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For all the serious coffee drinkers out there . . .I'm looking to try out some new coffee (new to me) and was looking for some recommendations. My current favorites are Ethiopia Yirgacheffe (yeah, it sounds like you just sneezed when you say it) and Colombian Supremo in that order.
A local gourmet shop sells a good selection of whole coffee beans and so I've actually had a chance to brew at home real Jamaican Blue Mountain and Kona coffee (Not the blended stuff that people try and pass off as one or the other). While both were very distinctive, I didn't care for either one.
So any recommendations?
It's snowing again . . .
Jeff
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Enjoy.
Regards,
Brad
Yeah, we've covered that ground here in the Asylum before . . .Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting. But obviously *someone* is buying "it".
Hehe...
couple of my favorite places to buy coffee, and varieties, are:Peets - national chain now. I used to buy when the only shop was in Berkeley. The one we come back to most often is Major Dickesons. Nice in a french press or espresso. Drink a lot of their Guatamala and Mocha Java, as well as special blends like Holiday and JR Reserve.
Stumptown - Portland biggie. Just tried it last week. Nice local enterprise. I got some of their Yirgacheffe, but also like the 'Hair Bender'.
Camp4 - Crested Butte Colorado. just great coffee and atmosphere. Couldn't see that they sell on line for you unfortunately. But I had to plug them.
Old Soul - Sacramento CA.. new kid in town. Very high quality product. Again, unfortunately, you gotta be here to get it, I think.
I tend not to like the 'fruity/sweet' flavors so much as the darker, fuller, probably over-roasted flavors. Probably due to drinking Peets for over 20 yrs, which tends to be over-cooked, according to some. The new trend among the new breed of roasters is to roast less and not impart so much of the 'burnt' flavor, letting the fruit come thru. It's taking me some getting used to frankly. Coffees from the Americas have more of the fruit flavor, I think. My wife has the better taste buds and she's not big on most of the Colombia, Guat, Brazil stuff.. Prefers Africas, Indonesia...
We got into some Jamaican BM in Jamaica a yr or so ago. Struck it rich finding a source of the best we tasted there for $11/lb! brought back about 25 lbs among 3 families.. Wish I still had it.
My brother-in-law loooves Peets and keeps talking about it (and talking about it and talking about it and...). He and his family live in Clayton, CA which is near Concord and Walnut Creek. I'll tell him to bring some next time they are here visiting. I had some last time we were visiting them and, I can't remember which coffee of theirs I had, but it seemed like it was pretty good.It's looking like it is time to check out coffee of the Americas . . .
Thanks!
Jeff
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can't beat it
I used to roast for customers but mostly do it for myself now.Yirgacheffe is unique with tea like flavor and lemon. If you like African beans you may want to try some others, Ethiopia Harar and Kenya although there are a wide variety of Kenyas and some pretty average ones out there so look for good ones.
Similar to Colombia would be Peru and possibly Bolivia and Brazil.
Are you looking for local brands or something you can buy over the internet?
I would prefer to buy locally since there are a number of well stocked shops in the metro area. But I'm also not against buying over the 'net.Thanks for the African recommendations. I've had Kenya "AA", or what was sold locally by that name, and found that while it was good it didn't really knock my socks off.
I will have to check out the South American ones as well.
The only thing that I am avoiding right now due to availability are the "estate" coffees that I've seen on 'net through some coffee stores. I certainly appreciate the idea but I'm looking for the ones that are more readily available for the time being.
Thanks,
Jeff
This may be interesting.Intelligencia and Counter Culture are two exceptionally good non-local sources.
Estate beans are usually from a single estate as opposed to a bunch of growers throwing their beans into a co-op. (Kenya AA for example sounds very generic and Colombia beans are often a mix.) This doesn't mean they will be better, but may have more distinct terroir taste.
Intelligencia and Counter Culture look like they are very good sources. Better than the other ones I've run across but I haven't spent a lot of time browsing either.I do appreciate the concept of the estate grown product, they are doing that with teas, chocolate and wines (of course!) to name the few that I've run across so far, so I may give in and try the coffee ones out. I've been sticking to the larger producers since some of my friends like to shop locally only, the idea of buying over the 'net just pushes too many of their security buttons, and they like to hear recommendations.
Cheers.
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