El Bosque is Back

The all mighty Guatemala El Bosque is back where it belongs : in our Anfim grinder (of the week).
Last year number 3 of the year.
And Isabelle's coffee for the Barista finals.

This new crop Guatemalan is roasted by Knopes. Still a bit too fresh today, but all the other coffees are sold out so we gonna pull some shots for you anyhow.

Watch out : this one is not for sale yet. No panic though ; it's a 7 kilo sample bag. The coffee should be back in larger quantity's in two weeks.

Here some Joost Leopold El Bosque cupping notes, crop 2009 (Dutch) :

Geur van de bonen: vol, zoet, romige vanille
Uiterlijk van de bonen: egaal, gelijkmatig, middelgebrand (vlak voor de 2e krak)
Geur van de gemalen koffie: vlezig, als paté, doet denken aan Kopi Luwak, aards, warm en vertrouwd
Aroma (geur van de natte koffie): honing, zoet, caramel, marshmellows op de bbq, crema catelana ( gebrande suiker)

Smaak van de hete espresso: vol, zoet, veel body, stevig, lichte afdronk van gepofte kastanjes

Smaak van de koude espresso: fruitiger; zoete dadels

Waardering: 9

Daterra Bruzzi Reserve 2008

By accident we found an old Daterra Bruzzi penta box (vac packed Brazilian coffee). Almost 2 years old, but on medium-light roast its surprisingly well balanced. Nice experiment and very succesful, so already finished up today.

But no panic, I have lots of goodies in the (Knopes) roaster tomorrow. On display by the weekend.

Sorry for the Harrar lovers; again we are going to run out of stock in a couple of days. The good news is that we will replace it with the almighty Rwanda Musasa for 2 or 3 weeks. Not bad at all.

Coffee in New York : New List

People keep asking for New York coffee houses.
Here a very nice list.

Coffee Roasting Basics - Color Changes

As new born roasters (or almost); it's time to start informing you a bit on roasting profiles and stuff.
This excellent video comes from Sweet Maria's.

Koffie wordt Duurder (Dutch)

Ja, heel veel prijsstijgingen in ruwe bonen. Pffff.

Hier artikel (GVA).

en hier (Laatste Nieuws).
en op Koffienieuws!

En ja, ook wij zullen moeten volgen.
Maar kom, de House Blend steeg laatste 2 jaar maar 1x en onze Ethiopische koffie's staan al een jaar of 5 op hetzelfde niveau. Niet echt klagen dus.

Why You Should Hate Coffee Blogs

I found, euh ... Friso found, this interesting new Blog.

It's for the more 'advanced' coffee lovers.

Curious?
Click this.

Hopefully this blog will keep on living.

Mark Weinberger Special

This man Mark rolled in the bar in 2006.
Nobody knew where he came from, nobody knew what he did.

For years he came in on hot summer days to drink espresso's, semi-sweet soda's and a cappuccino left and right, meanwhile playing on his Sony laptop and smoking Verellen vanilla cigars.
Strange dude indeed, but he was very liked by all other clients, except for the cigar smoke of course :-)

Last year we were waiting for him to come back from his winter holidays. His habit was going off for skiing for a couple of months and come back by spring.
No Mark to be seen for the full summer.
Yes we missed him.

And by the time we were really woried we read this article online.

'Our' Mark seemed to be one of America's most wanted 'criminals'. Serious? Yes.
The days he arrived in Antwerp he was on the run. He had several cases running against him and while he was in Greece, at what seemed to be his last trip as a free man, he took off.
And ended up at ... Caffenation, home of the brave.

Our weeks espresso blend is made to remember his days at the bar.
A blend of Malabar, Yirgacheffe and a part of Costa Rica. A Mark Weinberger Special.

Probably in jail for the rest of his life, but tasty in a cup today.