best coffee machines: May 2009

Cupping and competing- Samuli knows how

Congrats Samuli Marila from Copenhagen Roaster/ Estate. He competed his way through the Danish Cuptasting Championships and ended up as the winner of the day. The first round was a bit shaky for Samuli and he didn't feel satisfied with his performance. He still made it to the finals and once there he was getting it all straightend out. If you never heard of competing and cupping you can read more about it here.

Undersigned did a less flattering 8th place. I'll blame it on the weather or something.
No seriuosly, it was a great day and everybody at the Collective couldn't be happier on behalf of Samuli. He has been working on and of with coffee for a long time at Copenhagen Roaster/ Estate. Always dedicated and always with his very own ideas about everything from food to bikes. A great friend. He will now go to Cologne and represent Denmark at the World champioships end of June.

I had a very nice day hanging out with some of the coffee folks from around Denmark. Discussions about coffee was all over. Of course we were focused on how the competetion was going, but that rather gives people a very good chance to talk in a relaxed environment.

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Saturday Morning With Jeff - Sunrise Addition

Hello all. This Saturday morning I decided to travel to the shores of Lake Michigan to watch the Sunrise. Along the way we watch the usual assortment of video's including "On the Road with Willy"

Sweet Maria's launch a New Web Home Coffee Roasting Forum

Sweet Maria's, The best dedicated online vendor of green coffee beans for homeroasters has just launched a new web forum site. Tom and Maria Owens have one of the finest online businesses on the web. They provide a wealth of information for the homeroaster including other coffee related resources. Tom travels the world to find the finest farm grown coffees. Many of the coffees are bought directly from the farmer or cooperative who are paid well for them (farm gate™ direct trade). The coffees are often specially packaged at source to maintain quality and freshness. Tom provides detailed descriptions and cupping notes on all the beans offered. New Forum
Sweet Maria's also offers a weblog, a Roasted weblog, a email discussion list, and a Coffee image gallery

Making Real Coffee!

This is four parts. As Soon as part one ends, hit the little arrow and part 2 will begin. Personally, I'll still to my drip coffee maker.

La Esmeralda 2009

After having admired the coffee of Hacienda La Esmeralda in Panama for a while and visited their farm the last two years. We are very happy to announce that we got a lot in the just finished La Esmeralda auction!

Click here to see the results.

Elegant sweetness-acidity balance and intense top notes like Abricot and Jasmin would be preliminary descriptors for this coffee.

We will try to get this fantastic coffee in store asap!

Coffee With Jeff

Byens Bedste Kaffe

We are proud to have been nominated for the price Byens Bedste in the catagory of Coffee.

Danish website and paper AOK - Alt Om København - gives out the nominations in different catagories every year and then it's up to people to vote. Last year we were nominated in the ambiguous catagory of Best Conscience, but this year seems more fitting.

Please go to http://www.aok.dk/byensbedste and vote for us - it does require a quick registration, but it's worth it :-)

Thanks for your support!

Denis Leary on Coffee

Not for kids, this is Denis Leary!

Ariana, the coffee-drinking cat

There seems to be a lot of these Coffee Drinking Cat Video's on youtube. I've never owned a cat that licked Coffee. Wierd!

May 9th Coffee With Jeff

A lot of stuff going on in this coffee with Jeff. I may or may not play Heaven and Hells (Black Sabbath) new album, One Beer To Many, Brian Does the News, and Willy On the Road.

Jim Henson does Wilkins Coffee

Jim Henson's early Muppet work. It's hard to believe the violence that they got away with back in the day.

This is a true coffee story

A Coffee Song

This is so stupid, it made me laugh. I hop the hair was a wig.

Coffee Time for May 2, 2009!

My Current show. Feel free to let me know how much you thought it sucked.

You Look Like You Could Use a Cup of Coffee

This was my show from February 28th 2009. It was the first time I added a video I had made earlier. This is my Heart Attack Sandwich episode! It's only my third show, so give me a break!