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I'm drinking a blend from a local roaster I know it contains Colombian Las Naranjos, forget what else is the other bean.

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Kirkland Rawanda; great general purpose coffee. Works as french press or in espresso machine. Been digging their Hawaii single estate (forget the brand) and the Kirkland Guatamala

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Colombia "Dos Payasos de Tolima at FC+.
This one was better with 4+ days rest.

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Hey Mark, good to hear from you.

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Donut Shop K-cup

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This morning was the bottom of 2 bags for a Desperado Blend. :noon

75% Ethiopia at city+ and 25% Colombian at FC+

Just ho-hum.

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Brazilian Fazenda No Name O, half at FC, half at FC+. Reminds me of the stuff I drank in brazil. Been trying finer grinds for the FP. Much more extraction with not too much in the bottom of the cup.

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I grind pretty fine for my Press too. I just make sure I press slowly and I also make about 1/2 cup more that I will need So I dont have to pour out all the grounds from the pot into my cup.

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In case any of you coffee drinkers missed it, Dball made me a special cup of cap this last weekend at the Rochester herf:
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Today was El Salvador Majahual Tablon La Montana at City+. Such a great bean. Nice Graham Cracker notes w/ some Light baking spice and citrus. Very juicy cup.

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Ethiopia DP Sidama Aleta Wondo at FC w/ 2 days on it.
Awesome Cup. Very fruity, juicy with a slight nuttyness.

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Again

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Kenya Nyeri Nguguru at FC.
Tasty. Earthy, Coco, lite citrus.
Much better than the last Kenyan I roasted up. Cant remember which one it was, but it tasted like grass.

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Hawaii Kona Kowali Farm Typica. Light body, kinda floral with some cinnamon coming through.

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Brazil Fazenda do Sertao Lot 50 to city with a CAO Brazil.

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Trader Joe's House Blend ground down to espresso grind:

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...:cf1

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Oh how two years can change things. My crappy grinder and drip machine are replaced by quality gear, and DD coffee is now 8-9 dollars a pound. Now that's ridiculous enough I started going to the available roasters.

Everyone of them around here runs 11-12 dollars a pound and it is SOOOO much better.

Right this moment we are on our second bag of House of Coffee Beans' Charlies' Blend. All of their coffees are great and great local business. Highly recommend to order some folks.

http://www.houseofcoffeebeans.com/index.html

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Another triple-espresso this morning of Trader Joe' House Blend:cf1


Nice web page for this coffee roaster in the Houston area Jason. Looks like they have a great selection of blends and espresso roasts. Your lucky man and Serious Cigars is close by too:tu

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Close is relative Mark, Serious is 60 miles from my house. But ya there are several local roasters that put out outstanding product, IMO. And most have good websites etc. Houston is actually one of the large hubs for the coffee trade in the world. There are several Free Trade Zone coffee warehouses here. I'm sure that helps the local roasters to try out new things. If it wasn't so hot here the coffee scene would be nuts. As it is it's as developed as the Pacific Northwest area.

This is another one of our favorite roasters here: http://katzcoffee.com/store.php



We just finished up a bag of the Bayou City blend, amazing really. I actually prefer this over the Charlie's in some ways.

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Just around the corner Jason;):D

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Had a couple glasses of cold brewed today. First attempt at it. Used a total of four ounces of ground beans, 2 Mexican Chiapas, 2 Colombian Las Naranjos. Mixed with 12 ounces water and steeped for 24 hours. Strained and then mixed with equal parts water. Not bad. Won't grind as fine next time. Made for a bear to filter it all.

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Jet Fuel K-cup

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Ethiopia Illubabor – Camp Cooperative

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Colombian Las Naranjos. Love this stuff.

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Peet's Major Dickason's for breakfast today

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Monkey mix, Next roast will be Deep Blue Harrar city to city +.

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Kenya Nyeri AA Gatomboya at Full City. Very tasty, lite caramel, milk chocolate and baking spice.

I finally got my Behmore 1600 Roaster. I LOVE IT. Gone are the days of roasting up 1/2 cup at a time. My poppers worked very well, dont get me wrong....but being able to roast 1/4, 1/2 and 1 lb amounts to a very consistant roast level in 13-20 minutes (plus cool down period) is such a time saver and does not leave my back aching like it does constantly leaning over the popper.
They included a killer, free sampler of (8) 1lb bags of beans. All top notch stuff.
Thanks Sweet Maria's!!!

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Brazil Sweet Blue blended with a Guatalan.

I just ordered 10lbs of "Brazil Daterra Espresso Reserve", hopefully it makes a nice espresso.

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yeah hopefully, You just ordered 10lbs!

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Thanks for this post. I've been debating getting a Behmor myself. After 4 batches in the popper yesterday to get about 9.5oz of beans, it starts to become a chore.

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I agree. Roasting for myself was fine, but I like to give it away too, plus a few of my neighbors will buy it "by the pound" from me and it just takes too darn long. Just to roast the coffee for myself and my neighbor for 1 week, I would be out there for 3+ hours.
Get the Behmor, you will love it. There are alot of videos on you-tube about them too.
Getting the free $50 worth of beans was pretty cool too.

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I hope to upgrade some day as well for the same reasons. It takes a lot of roasts to make a pound for somebody with little guy.

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I put the word out to the family that I wanted Sweet Maria's Gift Certificates for my recent B-Day. Family came thru well and I only had to put out $100 of my own cash. :tu :cf1

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Nice, good thinking! I have a really small family though, haha.

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This morning was Rwanda Kibuye gitesi at Full City. These beans have almost a week on them so they have mellowed out some. Very tasty though. Coco & Spice w/ a little apple tartness

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I m not a big fan of coffee but i drink in office and some times in home.I m quite health conscious so i m very selective in my foods and diet specially.But i love coffee when i too tried and sleepy.

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This morning was a little Monkey Mix of left overs.
80% Rwanda
10% Ethiopia
10% Nicarauga

It was actually pretty darn good. Nice Coco/Earth with some fruity notes.

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Nice, I call that my zombie blend since I am bringing 2-3 beans back from the dead. It always seems to work out pretty well.

Monkey Mix, Zombie Blend, I wonder if anybody else has a name for it?

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Jittery Joes' Terrapin Wake-n-Bake

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Deep Blue Harrar, rosted last night. I look foward to how this one opens up.

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This morning was Sumatra Toba Batak Peaberry at FC.
Great cup! Earthy, baking spice, cardamom and dark coco.
Very nice.

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Ethiopia Pulp Natural Process at FC+. Very nice. Mild fruit, mild citrus, lite baking spice and coco.

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Ethiopian Blue Harrar cold drip.

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Nothing as awesome as what you guys are drinking, but Jose's Vanilla Nut... :)
Scott

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Colombia Dos Payasos de Tolima at FC/FC+. YUM!

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Guatamalen Antigua Retana Red Bourbob, City roast. First roast in the Behmor. Came out lighter than I wanted, but im really enjoying this cup,especially as it cools.

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Folgers Black Silk. Nothing too exciting.

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Brazil Mogiana D.P. Peaberry at FC+. Very nice. A little earth, coco, and baking spice. Very good cup.