Who roasts your beans?

So I was in the middle of a little chuckle…my inlaws had just ordered some beans from the online shop. We see them every other weekend; why not just wait until Sunday and they would get a bag of bulging PNG peaberries without paying postage!

I post a lot of beans each month. I’ve only met about a dozen of the people who buy Beans regularly from the online shop. This got me to thinking;

What are all the people I actually know drinking?

I know there is no benevolent dictator saying that this one is REALLY the one we had to have, the last one was just a practice. Kevin has done all the stimulating he can do given the tyranny of distance. The flood last weekend has taken its toll even though we were able to rescue the green bean from the inundation. Things are getting tight, not that I don’t mind pulling the buckles in further but it got me to thinking.

What is everyone I have ever met actually drinking?

I roast beans, I stick labels on bags and take them to the post office. If they are big orders I get a bloke with a trolley to pick them up, he takes them to the depot where the courier(Greg) takes them in his van.

The inlaws buy their beans from me online, Greg even buys his beans(ground for plunger) from me, they both save the postage because they come in contact with the roaster direct. This got me thinking;

What about you?

Where do your beans come from?


Coffeeprince.com of course!








So here it is:

Best Coffee in the world

Last month the best tasters in the USA of the best coffees in the WORLD assembled in California to award the best coffees of 2009. Australia made it into the top list! Well done Andrew from Mountain Top.



The 2009 United States Cup Tasting Champion award winners are:
1. Champion – Ben Kaminsky, Barismo Coffee
2. Second Place – Andy Sprenger, Caffe Pronto
3. Third Place – Geoff Watts, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
2009 Coffee of the Year results:

SCORE/COUNTRY/COMPANY/REGION
88.66-Colombia-C.I. Virmax Colombia S.A.-Los Naranjos (San Agustin, Huila)
87.69-Panama-Hacienda La Esmeralda-Boquete
87.03-Ethiopia Ninety Plus Coffee-Yigrachaffe
85.78-Colombia-C.I. Racafe & CIA S.C.A.-Huila
85.72-Kenya-Royal Coffee, NY-Aberdare Ranges
85.59-Guatemala-El Injerto, S.A.-Highland Huehue
85.08-Hawaii-Ka'u Farm and Ranch Company,LLC-District of Ka'u on the Big Island if Hawaii
85-Colombia-C.I. Virmax Colombia S.A.-La Piramide (inza Cauca)
84.89-El Salvador-Exportadora El Volcan S.A. de C.V.- Apaneca/Iiamatepec Mountain Range
84.86-Guatemala-San Diego Buena Vista-Acatenango
83.5-Taiwan-Genn Shang Ind. Co. Ltd.-Alishan Lot A
81.22-Austrailia-MTC Group-Northen N.S.W (Nimbin)