Thursday, July 28, 2005

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

The Head of Danish Mafia (Jens) and His top hitman Martin



Planning the take over of the coffee world.
Trieste, Italy 2004

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Tuesday, July 05, 2005


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The Quest

At some point after getting into the coffee industry I have been on a quest to develop the perfect coffee house. Part of the problem is that my vision for the perfect coffee house continues to change and grow. The other problem is that it gets more and more expensive. To start I must say that the perfect coffee house is some what subjective or very subjective. Here is one thing that it must have "coffee". Lot's of coffee. Different types of coffee. Over five different coffees from the same country repeated in different countries designated by farm and finca and cultivar (ie. typica, Burbon, etc.) It would be awesome to have two or more coffees from the same farm of differing cultivars. You could then do coffee samplers from around the world or from a single country.

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Good times

Well my espresso is coming along nicely. It has a nice smooth creamy chocolate body, light acidity with a incredibly sweet after taste. It is not perfect but very good.
I have also been drinking a Kenyan Kathangariri that we got a few weeks ago. It is incredible.
Our store is located in a area not know for good espresso and coffee houses so people are always surprised when they get good coffee. I love it when people order a straight espresso and are surprised when it is really good. This happens on a daily basis.
One of my favorite things is roasting coffee and then making drinks for customers and watching them enjoy the coffee. The next best thing would be to grow it, roast it, serve it. You never know.
It is also fun that we are getting more people who are wanting to work for us who have passion for coffee. This fun.