \”Julekaffe\” lineup in the game. The roaster beingContinue reading “December Julekaffe from Langøra Kaffebrenneri”

The words Anaerobic and Carbonic Maceration did not exist in the specialty coffee industry until about five years ago. In my world, they did not exist until this past year. My own \”pandemic special\” if you will. It took me a long time to understand the difference in processing of these coffees and what it meansContinue reading “Innovative Processing Discussion – Anaerobic, Honey, Carbonic Maceration”

This month I bring back an old favorite; a roaster I sought out for years during college and finally was able to visit in 2016. My favorite part of the roaster was a memo sitting at the sugar/lids/straw station about their high quality sustainably-sourced raw cane sugar and how you should not use it becauseContinue reading “November Coffee: The Barn Brings the Funk”

October is the best for a couple reasons: the trees turn and become a form of earth art vibrant with an autumn palette, the month ends with the most important holiday, and last but not least, it is prime coffee sipping weather. This month we are drinking coffees from Kaffa from Oslo, Norway. I amContinue reading “October Coffee: Kaffa – Oslo”

 VIVID AROMAS AND TASTE!  Vivid for me is basically a \”Missed Connections\” success story. They sent me samples at the beginning of 2020 in an attempt to be a part of the retail coffee rotation at the Llama. I didn\’t even know they were sent to me until a fellow Barista texted me to askContinue reading “September Coffee: Vivid Congo Hutwe and Other Friends”

More than acceptable camping kettle With Labor Day coming up, I know a lot of you may be camping. So I figured now was as good of time as ever to go over how I prefer to make coffee in the great outdoors. Just because you are away from electricity/your tools to control independent variablesContinue reading “How to: Campsite Coffee and Freezing Surplus Beans”