Two Unrelated Points About Coffee
Oct 14, 2010 St. Louis, coffee, groceries, missouri
If you truly love coffee and you’ve written Kaldi’s off, don’t!
While I’ve personally been critical of them in the past, I’ve never disliked them as a roaster and it’s time for an update because over the last couple years, as they’ve gotten into direct sourcing of green coffee and consumer education, they’ve raised the bar in regards to what coffee can be in St. Louis. Many of these beans have been fantastic and Kaldi’s regularly hosts educational cuppings and brewing demonstrations in each of their locations to teach you about what the various regions and varietals of coffee taste like, and how to get the most from them at home.
Additionally,
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Tags: cappuccino, coffee, espresso, iced coffee, Kaldi's Coffee, Rwanda
Get it Fresh: Intelligentsia Zirikana @ Whole Foods
Feb 10, 2010 coffee, groceries
Delivered Monday to Whole Foods Brentwood was a Direct Trade Intelligentsia coffee, the Zirikana, Rwanda: Bufcafe, that was roasted 2010.02.04.
Here’s what Intelligentsia has to say about the coffee..
Extremely fruit-forward and sincere. Peach nectar precedes a honeyed mouthfeel and an extended flavor of grape, lime and nectarine. A finish of cacao and walnut frame the experience.
Get it while it’s fresh…and sorry I didn’t mention it sooner.
Note: Because coffee is so much better fresh, I welcome any coffee roaster or merchant of specialty coffee in St. Louis, that has dated roasted products, to email me when you have a freshly roasted coffee. I will post it for people to snatch up at its best.
Tags: coffee, intelligentsia coffee, Rwanda, Whole Foods
From the mountains of Panama and Ethiopia, to the urban-jungles of Portland and Chicago, journalist Michaele Weissman takes us behind the scenes for a look at the world of third-wave specialty coffee. How did we get to Starbucks, and where we go from here?