No, it has nothing to do with chocolate. There is no chocolate in this coffee. It is not flavored coffee. It does not taste like chocolate. Well, ok, maybe there are some chocolate notes. But it’s not flavored!
There, I’ve dispensed with the FAQs for Mocha Java. This blend is named after the port of Mokha [...]
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Posted in Farmers' Market, Green, Local Coffee of the Week, Loco for Locavores, New Coffee, Organic, real food, tagged cary, cary farmers' market, Farmers' Market, local, locavore, Organic on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
The Cary Downtown Farmers’ Market opened today, and we were there. The night leading up to opening day was quite wild, with wind, rain, thunder and lightening, so we wondered how the attendance would be, or if we would even be able to set up. The weather had cleared, more or less, by [...]
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My gosh, I’ve been preoccupied this week and forgot to post local coffee of the week. Most of the locals get my newsletter, and the blog slipped my mind. Anyway, it’s our newest blend, the Rutherford Roast. I call this one my “whole tongue” blend. This site has an interactive graphic that will explain what [...]
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Coffee of the week this week is Cost Rica Naranjo Cooperative - a beautiful CR with nice mouthfeel and fruity nuance.
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In 1629, King Charles I “erected into a province,” all the land from Albemarle Sound on the north to the St. John’s River on the south, and called it Carolina. The word Carolina is from Carolus, the Latin form of Charles (such vanity!). When Carolina was divided in 1710, the southern part was called South [...]
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Posted in Local Coffee of the Week, Loco for Locavores, Organic, Tips, rants, small business, tagged Coffee, farmer, green mountain roasters, grocery, kraft, Organic, P&G, prices, vegetables on March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I read an article in the Wall Street Journal today entitled “Food Companies Tweak the Recipe”. (I’d link it but WSJ only lets you read the first paragraph for free so there’s not much point. It’s on page A9 if you have a copy). The gist of the article is that commodity prices are rising, and [...]
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Quick note… the Local Coffee of the Week is Guatemala Organic Maya Ixil; read about the coffee at this link. Scroll through last week’s blog postings if you missed how this works. This is a certified Fair Trade coffee, and is the best deal in the Triangle at $9 a pound. Please place orders by [...]
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This week’s Local Coffee of the Week is our Ethiopia Organic Yirgacheffe from the Oromia Cooperative, roasted light to allow the floral and fruited nuance to shine through. Astute readers will notice that the price changed slightly from last week (yes, it went up), so I thought I would explain. I spent some time this [...]
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Posted in Local Coffee of the Week, Organic, roasting, specials, tagged adventure, coffee of the week, fresh coffee, home delivery, local coffee, local delivery on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Thursdays are always roast days, when we prepare to supply subscribing customers and local markets. We thought it would be nice to offer our local customers the ability to take advantage of some economies of scale - it’s not much more work to throw some extra pounds in a Thursday batch, so we are offering [...]
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