A 7 minute video about brewing technique in a ceramic filtercone for pour-over drip coffee. Not great quality, no edits, one take. But some good info.
An interesting footnote: If you have an acidic coffee, like a Kenya, and want to tone it down while maximizing sweetness, try brewing with 66-75% of the normal water (essentially overdosing the coffee) then add hot water directly to the brew to correct the strength. It’s an interesting experiment, and changes the perception of acidity and sweetness. -Tom
Today at Sweetmarias, TGIF means Thank God It’s Four new coffees! Let’s start with Honduras Cup of Excellence -Finca Fernandez from a somewhat remote and small family farm. Look for sweet fruit tastes with ripe apple, red berry, and a cinnamon note. Next up are a couple a favorite farms we’ve stocked before: Brazil Cachoeira Yellow Canario Bourbon and Colombia Finca Buenavista -Carlos Imbachi Microlot. With the Brazil Canario, expect a special auction-quality offering with light body, malted chocolate, bright peach. It’s a limited lot that would even please the non-fans of Brazil. With the Colombia Imbachi, one can expect a fruit combo with guava, strawberry, peach and a taste of honey. This Colombian is another special lot from one our favorite farmers. Last but not least is Java Kajumas Organic Wet-Hulled with a low bass note profile, dark chocolate, butterscotch, and a marked low acidity. For even more verbose descriptions, … check out the full reviews!
Say hello to four new arrivals today! From Central America we’re adding two coffees… the Costa Rica Brumas Finca El Centro wet-process from Central Valley (with thick mouthfeel, plum tastes and winey finish) and Nicaragua Finca San Jose Java Longberry which is an atypical Java-type grown in Nicaragua. Look for great body and balance along with a chocolate roast taste in the Nic. Java and both these centrals can handle a dark roast nicely. From across the water we’ve received new crop Lintong, the Sumatra Blue Batak Tarbarita Peaberry with spice, sarsaparilla, and a light body. We’re rounding out the additions today with Kenya Nyeri Peaberry Kieni. Fans of Kagumoini and Kiamabara should take note of this new farm in the same collective. Look for sharp fruit taste balanced out with dark brown sugar. Check out the full reviews for these coffees!
We’re seeing the return of some customer favorites today. We have two smaller lots that we are limiting to 5lb per order. The first, El Salvador Los Luchadores Pacamara, is mix of fruit and chocolate flavors with mango, mexican hot cocoa and a sizable body. Second is another favorite, the Hawaii Kona -Kowali Farm Typica, a mild island profile coffee with a refined sweetness and floral aromatics. This is one of our favorite Konas and folks will be happy to see it’s in. The third coffee we’re adding today is the Costa Rica Herbazu Red Honey. Look for savory sweet aroma, wine-like tastes of fruit and flowers. The Red Honey makes a great single-origin espresso too! Stock up if you like, there is no limit on this one.
A set of images from my recent harvest trip to Costa Rica. The full set is at Sweet Marias punto com.
We’re adding new coffees today! First are two very fine Colombian offerings: the Colombia “Dos Payasos de Tolima” with caramel and spice tastes. It’s a customer favorite that stays sweet from light to dark roasts. Also being added is the Colombia Huila -Finca El Junin, Humberto Diaz, a bright cup with aromatic fruits and syrup-like body. Next, from one of our favorite coffee farmers, is the Costa Rica Guillio Francesca -Finca El Espino with milk chocolate, sweet molasses and fruit in the finish. Lastly, it’s Guatemala Bourbon -Finca San Diego Buena Vista from the Acatenango region. It has a classic Guat. profile with vanilla, caramel, and red apple finish. Click on the reviews to learn more about the flavor profiles and particular farms.
At long last we have new air roaster to sell, the Fresh Roast SR300 and SR500. Both are an improvement over the Fresh Roast +8, though imperfect machines. The units work fine as is, and with a bit of technique (either stirring the coffee with a spoon or switching to cool to slow the roast) you can get a good even roast. We have more details on this page and some videos. Why take these extra steps? Well, if you have not noticed, we are sort of perfectionists when it comes to coffee. We have high standards, and want the coffee our customers drink to be everything it can be, every bit as wonderful and delicious as what we taste. From our perspective, this is basically the story of home roasting, adapting equipment and techniques to get the results you want.
We’re adding the first three arrivals for ‘10 today. First off is El Salvador Cup of Excellence La Montañita Pacamara with hints of cinnamon stick, sweet rhubarb and caramel. Second up is the Peru Organic Cusco Canelon -Tomas Ovalle, a balanced full-bodied cup with nut tastes and milk chocolate. Last up is a favorite we’ve had before, the non-traditional Brazil Moreninha Formosa “Raisin” Coffee. The special drying process here leads to chocolate tastes, a thick body, and a very atypical Brazil profile. As always, click on in and check out the full reviews!
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