The line-up for the 2012 Nordic Barista Cup has been announced and our very own Tim Wendelboe will be speaking again this year – he will speak on his experiments to improve green quality at origin. The Nordic Barista Cup is one of the premier coffee events of the year and this year there are […]

2 weeks ago I visited Jobneel at Nacimiento in Santa Barbara in Honduras. We have been buying coffee from Jobneel and his father Extreberto (Cielito Lindo) for almost 5 years now through the Cup of Excellence and also direct. Although I had a very productive visit to their farms last year, I wanted to try

Here is a rather lengthy post, and I apologize if it gets a bit fragmented. For the past 2 weeks I have been spending quality time with the coffee producers we buy coffee from in Honduras. I spent 2,5 days with Jobneel on his farm Nacimiento in Santa Barbara and have been together with the

We have now finished all the Caballero coffees and therefore we have updated our espresso blend. The new blend consists of: 30% Tekangu, Kenya (Washed) 70% Sitio Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Brazil (Organic, Natural) Flavour profile: Aroma and flavours of red berries, milk chocolate, caramel and nougat. Creamy texture with low acidity. Lingering sweet aftertaste. For

We had a visit from Ms. Emily Williams from Radio Nova who did a great radio piece on our store. Go here to listen.

I just wanted to give a short update on my recent travel to Kenya. A lot of people have written to me with concerns on my tweets about the coffee quality  in Kenya not being as high as last year. I might have tweeted about it a little early as we are hearing now that

We have 2 new coffees on sale this week. A coffee from the Bwayi co-operative in Burundi, bought on the trial Cup of Excellence last year. Flavour description: Flavours of citrus, coffee flower and ripe cranberries. Mineraly and slim mouthfeel. Lively citric and slight lactic acidity. Short refreshing finish. The other coffee is a Barazilian

After a week long trip in Sidama and Yirga Chefe together with Morten Wennersgaard from Nordic Approach and Kennedy Keya from Dormans we did a little video interview, reflecting on Ethiopian coffee. We are already expecting some fantastic coffees from Ethiopia and I will be going once again in January to cup through samples in

The Kenyan coffee harvest is just ending and we will be going to Kenya in January to taste this years harvest. In the meantime, while we are waiting for the new crop to arrive, I thought I would publish a video I filmed during the harvest in 2010. Hope you like it.

We have changed a lot of coffees this week. First of all it is a pleasure to be able to sell Mr. Fabio Caballero’s coffee from Finca Santa Isabel. We have decided that this is our Christmas special lot as we only have around 300kg of this coffee. We have also changed the following coffees: