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Are you engaged in the eternal search for the God Shot?  Do you think about whether espresso blends should be pre or post-roast blended?  Do you own multiple grinders for different styles of coffee preparation?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be interested to join me as I begin to [...]

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After a few weeks of tedious IT minutaie, tropical storms, and just general malaise, it’s time to get back to business. It’s business time. You know what that means… that’s right, coffee cupping.
So I’ll be doing some cupping this weekend. Not intense, marathon cupping like last time, but a few new possibilities. I’m particularly looking [...]

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At an industry meeting in  May 2007, I learned that coffee is grown in Nepal.  This was surprising to me, given how far north Nepal is situated.  Apparently Nepal exports about 40 tons of coffee a year, which is spit in the ocean of specialty coffee, mostly from small farmers in several regions.  I sampled [...]

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