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Elementary Class 3rd July

Ian explaining what is espresso.



the chocolate etching done by our students.



The students participating. They're actually fast coffee learners. Soon everyone will be a coffee…

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Added by Noribsham Bin Ibrahim on July 3, 2010 at 7:49am — No Comments

Guatemala Huehuetenango Pahlu

Acid- 8
Body- 9
Texture- 8 Clean and milky smooth.
Flavor- nice Huehuetenango Guatemala has simple but unmistakable character and we found this one to be just that. The acid is as juicy as can be without going tart. It arrives immediately and makes the round mouthfeel the focus. Prototypical guatemalan caramel maltiness and flower-petal softness float in the big clean body. Not the most complex of coffees but easy to drink and satisfying. The long clean, juicy finish…
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Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on July 2, 2010 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Tanzania PB Hope Project

This Tanzania Peaberry was sourced thru the Tanzania Hope Project.


Acid- 7
Body- 8
Texture- 9 Dry powder and particulate, peppery.
Flavor- when ground sandalwood and Nag Champa insense, dry aromatic spices and tomato vine smells are present. Once wet the acid becomes semi-penetrating and is very aromatic. The insense character remains and a…
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Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on July 2, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Dessert Professional Social Media Coverage of the World Pastry Forum This Week

Cross-posted from Chalkboarder News



We’ve got a veritable flurry of social media content messaging happening over the next seven days from our client Dessert Professional Magazine.



Dessert Professional Magazine



Rather than publish a hundred blogposts a…

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Added by Jeffrey J Kingman on July 2, 2010 at 9:52am — No Comments

Jones the grocer visit to cuppa

Aliff, fazly and their head chef from Jones the grocer visited us.

Added by Noribsham Bin Ibrahim on July 2, 2010 at 1:21am — No Comments

It's a rainy afternoon

It's a rainy afternoon but our Cuppa Lovers still fight through the rain for that lovely cuppa coffee.



Added by Noribsham Bin Ibrahim on July 2, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Coffee Roasting and Cupping right here in humble Singgpore

  • My first buddy roasting with Suhaimie Sukiman.Selected this 3 coffees to roast.



Cupped the coffees prior to roasting. Not much flavours developped yet but that was unexpected aromas. Sumatra Mandheling had a dried spicy chilli aroma and the two african coffees apparently had a…

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Added by Noribsham Bin Ibrahim on June 29, 2010 at 9:13am — 1 Comment

Offer on the table.....

I have been offered a five year deal to buy an existing cafe I am currently managing. This August will be my second year as a manager there and just tonight, the ownership asked my wife and I (newlyweds as of 6-12-10) to purchase their investment. They gave us a very sweet deal, knowing we do not have any real capital to our names, as they do not plan on owning the shop forever. WE ARE THRILLED!!!
The plan is this:
We are given 95% control over the business for a year, starting…
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Added by Andrew R. Tucker on June 23, 2010 at 9:50pm — No Comments

A little love affair...

(Written in the form of a letter)





Dear Companion,



It's always easier to say something in writing. I'm a bit nervous and my heart is beating through my chest as I think of the devastation that you may feel after hearing this truth that I have finally come to accept; I am having a love affair. At first it started off as just a friendly exchange. He was warm and comforting, extremely sweet at the time. Over the course of the next few years his sweetness faded away into… Continue

Added by Shellie Adams on June 22, 2010 at 9:43am — No Comments

Raspberry chocolate brownies & coffee

I came across this chocolate brownies recipe in one of many supermarket magazines diligently collected during my supermarket shopping trips. I’ve never baked chocolate brownies before so I was really looking forward to results anticipating nothing but pure success.

After all the recipe promises a lot. I followed instructions to the dot but the result was far from what I expected. The brownies where too “wet”, they were not even baked properly…

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Added by Dominika on June 19, 2010 at 4:18pm — No Comments

It's strawberry time!











Oh, how I love the beginning of summer. The weather is getting warmer and the fruit season is on the full. Strawberries are definitely the biggest hit for a perfect…

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Added by Dominika on June 16, 2010 at 1:33pm — 2 Comments

Messin' With Chemex pt. 1

In the spirit of experimentation, I've started to toy with my Chemex settings. After re-reading Rao's spirited questioning of the standard operating procedure regarding Chemex brewing, I figured I would shake up my ways a bit.



