Posts from the ‘Reviews’ Category

  • Kaldi's Coffee Geisha

    Kaldi’s Coffee: Colombia Granja La Esperanza Geisha

    May 20th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    A few years back when I started this adventure, one of first few roasters I ordered from was Kaldi’s Coffee. I can’t remember the exact coffee I had but I remember it was good. Today, I can thankfully describe a coffee better than just good. I’m not sure why it has taken me this long [...]

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  • Kuma Coffee

    Kuma Coffee: Cauca Inza, Colombia Espresso

    May 14th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    I love getting coffee surprises with my order. Cauca Inza, Colombia Espresso is another new offering from Kuma Coffee. Thoughts I was so busy drinking five different bags of coffee that I didn’t get to run this through the Presso, but that’s okay because the Woodneck gave me some great results. I found figs and [...]

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  • Evocation Coffee Roasters

    Evocation Coffee Roasters: Congo Kivu Rumangabo

    May 11th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    I’d like to introduce a new roaster to the site. Let’s welcome Evocation Coffee Roasters to the table. I thank Twitter every day for all the new roasters I come across. Half of them have been around for a number of years and I am just now hearing about them. Evocation Coffee Roasters is a [...]

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  • Kuma Coffee

    Kuma Coffee: Bella Carmona, Guatemala

    May 5th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    You may or may not have heard quite a few people, including myself talking about a particular coffee, Bella Carmona, Guatemala on Twitter lately. That’s because Mark, roaster and founder of Kuma Coffee just released a new offering to the already amazing coffee line. Bella Carmona is a coffee to talk about, to dream about, [...]

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  • New Frontier Coffee

    New Frontier Coffee: Costa Rica SHB Juan Leon Estates

    May 2nd, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    This bag of coffee came from LA Coffee Club, a coffee subscription service with the aim to bring you coffee from various roasters in the LA area. Meet, New Frontier Coffee. Thoughts From the moment you open the bag you are greeted with beans slightly speckled with oil and a quiet smell of smokiness and [...]

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  • Iced Aeropress

    Iced Aeropress Method: A Comparison Between Rob Dunne and Ben Blake

    April 29th, 2012 | Blog, Recipes, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    This week I finally scrounged up some time to play around with some iced aeropress recipes I’ve been hearing a lot about on Twitter. It seems that cold brew coffee and the aeropress is the popular choice right now. It all started with a recipe that Ben Blake aka Draw Coffee posted on his blog [...]

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  • MadCap Coffee Company

    MadCap Coffee Company: Rwanda Gishamwana

    April 26th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    MadCap’s Spring Fling was a hit for me so now its time to merge away from blends for a moment and check out one of their single origin coffees, Rwanda Gishamwana. This coffee is a serious eye opener, along with an explosion of flavor. Just go ahead and read and see for yourself. Thoughts The [...]

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  • 40 Weight Coffee Yemen

    Forty Weight Coffee: Yemen Mocca Sanani

    April 20th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    Quick thanks to Forty Weight Coffee for throwing some of this Yemen in with my order. I’ve had a Yemen Mocca coffee before and didn’t particularly like it… Then again, it was one of my early home roasts which could be the reason why. Let’s see what I found. Thoughts Wow! The Clever Dripper just [...]

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  • PT's Coffee Roasting

    PT’s Coffee Roasting: Panama Finca la Valentina

    April 17th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | 4 Comments

    I don’t like to call favorites when it comes to picking coffees because there are just so many great coffees out there that my list wouldn’t be list of just my favorites, but instead just about every coffee I’ve come across since I started this adventure. Even though I don’t like to pick favorites, I [...]

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  • MadCap Coffee Company

    MadCap Coffee Company: Spring Fling Blend

    April 14th, 2012 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | No Comments

    MadCap, MadCap, oh how I love MadCap Coffee Company. They have some really amazing coffees, but what really threw me over the edge and caused me to becomes obsessed with them was their Holiday Fusion Blend I got to try a few months back. It was the first blend I’ve had that really just blew [...]

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