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Finca Vista Hermosa new crop

High expectations for next week !

There is some wonderful coffee coming in.
Edwin Martinez and his collegues at the Finca Vista Hermosa (Guatemala) has sent us this years crop. The long journey from the farm, across the Caribbean and then over the Atlantic is now over.

It has just arrived to Copenhagen freeport and we expect to have the first bags of roasted New Crop for sale tuesday afternoon.

We are very excited since all the samples we tried were outstanding and we can´t wait to try it out and go at it with the experience we had from last years crop !

Two of the strengths of this coffee is derived straight from the craftmanship of the farm- the consistency and the elegance.
I wont go into exactely what they do so god at the farm- I will just merely point out some of the things we appreciate when we handle it.

The consistency
That's why this is one of the most inspiring coffees, it is so relaible, as a roaster you can always be sure that the beans from the same crop all live up the highest demands. This gives us the possibility to make every batch a ongoing precise calibration of the roast profile. You never have to be in doubt wheather it is the beans or something else that is done wrong if it doesn't end up good- in this case it is never the beans !

And then the cleanness or elegance.
This is exceptional. This is what adds that little extra nerve into the roasting of Finca Vista Hermosa.
Because you know it is there and that there is no excuse for not bringing it out. This requires maximum attention, you thrive to find every little subtle hint of aroma. Since the aromas are so delicate and subtle, you have to be very deilicate when you roast it. The slighest change in the roast profile immediately immediately sets its mark in the taste.

Since we always let our coffees rest a couple of days after roasting before we cup them, this waiting always include a lot of anticipation and nervousity before you know how the roast actually went.
This most certainly applies to FVH, you can normally say if a batch went quite good or quite bad just by looking and at the coffee when it is cooling. But with FVH it is these very small nuances that makes it unique- and they come out clearly when the coffee has rested some days.

Hope this gives an idea of why we appreciate this farm so much.

So Edwin with collegues, we are looking forward to harvest the fruits of your qualified work.

-Linus
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Closed for one morning

We will have to open a bit later on Wednesday 9th July due to some work with the electricity in the street.

We will however open the doors at 11 o´clock so you are very welcome to come in then.

So, on Wednesday 9th of July we are open from 11 - 18.

We are open as usual the rest of the summer.
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Thank you !



Now we´re slowly catching up again and we hope everbody made it safely home.

We want to direct a big thank you to everbody during a fantastic coffee week in Copenhagen. We saw so many nice people and had so many interesting discussions that we want to express an enormous gratitude to everyone.

Thank you.
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Clips and stuff from the past week

Yes, it's been a great week! We're all a little exhausted, but we will definitely post about our experiences during the whole Wonderful Cofffee SCAE event as soon as possible.

Meanwhile you can watch Casper's cupping here:


There's also a short clip on TV2 Lorry and an article (in Danish) here and here.

We'll try to update the list if anything else pops up. And meanwhile we just discovered this article from a couple of months ago (also in Danish).
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Award for Coffee Excellence

In the evening Saturday 21st we were awarded with the SCAE prize for Coffee Excellence in the category of Young Entrepreneurs!

We are very proud to get this award from the SCAE after just being in business for less than 1 year! It gives us comfort that we are on the right track (and yes we will make sure to keep our feets on the earth;-)!



Thanks to everyone who's supported us in this beginning, to our families and friends and to the farmers we have been so fortunate to work together with.
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Casper is World Cup Tasting Champion!

Casper has just won the Cup Tasting Championship!
He aced the first round in 1 minute 19 seconds, had one incorrect in the semi-finale and then in in the finals he probably set a new record for speed with all 8 correct in around 1:46! The other two finalists had 4 out of 8, so with two cups still to be lifted it was already clear that Casper had won.

CONGRATS TO CASPER FROM THE REST OF THE COLLECTIVE!


Billede af Roed - EspressoBar
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WBC days

What are the collective doing during WBC and SCAE Wonderful Coffee?

Well, the coffee shop is open as usual except on Sunday where we'll be closing down the shop during the finals of the WBC. We've had a great many of our international coffee friends visiting us and look forward to welcoming even more.

As an official sponsor of the World Barista Championship our espresso blend will be available at the WBC Charity Café located right next to the WBC competition area (booth 191).

On Thursday Klaus will be at the Astoria booth (#188) making coffees on their new machine. Linus will take over on friday and saturday. Swing by for a collective espresso!

Thursday at 12.22 Søren Stiller Markussen will represent Denmark as competitor number 3. His prep-time starts at 12.04 and we suggest to get there in good time as there will no doubt be plenty Danish people to cheer him on. We're proud to have Søren use our coffee for his presentation and wish him the best of luck.

On friday around 1300 hours the SCAE Danish Chapter has organized a tour of Copenhagen Coffee Spots that will come to visit us on Jægersborggade. At the SCAE Denmark stand (booth #10) in the corner opposite the WBC area it will be possible to sign up for the tour. At the same stand you can also taste coffee from several Danish roasteries including ourselves and meet last years Danish champion Lene Hyldahl, who competed in Tokyo.


Saturday is the big World Cup Tasting Championship day. Casper is competing on behalf of Denmark (see here for his win of the Danish championship - that was before he grew a mustache). The competition starts around 9.30 - Casper don't know yet what time he is competing, so make sure to be there from the early morning with Danish flags, horns and lots of cheering-spirit!

Saturday evening we will be attending the SCAE Awards Dinner. Place still to be announced (or else we just couldn't find it anywhere. If you know where it is drop us a comment!). We're nominated for the SCAE Young Entrepeneurs Award, so please, cross your fingers for us.

Sunday, as mentioned, we'll close down the shop and go watch the WBC finals. Who will be there? We're not even gonna speculate on names, since there's SO many great baristas in the WBC this year. Good luck to all!

To wrap up the WBC the barista party on Sunday night at Café Europa will be a not-to-miss event. By then you can probably find us all lying in the Storkespringvandet with a beer in hand :-)


We look forward to a great WBC and to see everyone we know!
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