I figure I'll try a number of different changes, recording those changes

and the resulting brew. Today, the only change I'll make from my… Continue

Added by Simon Ouderkirk on June 16, 2010 at 4:31am — No Comments

Mocha mugs

This is one of my favorite coffee recipes from the book: The top 100 International coffee recipes (written by Mary Ward).



Serves: 4



You will need:

- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

- 1/2 cup sugar

- 2 cups hot, freshly brewed coffee (regular or decaffeinated)

- 2 cups milk (2%)

- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

- 1/2 cup whipping cream

- ground cinnamon



Method:



Stir cocoa and sugar together in a saucepan. Stir in hot… Continue

Added by Dominika on June 15, 2010 at 4:05am — No Comments

woot woot!

Added by scott satterwhite on June 13, 2010 at 10:42am — No Comments

Conversions, the frustrating side of baking

God, I just become so frustrated whenever I take a fantastic cookbook with great recipes and photos in my hand. It starts with

excitement when I choose one of the recipes for the day and then take a

look at ingredients...

Pounds, ounces, grams, cups, spoons, Fahrenheit, Celsius, gas marks, pints,... You see what I mean?

Before we moved to UK I only ever used metric units, so I didn't need to worry about all of this. But…

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Added by Dominika on June 12, 2010 at 5:01am — No Comments

That coffee comes from WHERE?

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Café Luwak does it in downtown Ypsilanti Michigan and it does it well. They offer a small, but tasty selection of coffees to drink, but are the only café in the area that brews straight up Kopi Luwak coffee.



Kopi is the Indonesian word for coffee and Luwak is the local name of the Asian Palm Civet from Sumatra. It is the most expensive coffee in the world; $200 a pound. Why you ask? Well it comes from the digestive system of the Civet. And I really don’t want to go any… Continue

Added by Sandee Rodriguez on May 31, 2010 at 5:19pm — 3 Comments

Spring-time is Fling-time!

Hey everyone! This year we will be having the Spring Coffee Fling on Sunday, the 13th of June at Spuyten Duyvil. We will meet in the back garden starting at 6pm until they kick us out. For those of you new to this Fling thing, a few of us organize a bi-annual gathering of the amazing people that surround our beloved brown-bean beverage, Coffee! This industry has some awesome folks working in it! You really don't even have to work in a coffee based profession to Fling. Feel free to join us for a… Continue

Added by Ed Kaufmann on May 31, 2010 at 1:14pm — No Comments

Review of Mugsies Coffee House in New Wilmington, PA

Background: Mugsies is nestled in the downtown district of a small community in western Pennsylvania about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh. It caters to a hybrid customer base of college students from the fairly prestigious Westminster College and rustic local farmers. On weekends, the relatively small cafe can often be crammed, as the shop regularly features several local musicians such as Adrienne Nightingale, David Bailey, and Randy Niles. For several years,…
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Added by Doug Rice on May 31, 2010 at 7:31am — No Comments

Coffee, The National Drink

"Back in the days of the Boston Tea Party, drinking coffee became an act
of patriotism as Americans protested the excessive tax levied by King
George III on their tea. The Continental Congress, as a result, made
coffee the national drink. Coffee houses soon became gathering places
for people such as Paul Revere, John Adams, George Washington and others
known as the Sons of Liberty."

Added by Tony Bowles on May 21, 2010 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Holy "ahead of schedule" Batman!

Ok, so my 10 year plan was to open a Roastery and 5 or 6 coffeehouses each a couple years apart. Now 2 years 6 months 21 days into the plan. Opened coffeehouse number 2 at my new Roastery location NY Day 4 months 21 days ago right on schedule.

Just got the seller signed purchase contract back for number 3 today, scheduled to close next Friday May 28th. Wasn't looking for it, just fell in my lap May 4th. Which I atribute to constant quality focused hard work and the Man…

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Added by Mike McGinness on May 21, 2010 at 6:40pm — 4 Comments

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