Today, I'm drinking Sumatra Mandheling. I get most of my coffee from Buy the Cup in Rocky Hill. I've seen the place go through at least three owners in the last twelve years. The current owner, Vitaly, has run the place for at least seven years. Over that time he's come to know my whole family and which coffees I prefer. He knows my purchasing habits so well he even reminds me when I've drunk the same thing for too…
In 1824 Thomas Jefferson deemed coffee "the favorite drink of the civilised world." Monticello.org Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, Virginia and died July 4, 1826, Monticello. I started reading more about him recently. Just because. I found some of the information fascinating. Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations…
Everyone who knows me knows I love my coffee. For several years I've purchased freshly roasted coffee from a local roaster. I normally get a pound of Ethiopian Harrar which last just over a week but I wanted to try something different. This bag of Burundi Bwayi was shipped from Stumptown Coffee Roasters in Portland, OR. I'll let them describe the coffee. Bwayi’s 2010 harvest has seen a significant increase in fully washed coffee, which means improved wages and further…
