El Salvador Sam Emilio Pulped Natural

I’ve been so caught up in minutiae lately that I realized I forgot blog about this new arrival: El Salvador San Emilio Pulped Natural.
A pulped natural is the love child of wet process and dry process.  In wet process (aka washed), the cherry is fermented for a good, long time, depupled, then the (now clean) [...]

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“Buna Dante” Yirgacheffe Now Available

Our relationship Yirgacheffe is now available!  This seems like a good time/place to update you on this coffee, as well as a few other items I’ve been thinking about.
First, about this coffee… it will rock your world.  It’s that good.  I usually don’t name drop competitors here, but this is the same coffee sold by [...]

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au naturale, anyone?

This is the part that I love about this job – adding new coffees to the menu.  Especially naturals, a particular favorite of mine.
For those wondering, a “natural” is also known as a dry-process coffee because the fruit is dried in the sun instead of dunked in water (which results in a “washed” coffee), which [...]

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New Mexico Decaf in the house!

By now you may be getting the idea that I REALLY like Mexican coffee.  One clue is the fact that I have more Mexican offerings than any other origin – five Mexicans at current time!  Right now I’m stocking don Eduardo (also back in the house after an absence!), Oaxaca Mixteca Organic Fair Trade, Chiapas [...]

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The Green Coffee Blues

If there is one thing I’m good at, it’s inventory management.  My graduate degree is in a field related to Operations Research, which is essentially the study of industrial efficiency.  My specialization was in mathematical models, which are used to predict demand, calculate safety stocks to avoid backorders, etc.  For many years, things I learned [...]

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When Pigz Fly

Attention all you North Raleigh customers looking for retail outlets for our coffee!  You can now purchase Muddy Dog coffee at When Pigz Fly, a cool little eclectic artisan shop located at 11125 Six Forks Road.  It’s just north of I-540 on the left side.  It’s kind of easy to drive past (I did the [...]

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You Can Get Anything You Want…

At Alice’s Restaurant… ‘Ceptin Alice….
Growing up near Philly, you could always count on WMMR to play this classic on Thanksgiving day (WARNING – DO NOT CLICK THE VIDEO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE 19 MINUTES TO KILL… KILL… KILL).

So what in the world does this have to do with coffee, you [...]

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New Mexican In The House – Organic Chiapas

I’m half way to a new coffee order, and I’m still listing new coffees from the last one!  I need to get caught up!
I just posted a new organic Mexican, from Chiapas, along the border of Guatemala.  Check out the producer co-operative HERE.  Chiapas coffees are still quite “Mexican” in their flavor profile, but tending [...]

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Ethiopia Natural Sidamo Now On Sale

I managed to get the natural Sidamo posted to the website.  You really owe it to yourself to give this one a try, especially since it’s on a crazy sale till Friday.  Here’s the description:
From the Guji region in southern Ethiopia, this natural jumped off the table and insisted I buy it. This coffee has [...]

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Ever wonder what a truckload of coffee looks like?

Probably not.  But there it is anyway.  My truck actually noticed that load!
Lots of great stuff, stay tuned.  First up will be the Ethiopia Natural Sidamo, so watch for it.
http://www.muddydogcoffee.com

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