Sweet Maria's Roasted Coffee Pairings
Sweet Maria's Small Batch, Craft-Roasted Coffee Selections
A new direction for our roasted coffee offerings! In the time we have offered roasted coffee, our weekly selection became quite popular. The only problem was that it became too popular! Our primary focus is to offer green coffee and home roasters. With our subscription service in particular, we were becoming a regular roasted coffee source. We love roasting, but we want to do this in our own way, for each roast session to highlight unique differences in our greater green coffee offerings.
We are now offering "coffee pairings": one pound each of two coffees chosen to highlight differences in origin, processing, or roast; to provide our customers the ability to study the flavor profiles of two coffees. This sort of comparison is what we do all the time. Tom does this formally when he cups a number of different coffee lots at the cupping table. In the warehouse we make a different coffee each time we brew a pot. Such a practice helps us focus on the flavor of the cup, to appreciate each coffee's uniqueness.
We are roasting less frequently now, roughly every two weeks, and picking two "regular"coffees each time. No decaf. No espresso blends. (We might offer single origin darker roasts for dual use as brewed coffee and espresso in the future). But in general, it's regular coffee to brew up however you choose. You may want to brew them and taste them side by side, or alternate making one coffee and then the next. Taste the coffees hot, warm and cold. Taste them the same time everyday or different times, and try to notice if they seem the same. (I tend to taste coffee better in the morning, when I am less distracted).
(Update: If you're interested specifically in roasted coffee for espresso, see our Roasted Espresso Page.)
If you roast your own, you might want to cup your roasts versus those done on the gas-fired German Probat roaster, and compare the "degree of roast" we have chosen for the specific coffees to your own. If you don't roast at home, well ... here's the next best thing! We have a new Sweet Maria's Roasted Coffee Weblog where we discuss the why and how of each week's selection ... and you can make comments too. It serves as an archive for previous roast sessions, so you can go back to review our comments, versus your findings.
Next Roast Date? |
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
The Pairing? |
Name That Coffee! Contest |
Why? |
For April Fools' Day we presenting another mystery pairing - a pairing to challenge your senses. This time I will give a clue - like a list of a few coffees - to narrow down the options. The first five people to correctly guess the origin win a free Sweet Maria's t-shirt of their choosing! Or a soccer ball! So fire up the coffee brewer and the grinder and see if you can tell what the coffees are. I think last year we had some interesting guesses, but if we make it a multiple choice exam more people may pass! |
Selection No. 1 |
TBD (view review) |
Selection No. 2 |
TBD (view review) |
$30.00
Order by 4 pm on Tuesday (the roasting date) to have
the coffee roasted and shipped Wednesday (the next morning!)
Prices include 2#s of coffee and shipping. Choose "Free Shipping $0.00" when you check out.
If you want other items, PLEASE place a separate order for just the roasted coffee.
If you can pick the order up at our warehouse - we do now offer the roasted coffee pairings at a discounted rate
$24.00
- April 14, 2010: Central America: Compare/Contrast
- April 28, 2010: Two Processing Styles of Brazil
We have a Sweet Maria's Roasted weblog where we discuss the "why and how" of each week's selection ... and you can make comments too. Please Visit!