Archive for March, 2005

Tasting: Fair Trade Organic Nicaraguan Matagalpa

Rating: ★★★½☆

I’ve been tremendously impressed by coffees from Nicaragua these past many months. They are proving yin to the yang of the light, bright fruity notes of what’s become the archetype of Central and South American beans. Nicaragua offers a balancing opposite rooted in darker, earthier and more rustic notes.

A Brave New Experiment

One of the perks [perks, get it?] of working for a coffee company is — surprise — free coffee! And being the coffee-slurping fiend that I am I take full advantage. I have tasted my way from one end of Green Mountain’s coffee line-up to the other and …

Ich bin ein Vermonter

Finally! For fellow flatlanders who have made the move to Vermont, a little help with the local language…Faam: A place where you raise animals and vegetables.Baan: A structure on the faam.Jaw on dare: The green tractor in the baan.Soda: What a farmer did to his prized cow to …

It’s a tiny, connected world…

A few days ago I posted a brief link to a Flikr photo set… a gallery of fab latte art. Turns out that the shutterbug — Tonx — is also a coffee roaster, barista and resident web guy at Victrola Coffee in Seattle, as well as a …