Posted in Green, Loco for Locavores, tagged locavore, earth month, local events, duke on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Yes, that’s right - Earth Month 2008 starts tomorrow!
Here’s a list of local events at my other Alma Mater
http://www.duke.edu/web/ESC/earth_month08_calendar.html
Do something for the planet this month, and share it here.
http://www.muddydogcoffee.com
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Those of you with web sites or blogs know that the analytics you can get on your site are pretty amazing these days. How many visitors you had, where they came from, how long they stayed, and what they looked at - all available in a few clicks. The other thing that’s available [...]
Posted in New Coffee, Organic, tagged la berlina, mexico, nayarit, New Coffee, Organic, panama on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Slowly digging out of my backlog, added two new coffees to the site this morning:
Panama Organic La Berlina Estate - when I’m not drinking espresso, I favor Panama as my personal coffee of choice. It is usually a technically perfect cup, and always a crowd-pleaser. This estate coffee is no exception; beautiful, balanced, [...]
Posted in safety, tagged common sense, farming, gardening, safety on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I know that some of my readers are gardeners. This message is especially relevant to them, but really to everyone.
I just talked to my Mom and learned that my Dad, who still farms a little in Bucks County, PA, had an accident on Thursday that threatens his eyesight. This is a guy [...]
Posted in Loco for Locavores, Organic, Recipes, Trade Shows, rants, real food, road coffee, roasting, small business, travels, tagged cream sauce, local food, locavore, old city coffee, pasta, philadelphia, reading terminal market, real food, recipe on March 28, 2008 | 11 Comments »
And so it was in the City of Brotherly Love for me this week. I expected Philadelphia to be a coffee Mecca, given the large Italian influence on the place. Well, maybe not Mecca, exactly, that would be Seattle. But I expected a decent espresso. Turned out to be [...]
Posted in Local Coffee of the Week, Loco for Locavores, tagged coffee of the week, Costa Rica, Loca, Naranjo on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Coffee of the week this week is Cost Rica Naranjo Cooperative - a beautiful CR with nice mouthfeel and fruity nuance.
Posted in Loco for Locavores, Organic, Policy, real food, small business, tagged agriculture policy, CSA, farm bill, local, locavore on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
A friend wrote me this weekend in search of a CSA who isn’t already sold out for the season (good luck). I referred her to localharvest.org, but I started thinking about the whole supply and demand thing. Why are the CSAs I know sold out already? This article may shed some light [...]
Posted in Loco for Locavores, Organic, rants, real food, tagged Organic, beer, big organic, big food, philip howard, deceit, food politics, marion nestle, edward tufte, starbucks, organic beer on March 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Organic beer. I came across it at the supermarket a few months ago, and picked up a six-pack. I don’t recall the brand. I was disappointed with the beer, and mentioned it to one of my home brewer friends, who informed me that what I thought was a craft beer was actually [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged Coffee, espresso, cappuccino, chocolate, hot pepper, cayenne, vosges, la perruce, ibarra, maple view farm, milk, pottery, barista on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Admittedly, I’m not much of a barista. Chef, yes. Baker - sometimes. Barista, not so much. My favorite fix is usually a straight ristretto (or three) of Cafe Terrace. When I’m cupping a lot, sometimes I’m inclined to pull out a vacuum pot to brew up an exquisite Yirgacheffe. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
This week’s Local Coffee of the Week is Classic Sumatra Mandheling.
In case you haven’t tuned in before - Local Coffee of the Week is one coffee of the roastmaster’s choosing that’s offered at a special price ($9 a pound) and in special packaging to local customers. We can do it this way because it leverages [...]
