There is still 3 bags left of the free Shakiso coffee. (wednesday 28 th evening)

Run!

Last year we got 15 kg. of Ethiopian natural coffee from a place called Shakiso, as a gift from our exporter Ninety plus. Since we did not pay for this wonderful coffee, we thought we would give it to our faithful blog readers for free.

We are roasting what we have left of the coffee today (thursday 22nd of january) and will be handing out bags for free in our store to all our blog readers until  we run out.

There is a limit of 1 bag per person and we don’t sell it, so if you want to taste the Shakiso coffee, you better get down to our store as soon as possible from friday on.. We do not send the coffee, so you have to come to our store in person to get a sample.

Here are some notes from the cupping room:

Aroma: Peach, blueberries and chocolate.

Acidity: Winy and fruity acidity remniscent of white dessert wine.

Mouthfeel: Creamy with longlasting aftertaste. Delicate balance.

Flavour: Intens fruity character. Peachy, apricots, dessert wine, ripe berries. Notes of bergamot and jasmine.

A big thanks to Joseph Brodsky and the guys at Ninety plus for giving us this wonderful coffee.

Hope you will enjoy.

For the last 2 days we have had a visitor all the way from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Isabela Raposeiras is former Brazil barista champion and one of the most knowledgeable baristas we know in Brazil. She has worked with many growers and companies in Brazil and traveled around the world to learn about coffee. Isabela runs her own consultancy company in where she teaches Brazilians how to make better coffee. Although she is a coffee consultant and a teacher, she is very humble and eager to learn more about coffee. That is the reason she came to visit us, to learn more about our aproach to blending, preparing and roasting coffee. (We should all get better at learning from each other and exchanging knowledge.)

It has been a great priveledge to be able to spend 2 days with Isabela. Although she came to Norway to learn, we feel that we have learned a great deal from her as well. It is very rewarding being able to work with people with such passion and understanding of coffee. Especially people from producing countries, because they have such a different perspective and knowledge about the growing part of coffee.

One of our training sessions was to make a nice espresso blend and to find a nice roast profile for that blend. The end result was delicious so we decided to roast 2 batches of it to serve it in our store.

The infamous Isabela Norwegian/Brazilian espresso blend consists of:
50% Cielito Lindo, no.4 Honduras Cup of Excellence 2008
30% Finca la Lomita, Huila, Colombia.
20% Aricha #32, Ethiopia.
A very well balanced, sweet and fruity blend with sweet acidity and sweet aftertaste. Lovely amaretto and berry aromas too.

You can get a taste of this blend (roasted by Isabela) on Saturday the 24th.

We have almost doubled our capacity at Tim Wendelboe’s, going from 2 seats all the way up to 3 seats. 

The Mirage Triplette lever machine went to Mecca espresso in Australia.
The Compak K10 was sold to Samuli Ronkanen in Finland.

We currently have a Compak K10 WBC edition for sale for Kr. 5000,- ex tax.

We also have a Mirage Triplette 3 group lever machine with some spare parts for sale for kr. 20.000,- ex. tax.

Both items are used but in good shape.

Please contact us on email for further details

First of all, happy new year.

We are sad to say that we are sold out of coffee from Badnekhan Estate from India.

We are currently tasting samples from Brazil and might even get some Bolivian coffee soon.

Hopefully we will get some new coffees in stock soon.