Anyone Into Coffee?

Myles B. Astor

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Had the worlds' best coffee this AM. 100% Hawaiian Kona Mountain Ka'u Coffee we brought back from our honeymoon. Sold by the Kona Mountain company, this medium roast coffee is ultra-smooth and nutty tasting without any nuts. You could drink tons of this without blinking!

Kona Coffee from Kona Mountain Coffee

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Thanks Myles. I'll have to give it a try. My usual is fresh ground Dunkin' Donuts made at home.
 
Yum. Kona is great coffee.

I have a Keurig VUE. I'm too lazy to mess with a French Press.


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I buy green beans ( Ethiopian Harrar or Yirga Cheffe) either from Sweet Maria's in Oakland CA or locally from Frank @ Chazzano here in MI.
I roast them and grind them myself. Gotta tweak it.....
It's as fresh as it can be.
The whole process reminds me of the ritual and rewards of cleaning and playing vinyl :)
All the best,
Tom
 
looks like a winner, the cost is attractive too. kona beans seem to double in price when it gets to the mainland, their drought hasn't helped.

The Kona we bought was actually about $15 less a pound than we pay in NY. And better.
 
or this

Kona Coffee - Greenwell's Specialty, Gourmet Roast
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We have some of each of these two delivered (FedEx) each month
 

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Had the worlds' best coffee this AM. 100% Hawaiian Kona Mountain Ka'u Coffee we brought back from our honeymoon. Sold by the Kona Mountain company, this medium roast coffee is ultra-smooth and nutty tasting without any nuts. You could drink tons of this without blinking!

Kona Coffee from Kona Mountain Coffee

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I will have to give that a try one of these days if they ship to Canada
 
I buy green beans ( Ethiopian Harrar or Yirga Cheffe) either from Sweet Maria's in Oakland CA or locally from Frank @ Chazzano here in MI.
I roast them and grind them myself. Gotta tweak it.....
It's as fresh as it can be.
The whole process reminds me of the ritual and rewards of cleaning and playing vinyl :)
All the best,
Tom

i'm on sweet marias mailing list, i've been threatening to buy a barrel roaster. maybe you could give us noobs a rundown on getting started. pitfalls to avoid, etc.
 
I buy green beans ( Ethiopian Harrar or Yirga Cheffe) either from Sweet Maria's in Oakland CA or locally from Frank @ Chazzano here in MI.
I roast them and grind them myself. Gotta tweak it.....
It's as fresh as it can be.
The whole process reminds me of the ritual and rewards of cleaning and playing vinyl :)
All the best,
Tom

When I was in SF this past April, saw a lot of small roasters at the Farmers Market on the pier! :) And lot's of other great things too. Am still getting some of that olive oil shipped to me.
 
Thanks Myles. I'll have to give it a try. My usual is fresh ground Dunkin' Donuts made at home.

Seriously? :weird: I guess if you are out of Maxwell House or Folgers, Dunkin' Donuts will do. Seriously, Starbucks beans such as Kenyan, Colombian, or Ethiopian will blow Dunkin' Donuts through the doughnut hole and into the weeds.
 
I buy green beans ( Ethiopian Harrar or Yirga Cheffe) either from Sweet Maria's in Oakland CA or locally from Frank @ Chazzano here in MI.
I roast them and grind them myself. Gotta tweak it.....
It's as fresh as it can be.
The whole process reminds me of the ritual and rewards of cleaning and playing vinyl :)
All the best,
Tom

Tom-You are a serious coffee connoisseur. What kind of roaster do you have?
 
The annual output of real Kona coffee is very limited and the amount that actually leaves the island is even smaller which is why the price is so high and why Kona coffee is probably the most counterfeited in the world. You have to be very careful where you buy your "Kona" beans. Ditto for Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans.
 
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