Anothe blog post • March 27, 2019
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How to get through life’s troubles. • February 26, 2019
How to not get through life’s troubles. Is thinking about what to do about something you feel bad about (and eventually coming to a decision to do something about it) while you are experiencing that feeling helpful? is it even a real decision? will you implement your plans that you came up with at that moment? Or is it just your way of getting out of that state that you are in? Because when you…
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Just in: small batch of Jamaican Blue Mountain in store next week • January 04, 2017
We expect the shipment of a limited quantity of green beans next Monday. We’ll be offering the roasted beans from Tuesday, but quantities are limited, so be quick. Blue Mountain Peak is the highest mountain in Jamaica and one of the highest peaks in the Caribbean at 7,402 ft. It is the home of Blue Mountain coffee and their famous tours. It is located on the border of the Portland and Saint Thomas…
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A beginners’ guide to brewing with Chemex • January 04, 2017
This week we’ll take a look at all the steps required to make astonishing coffee with a Chemex at home. The Chemex Coffeemaker is a manual, pour-over style glass-container coffeemaker that Peter Schlumbohm invented in 1941, and which continues to be manufactured by the Chemex Corporation in Chicopee, Massachusetts. In 1958, designers at the Illinois Institute of Technology said that the Chemex…
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Making sense of the SCAA’s new Flavor Wheel • December 17, 2016
The SCAA updated the wheel to reflect the finer nuances needed to describe flavors more precisely. The new descriptions are more detailed and hence allow cuppers to distinguish between more flavors. While this is going to be a big change for professional coffee tasters, it means a lot to you as a consumer as well. We’ll explain how the wheel came to be, how pros use it and what the flavors…
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