Coffee

More (GASP!) instant coffee.

Due to my schedule for radiation treatments and general laziness, I have been drinking instant coffee. I have grown to like Medaglia D' Oro. It's a lot better than gas station coffee. I decided to try some others based on internet reviews. I bought a box of Cafe Bustelo Instant Espresso Sticks. Not bad. I also splurged and bought some Jacobs Cronat Gold. A waste of money. It's drinkable, but doesn't really taste like coffee. I was going to try Douwe Egberts instant, but it's expensive and I doubt that it's any better.

Over the years I have tried most of the American brands. They all taste like instant coffee. Folgers used to make a pretty good instant like Starbucks Via with micro ground coffee, but they don't make it anymore.
 
Monofletch said:
We had 6 players so I figured we could just pair off. Each pair will exchange addresses and beans.

Monofletch/Ryan Thompson
GotSteel/Spyderphreak
U.Hansen/Dannyp

Let me know if there is any conflict with the pairing. It was randome.
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In process. I should be roasting a pound for GotSteel tonight! :D :thumbup: Great idea guys!!! :cool:
 
Welderwoman06 said:
I recommend coffee from Equal Exchange, their coffee is fantastic, plus your supporting small farmers.
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Hmm I see what they've been trying to do there.. I've tried their coffees a couple of times and they were really very bland like prefer Folgers bland, I hoped they had good coffee but it seems their spiel is a shill though to be fair I haven't researched them it's just an impression. But the 3rd wave of coffee which has been going on for some time now.. check this excerpt from Wiki:

"The third wave of coffee is a movement to produce high-quality coffee, and consider coffee as an artisanal foodstuff, like wine, rather than a commodity. This involves improvements at all stages of production, from improving coffee plant growing, harvesting, and processing, to stronger relationships between coffee growers, traders, and roasters, to higher quality and fresh roasting, at times called "microroasting" (by analogy with microbrew beer), to skilled brewing.

Third wave coffee aspires to the highest form of culinary appreciation of coffee, so that one may appreciate subtleties of flavor, varietal, and growing region – similar to other complex consumable plant-derived products such as wine, tea, and chocolate. Distinctive features of third wave coffee include direct trade coffee, high-quality beans (see specialty coffee for scale), single-origin coffee (as opposed to blends), lighter roasts, and latte art. It also includes revivals of alternative methods of coffee preparation, such as vacuum coffee and pour-over brewing devices such as the Chemex and Hario V60.

The term "Third Wave" was coined in 2002, and refers chiefly to the American phenomenon, particularly from the 1990s and continuing today, but with some roots in the 1980s, 1970s, and 1960s. Similar movements exist in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Scandinavia. More broadly, third wave coffee can be seen as part of the specialty coffee movement."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_wave_of_coffee

SpyderPhreak said:
Did a little roasting tonight... :D
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Looking forward to it!
 
GotSteel said:
Looking forward to it!
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I hope you enjoy it! :D It's on the way!!! You said you like Guatemalan, but I did not include any. :eek: However, I think you will be surprised by the Sulawesi I sent you. I know I did not expect that particular coffee to be what it was when I tried it. Very unexpected.

Once you have it in-hand, I'll post some links for you. :)
 
Sulawesi I've never had it but I like trying new things, the 2nd one I sent tried at the shop and was very good, I think you'll like them :)
 
Better than what I sent him for Christmas? I find that hard to believe.:p

Just kidding, I'm sure whatever you sent is pretty good too!:thumbup: My package is headed out tomorrow.

The Sulawesi I've tried before was very good. I would definitely recommend it, especially if you like other coffees from the pacific region.
 
dannyp said:
The Sulawesi I've tried before was very good. I would definitely recommend it, especially if you like other coffees from the pacific region.
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I've only had one other Sulawesi like the one I sent him before, and if you know your coffees, you'd never guess this is from the Pacific region. Definitely not your typical Sulawesi. :thumbup:
 
That's interesting, but it makes sense given all the variables that go into how a coffee turns out. I was recently reading about one of the Indonesian islands growing a coffee that was transplanted from either the Caribbean or Central America and how it affected the flavor.
 
It's interesting how greatly the environment affects the flavor of coffee especially since it has such a low affinity for phenotypic variation (Arabica anyway, not too sure about Robusta,) good news on that front though as I believe a group of scientists have recently mapped the genome of Arabica)
 
dannyp said:
That's interesting, but it makes sense given all the variables that go into how a coffee turns out. I was recently reading about one of the Indonesian islands growing a coffee that was transplanted from either the Caribbean or Central America and how it affected the flavor.
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Hmm, that IS very interesting, and I'd love to read more if you have a link?

GotSteel said:
It's interesting how greatly the environment affects the flavor of coffee especially since it has such a low affinity for phenotypic variation (Arabica anyway, not too sure about Robusta,) good news on that front though as I believe a group of scientists have recently mapped the genome of Arabica)
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This Sulawesi an atypical varietal that you don't see often. The previous time I roasted it, it said it was a S-795 (Jember) varietal, but this lot was not specified (though should be the same). Fairly large beans, that have a bluish hue, similar to what I've seen in good JBM and Kona beans.

Coffee.

And knives!!! :D

 
After not remembering the exact details and searching a bit, it was actually Papua New Guinea that got coffee plants from the Jamaican Blue Mountain region about 90 years ago. Apparently they have a similar altitude and climate. I can't seem to find any links comparing them directly. It's possible that I was thinking of a description on a coffee vendor's website. Here's some info about PNG coffee.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...y99_Ia-e2tsE_zLWA&sig2=cCc93Bme47nR6gjgGfSGtA
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...PVpAEYgh-1i4_j8QAaK3Mw&bvm=bv.147448319,d.cGw
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...98pk9DRSOzDKrGDclJJ2Yw&bvm=bv.147448319,d.cGw
 
I've had a number of good PNG's over the years (nothing recently though), but I did not realize there was transplanted JBM there! :cool: :thumbup:

Thanks for the links!!! :D
 
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Papua is one of my favorites, I've been meaning to try jbm again since I've only had it mass produced but forgot about it thanks for the reminder.
 
I've been a Pacific rim fan for a long time. I am waiting for something to change my mind. Until then...bring on the Indoneasian coffee!!! :thumbup:
 
Monofletch, The Joe Bean Ethiopian you sent is much better than the JBC Ethiopian I sent you. What do you think?
 
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