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In Reply to: Coffee Question - Looking for a Recommendation(s) posted by Jeffm on February 17, 2007 at 07:48:59:
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?
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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.
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.
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