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The Coffee Thread

Scepticalscribe said:
Earlier, I enjoyed a coffee from Burundi, served with organic hot milk.
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Burundi, wow. Such an unhappy country for so long. I am amazed their coffee and tea exports have regrouped somewhat after earlier conflicts, but a big debt forgiveness and their having joined the East Africa Community for better trade options must have helped.
 
lizkat said:
Burundi, wow. Such an unhappy country for so long. I am amazed their coffee and tea exports have regrouped somewhat after earlier conflicts, but a big debt forgiveness and their having joined the East Africa Community for better trade options must have helped.
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Yes, these days, coffee from Burundi can be found, when it is seasonally available, in some specialist coffee shops (the sort that cultivate links, and ties, with small, independent, producers and roasters), and pride themselves on what they can offer.

If you like coffee from east Africa and the Horn of Africa - the old classics from Ethiopia, and Kenya, and , at a push, even Uganda - and I do - it is more than likely that you will be more than partial to coffee from Burundi. Personally, I like it a lot.

That, plus the fact that I like to support coffee from such countries (and regions) for exactly the reasons you have outlined above, all mean that whenever I see coffee from Burundi available - and the quality will be guaranteed (as will the fact that the business will be run on ethical and environmentally aware lines) - I will buy it.

Actually, nowadays, coffees from Burundi can be relatively easily obtained, as long as they are in season, and are sourced by a knowledgeable and ethical supplier, whereas coffee from Yemen (another "unhappy country") - where the coffee is superb - is almost impossible (for obvious reasons) to lay hands on.
 
An excellent coffee from Colombia (served with organic hot milk) is going down rather well.
 
I have placed an order for coffee, and earlier today, some splendid coffees from EL Salvador (one of them a SL-28, which is more usually to be found in Kenya, as that is where it hails from) arrived safely.
 
SouprMatt said:
Now now be nice to the new poster… 🤣🤣
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Black Silk is the most underrated coffee in the in the coffee biz.

I'm not a big fan of the Starbucks business franchise but I do like their Sumatran, Cafe Verona, and Pikes Place.

Any Blue Mountain is delicious as well... but I don' find that stuff very often.

Also, it takes a lot to offend me. he he he
 
This cold, dark, dreary December afternoon (and it is already almost completely dark by 16.00) demands another mug of coffee, this time Ethiopian, served with organic hot milk, and a generous dash of double cream.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
This cold, dark, dreary December afternoon (and it is already almost completely dark by 16.00) demands another mug of coffee, this time Ethiopian, served with organic hot milk, and a generous dash of double cream.
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Today here it looked like tea time at noon, it was so dark from all the low-lying clouds and rainfall. We don't need rain, since a few days of warmer weather have melted the 17" snow bonus dished out in the week prior. Coffee improves one's outlook, but... not very much.

Still I'm happy to have a stash of Guatemalan beans on hand: my driveways will not be navigable today or the next few days either. After this rain dump we're to get snow tonight, and then a steep drop in air temperatures. Ugh!
 
Already thoroughly enjoying my second mug (Le Creuset) of Ethiopian coffee today, served with organic hot milk and a dash of double cream.
 
My morning mug of Ethiopian coffee (served with organic hot milk) went down awfully well, and will be followed by an afternoon mug of coffee from Colombia, served with organic hot milk.
 
Oh, wow.

Not entirely sure whether I should put this in the books thread, or in the coffee thread.

I have just received a book, a most unexpected gift - a fat, gorgeous, beautifully produced (and illustrated) hard-back - written and (obviously, just published) by a small coffee producer and roaster with whom I do business - in other words, from whom I buy coffee (granted, lots of coffee), and (fairly frequently) send them emails asking about their products.

As I wasn't expecting any deliveries today, - well, apart from the beer I bought yesterday - (unlike yesterday, when two parcels arrived), I didn't even look at my foolish phone (permanently plugged in as the battery is completely moribund) until now, when I found a message alerting me to expect a delivery from one of my favourite coffee producers.

The thing is, I was a bit nonplussed, as I hadn't ordered any coffee, assuming that 1): I have sufficient for my immediate needs, 2): We are too close to Christmas to place a last minute order, and hope for it to arrive before early January, and, 3): If truly necessary before the New Year when normal business hours are expected to resume, I can buy an emergency coffee from one of the small, local (extremely good) coffee places, - which also source ethical, environmentally aware, good quality coffee from small producers - places which I am also known to haunt.

Anyway, the small parcel resting against the front door contained a book.

It is all about the (usually excellent) coffees they buy, and features profiles of several of the farms and coffee growers & producers (small, usually family owned, ethical and environmentally aware businesses) with whom they do business across a variety of countries.

This is a most unexpected but very welcome treat; as their online business won't be open until Monday (and then, only briefly), I will not be able to thank them until then.
 
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