We are very happy to present a series of short films about espressopreparation and milk steaming basics. The films are made in assosciation with espressospesialisten in Norway and will be published on their and our website. The films were actually shot over a year ago, but due to my busy schedule and some new adittions […]

Our new espressoblend is now for sale.New seasonal coffees have arrived from Colombia and Ethiopia and therefore we want to highlight the new coffees in our espresso blend. The blend now consists of 4 coffees:30% Finca La Lomita, a washed Caturra from Huila, Colombia.30% Mununga, a washed coffee from Kenya.25% El Agrado, also a washed

Since we are out of Aricha #7, we have made a new espresso blend. This will be the blend until we get the new coffees from Aricha and Colombia in just a week or 2. The new espresso blend consists of: 50% Badnekhan Estate, washed coffee from India 50% Mununga, washed coffee from Kenya. The

During my visit to Finca la Lomita last month, my friend and exporter Mr. Alejandro Renjifo shot some film on my handycam. Although Mr. Alvaro Diaz is speaking spanish and it might be hard for those who don’t know any spanish, most of the things he is talking about is translated by Don Alejandro. There

When I was in Colombia a couple of weeks ago, I visited Cooccentral, the cooperative where we found the Finca La Lomita coffee last year. I arrived there on the sunday night after being a cupping juror in the 2008 Colombia the Cup of Excellence, so my palate was pretty calibrated and fine tuned to

The winner of the 2008 Colombia Cup of Excellence is Mr. Eduardo Valencia, Finca Villa Loyola in Narino. This was by far my favourite coffee during the competition and I scored it twice at 97 points out of 100. A spectacular coffee that is remniscent of red wine. The intensity of the flavours and acidity

The first round of tasting is over in Colombia, and after 44 coffees spread over 6 cupping sessions for 2 days I am relieved that we have found some great coffees on the table. My personal favourite coffee was on the last table today and I really think that this coffee will win the 2008

Only hours after our Nordic Roaster victory, I had to get on a plane leaving for Colombia. My quest is to be a jury member of the 2008 Colombia Cup of Excellence. After 24 hours of travelling I arrived Manizales, where the cup tasting will take place. Today, Monday he 15th, the jury of about

We are very proud to announce that we actually won the Nordic Roaser 2008 competition. This year the competition was only for filter coffees. 10 roasteries from the Nordic Countries participated in the Competition, and were asked to roast their best coffee or coffee blend to be brewed on a Bunn filter brewer. We could

We had some visitors from the Norwegian Slow food organisation.Here is what they wrote about us. (In Norwegian)