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Brazil Serra Negra

Brazil Serra Negra

Patrocinio, Minas Gerais

Acid: low to medium

Body: medium

Texture: mainly clean and juicy, slight nut skin in middle.

Flavor Profile: the acid profile is juicier and shows more complexity than in some of our previous brazillian offerings. Prototypical sweet orange with just enoughrind to be noticed, coffee cherry and sweet green grape are also present. Hazelnut liquor and dark chocolate follow and sink into a just slightly grainy texture. It’s…

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Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on May 23, 2012 at 9:41am — 1 Comment

Cupping at New Harvest

Attended my first cupping at New Harvest. This technique is vital when it comes to being able to pick up the nuances between growing areas. I plan to attend a cupping weekly and will post my notes as I become more engaged.…

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Added by victoria fallon on May 13, 2012 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Recipe: Crio Brü Mexican Mocha



Here is a delicious chocolaty recipe for an iced Mexican mocha. This is a variation of a popular recipe served at my coffee shop.…
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Added by Terri Voltz on May 5, 2012 at 8:29am — No Comments

RoastLog vs Cropster?

We've been wanting to add a profile monitoring system like Roastlog or Cropster to our roaster. We gave both a good look at Expo last week but am still not quite sure which direction to go. There seems to be more similarities than differences.

Our primary uses would be for roast logging and profile monitoring. The cupping feature on Cropster would be useful, but it looks like Roastlog is working on that also.

Any opinions about preferences, functionality, etc. would be greatly…

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Added by Chad Kimm on April 30, 2012 at 1:32pm — No Comments

Colombia Los Cauchos

Colombia Los Cauchos

San Augustino Forest, Huila region

Acid: Medium High

Body: Full

Texture: Sweetened Gingerbeer and cola

Flavor Profile: classic “Diner Coffee” profile. Slightly spicy, very sweet and texturally rooty, with big body and good balance. Almost cherry cola-like, if the cherry wasn’t too over the top. The textural body is similar to Gingerbeer without…

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Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on April 3, 2012 at 9:25am — No Comments

Is There a Future for Carbon Footprint Labeling in the UK?

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‘Although we've not seen the take up we'd have liked across industry, we still support carbon labelling as a way of helping consumers and business to understand and reduce their carbon emissions,’ says Martyn Seal, director for sustainability in Europe at PepsiCo, which owns the Walkers brand.…

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Added by 3BL Media on March 13, 2012 at 7:17pm — No Comments

Kenya Muthunzuuni PB

Kenya Muthunzuuni Peaberry

Machakos District



Acid: high

Body: medium-full

Texture: clean, root beerish

Flavor Profile: cherry jolly rancher, lemon and sweet tomato flavors in the acid. Root beer, fresh pine, cane sugar liquour and dark chocolate in the sugars. Fairly subdued coffee for so much complexity. The acid allows the…

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Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on February 29, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Coffee Quality Testing - IFT.org

In its January Volume, the Institute of Food Technologist featured an in-depth article titled Coffee Quality Testing. After explaining the coffee basics, the author relies on the expertise of Starbucks and Coffee Analysts to explain how and why coffee is tested.

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Added by Spencer on January 20, 2012 at 5:50am — No Comments

selling Robusta coffee bean

AnThaiCafe supply all good quality Roasted Coffee Beans with special taste of Vietnam with the most competitive and reasonable price and soonest delivery. We have 3 types (Moka, Robusta, Arabica).

Robusta coffee beans were selected from the beans cooked berry, popular area of BuonHo - DakLak -…

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Added by Tracy Nguyen on January 19, 2012 at 1:22am — No Comments

selling ground coffee

With love and passion of coffee, Tay Nguyen’s people on the homeland of coffee created special products named ANTHAICAFE.

Selected from original coffee beans and through the secret of Orient method AnThai ground coffee were created to become a good start for a new day and inspiration to be…

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Added by Tracy Nguyen on January 19, 2012 at 1:15am — No Comments

selling 3 in 1 coffee mix

AnThaiCafe’s 3 in 1 Coffee Mix product is a quick and convenient way for users but not lose the taste of natural coffee.

Each product is created by the combination of raw material and the most advanced technology. Through producing and processing coffee does not lose natural flavors and…

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Added by Tracy Nguyen on January 19, 2012 at 1:00am — No Comments

selling Arabica coffee bean

Arabica coffee is also known as the "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee" or "Arabica coffee". Arabica coffee is believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, being grown in southwest Arabia for well over 1,000 years.

It is a achievement of the process of selection and breeding…

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Added by Tracy Nguyen on January 19, 2012 at 1:00am — No Comments

selling instant coffee

Instant coffee of ANTHAICAFE can entirely meet the demand on industry for food processing containing ingredients such as coffee milk, wine, confectionery product line. Our products are processed from 100% pure coffee beans without the use of spice and preservatives that are harmful to health.  Therefore the product…

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Added by Tracy Nguyen on January 19, 2012 at 1:00am — No Comments

selling roasted coffee bean

On the land of coffee in Vietnam, the coffee seeds are chosen and cared meticulously by the Highland’s farmers to create best coffee beans.  Through a careful producing and processing we have special products: Arabica and Robusta coffee beans.

We supply good quality products. Our prices are…

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Added by Tracy Nguyen on January 19, 2012 at 1:00am — No Comments

Bonavita Gooseneck Kettles

Bonavita pourover kettles now available!  http://ning.it/wgopqC If you haven't wanted to spend $50-$75 on a pourover kettle, the bonavita is a very nicely designed and built stainless steel kettle with well formed goose-neck that performs like a champ, all for about $30. 

Added by Keith Eckert on January 9, 2012 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Looking to purchase a small independent community coffee cafe

Looking to purchase a small independent community coffee cafe and curious to see if any of the members of the Barista Exchange have any leads.  I will respond to all serious inquiries.

Added by Jeff Wax on December 30, 2011 at 5:17pm — 1 Comment

Inspiration + Collaboration; How Smart Relationships Make Great Coffee

Equator Coffees and Teas is a women-owned business based in Marin Country, California, and focuses on quality and sustainability. Equator has worked with Sustainable Harvest to source coffees since 2007 and has partnered with Sustainable Harvest to build relationships with producers in Tanzania and Ecuador, among other places. Equator truly understands the coffee supply chain from seed to cup and makes environmentally, socially, and economically…

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Added by 3BL Media on December 23, 2011 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Coda Coffee’s Farm2Cup Program Helps People Feel Good about the Coffee they Drink

Coda Coffee, a Denver-based specialty coffee roaster and sustainable wholesaler, today announced its Farm2Cup program.  The program aims to continuously improve Coda’s coffee quality and positively impact farming communities around the world.  Through the…

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Added by Crystal T on December 1, 2011 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Small Note to BXers

Just posting a small blog to say that the posts you've found (and hopefully read) here on BX are a sampling of the posts on my blog site.  If you desire to read more words that have spewed forth from the fountain that is my keyboard, then you should head over there.

Added by Joshua Hutcheson on October 27, 2011 at 8:40am — No Comments

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