Friday, January 20, 2006

Post Holiday coffee news!

This years holiday season had us roasting 24/7, thanks to everyone who ordered gifts! seems like the post offices nation wide where stressed to the max as well, with *almost* everything delivered on time and a handful of packages that must have ended up at the north pole. Please be sure and contact me if you find anything amiss, there have been a small number of billing and delivery snafu's turning up on orders placed around the 15th of December.

THIS WEEKS NEW COFFEES:

Peruvian Amazonas Estate - Grower Certified Organic
A smooth mellow coffee, Medium in both body and roast. Peruvian coffees are the smoothest, "easy drinking" specialty coffees. There's a hint of caramel to this coffee. I'm seeing large consistent bean size that takes a very even roast - perfect for that mild finish.

Timor Pea Berry - Fair Trade Certified Organic
Here's something new, a pea berry from East Timor! Smokey and clean Indonesian coffee, this spicy little pea has the distinct flavor of "smoked Vanilla beans" This is a very unusual and exciting new coffee in the shop!

Kenya Pea Berry Rai (Meru)
This Kenya coffee is the smallest Pea Berry I've ever seen! Sweet African coffee with a light lemon finish. Highly unusual and quite nice!

Papua New Guinea Kimel X
By far and away my favorite example of a modern processed Indonesian coffee. Of the three Indonesian beans in the shop, you will find the Kimel sweet, black, simple and shockingly Indonesian. A wonderful bright yet earthy coffee with no bitterness.

El Salvador - Grower Certified Organic
San Rafael Los Naranjos (the Piple Co-Operative) produces an earthy coffee with the unmistakable aroma of crushed black pepper that drives me wild over coffees from El Salvador. A fine example of what makes specialty coffees such a delight, this is a distinctly Central American classic.

Sumatra Blue Mandheling -Grower Certified Organic
Traditional Sumatra coffees are a favorite of the "dark Roast" drinkers. Known for intense, earthy flavors and huge oily beans, Sumatra is a well known and well loved specialty coffee.

Thanks as always for your Patronage and support - May your new year be filled with personal growth and success!

--Seth Appell - your personal coffee roaster!
"a gentleman is always ready to serve coffee at a moment's notice"