by deCadmus | Feb 13, 2007 | Coffee
VDB notes that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is now the official java of the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate. Made my day. Turns out Baruth was toying with my emotions. Update: Turns out he wasn’t...
by deCadmus | Aug 14, 2006 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews
Despite my aspirations I have yet to get my espresso machine — A.K.A. Miss Silvia — tuned up and ready to claim her long-coveted counter space. I suspect my claim of eminent kitchen counter domain is still in the appellate court of domestic bliss, and...
by deCadmus | Aug 12, 2006 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews
Rating: [rating:4.5/5] I’ve recently written about my new-found appreciation for Colombian coffee — a growing region I’d long written off as an example of style over substance; marketing over matter. The past few weeks I’ve had not only...
by deCadmus | Aug 11, 2006 | Coffee
When we cupped the Colombia First Harvest Cup of Excellence coffees in April, the number 3 lot — La Virginia — wasn’t on the table. It was, at 48 bags of coffee, quite a large offering as as auction lots go, and far more than we could offer through...
by deCadmus | Aug 10, 2006 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews
Rating: [rating:4/5] Jason Anderson and Sharon Grossman, husband and wife co-proprietors of Coffee Emergency, launched into the specialty coffee trade a scant two years ago and quickly made a splash. Code Brown — their signature espresso blend — wowed the...
by deCadmus | Aug 8, 2006 | Coffee
Over the weekend I found myself with an awful head cold, every bit as severe as it proved — thankfully — short-lived. Now a cold most any time is an inconvenience. This time it was distressing. The coffee delivery man had just left some excellent beans on...