Hi there.  The most updated pricing for that grinder and everything else will be on the website. Since they change frequently, I refer people to the site.  The manual grinders are a special deal that won't be reflected on the site.

 

Hi,

here are a few photos, I can email some others to you, let me know.

 

Hi,

Sorry taken a while to get back to you I am traveling right now. I would definitely be interested in coming to your shop and having a chat about all things coffee. Let me know where you are located and when I get back maybe we could set up a time to meet.

Thanks,

Mat

Just love coffee and want to learn more about it. I live on Vancouver Island and thought it was cool that there was a group.

You are right about different beans having different profiles regardless of density. Having an idea of density is one tool that you can use to better control development time post first crack. If you aren't already doing it try graphing a few different extreme profiles of the same bean and cupping them. Doing this gave me a better idea of which shape of curve I tend to like as a profile. (not that I would limit to one type of curve)

Are you measuring bean density? It can be done pretty easily by capping a 10 inch piece of pvc standing it on a scale and measuring each type of green. The lightest beans will be your bench mark and for your own purposes say they have a density of 1. Divide each bean's weight by the weight of no. 1 and you will be able to assign each variety with a number showing the density. eg. your peru is the lightest (therefore it is 1) at 370 grams. your guat weighs in at 392 grams for the same volume. 392 / 372= 1.06. Once you have all your beans calculated you will have a really good idea how much heat to apply initially. Denser beans can take (and need) more heat than less dense.

Next thing to look at is air flow. Diedrichs give you some good airflow options which can help you manipulate your profile. Give me a call if you want to discuss 889-7800

What are you going for with the Honduran? How do you plan on brewing it.I just did a three day intesive workshop with Willem Boot and learned some interesting stuff. If you have a target acidity/flavor/body in mind I might have a few suggestions.

Thom Yorke covering Neil Young on Neil's piano for the bridge school benefit is worth a dl.

i just noticed someone mentioned black keys on your discussion. Rob just introduced me to them... really good. (the one song I heard)

We've been playing some death Cab for Cutie lately and I always love the crazy variety of people who get nostalgic when the Ramones are playing. Dr. John is a stand by on our list. I gave up and made a 16 hour playlist that had anything cafe friendly on my Ipod and I put it on shuffle. But even that gets tired pretty fast.
Been thinking of trying a customer ipod day and seeing how it goes.

hey Dave.
How are you?

HEy Dave,

YOu may want to contact my friend Chuck Weber here in Oregon. He knows a lot about these pipes and may be able to point you in the right direction. It does take a while to order this stuff. Try emailing him at roasterdude@gmail.com Tell him you are a student of ABC;s.

Good Luck!

Hi Dave,
The most interesting thing I have tried recently was a dry processed Pacamara from Nicaragua. We got a small bag from sweet Marias for free with Rob's new home machine that he bought from them. I will definitely be ordering a sack. Also just got our first barrel of blue mountain from mavis bank. Not really worth the price but still very good. I have been mulling over the idea of a buyers coop for a while now. There are enough of us on the island that we could start bidding on coe. Keep in touch.

Gidday David, thanks for the comment. Actually I dont know the US crowd that well, so do not really know who is leading the charge there with relationship coffee on the importer front. I would expect Matt would be able to give you some pointers from his experienced view point.

However I have dealt with and meet some of the Sustainable Harvest (Portland) team when they were here. I would think they would be a good place to start.

No, I love it here.

I hope so. Are you going to be at Canadian Coffee and Tea?

dude what do you need call me? sorry just got your note.

I still want to do the cupping on the 10th, I just keep forgetting to call you. How about you call me 250.538.7748. I will talk to my friends today and see if I can get some Counter Culture sent up for the cupping. I haven't found any good locally roasted coffee here in Toronto. The only good coffee is from Intelli, I'm very disappointed.

Sorry I haven't called you yet just been super busy. I do still want to do this on the 10th. I'll call you soon.

I will try to call you sometime this week, are you in your store most of the time? I am going to be in Toronto in early Oct. so maybe I can find some good coffee there and next time I will see if I can get Counter Culture to send some to us.