god i love you. if you weren't my friends wife...

read the descript of each and order for your preferance. i have such faith in both that i will refund your $'s if you are not satisfied.

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Originally posted by PURPLE:
Ok, Tbird, you threw down the gauntlet. Exactly which coffees do you recommend I try and let's keep the budget below $85 lb.

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Originally posted by TBird:
god i love you. if you weren't my friends wife...

You wanna trade? Even swap.

do they have a say in this?

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Originally posted by wineismylife:
You wanna trade? Even swap.

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Originally posted by TBird:
do they have a say in this?

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Originally posted by wineismylife:
You wanna trade? Even swap.

Only where we're sleeping tonight, or getting laid, or whether we'll retain any of our assets.

i fear mine would give me up quicker. lol

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Originally posted by futronic:
Nope, not 49th Parallel, Origins. I prefer their coffee (espresso at least) significantly to 49th Parallel. 49th Parallel does some nice micro-lots and single origins as well for brewed/French press/etc. But then again, so does Origins.

Website

They're on Granville Island. A cafe I frequent here is friends with the people that run it. Give it a try!

Fut, I'm just finishing off my second espresso this morning, and you're right-- Origins is excellent. Nice crema, just slightly sweet, mild and rich on the finish. I'm going there again this afternoon to pick up 7 one-pound bags of different coffees roasted this morning, which are a birthday present for a friend (plus another pound of espresso for me). The only difficulty in dealing with this small company is that their shop doors are almost always locked and they don't answer their phone while they're roasting or out on deliveries, which is most of the time. The owner gave me his cell number in order to contact him in the future. Really nice people, but not a great business model.

Excellent stuff! I'm glad you enjoy their coffee.

I don't have to deal with the business model as a local shop I frequent here gets it shipped in weekly. It's roasted, packaged and then shipped, so it's just at the start of its "drinking window" being about 4-5 days after roasting which is perfect.

Picked up a pound of guat's from the Sisters Coffee Company yesterday in Sisters, Oregon. Have a couple of cups this morning with some fresh pastry sitting on the deck looking at the snow covered three sisters. Great coffee!!!

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Originally posted by duck833:
Picked up a pound of guat's from the Sisters Coffee Company yesterday in Sisters, Oregon. Have a couple of cups this morning with some fresh pastry sitting on the deck looking at the snow covered three sisters. Great coffee!!!

My neighbors own a place in Black Butte. They drive up about every 6 weeks from the Bay Area to visit. I'll be seeing family in Bend the 4th of July. Beautiful area.

Just got back in town a little bit ago from Black Butte, blue sky nice and quiet and peaceful. Mountains were breathtaking. Great dinner in the lodge, had a bottle of 2006 DePont Pinot Noir, very nice wine, reasonable price. Cowboy rib-eye with a nice char on it, not crowded and great service.

I've only been once and had lunch there at the lodge. We enjoyed it and wouldn't hesitate to go back.

NOT starbucks!!!

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Originally posted by TBird:
NOT starbucks!!!

aaah the big man!!!!

Would Folgers be the "Hearty Burgundy" of yesteryear?

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On a trip to Mexico, I bought some organic Echo Mountain beans and brought them home.

Mexico has 3 main coffee growing regions/states: Oaxaca, Chiapas and Veracruz (my home state). Chiapas and Oaxaca are the best by far, from my point of view. They all grow arabica. If you liked Mexican coffee, I would strongly suggest you to try Punta del Cielo's offerings. They have very good stuff:

http://www.puntadelcielo.com.mx/

And when I don't drink Mexican coffee, I buy stuff from these guys:

http://www.vtartisancoffee.com/

All organic and fair trade (not sure if it really makes a difference but it makes me feel better).

Cheers.

Thanks, Vinters. I just got 4 kilos shipped to me from Mexico on Wednesday, the same Echo Mountain organic coffee. It's the best coffee I've ever had.

We recently returns from the island of Kauai with some of their coffee. We tried a couple of their dark estate and the Mundo Novo peaberry.
Kauai coffee has a low acidity which I just do not care for.

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Thanks, Vinters. I just got 4 kilos shipped to me from Mexico on Wednesday, the same Echo Mountain organic coffee. It's the best coffee I've ever had.

Awesome, I need to try that. Did you order online?

Years ago, on a cruise, we were about to reboard the ship in Puerta Vallarta, and there was an English-soeaking man selling coffee from a stand by the dock. He asked me if I'd like a sample and I tried the coffee and loved it. I bought a half kilo bag and brought it home, hoping it was the same coffee I had tasted. It was. There was an email address on the bag. I contacted them and, for a while, they had an importer in Las Vegas from whom I ordered regularly. That importer is no longer viable, so I contacted the company in Mexico again and they told me shipping from Mexico would be prohibitively expensive.

Periodically, I emailed them and this most recent time, Yolanda arranged for a shipment. Two 2 kilo bags and shipping came to $40.

If you'd like to try this, I'd suggest emailing Yolanda. Her email address is: cafe_superior@hotmail.com. Let her know you want the Echo Mountain Organic Coffee. It comes from the Jalisco Highlands.

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Originally posted by TBird:
i wish everyone would stop the silliness and go ahead and order from both gorilla and stumptown.

east coast vs west coast, yo.

Thanks for the rec. I'm on my 2nd lb from Gorilla. Tried the Brazil and really liked it, this time I went for the Peru. Reasonably priced as well.

Interesting article on Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee in this month's WS. I've bought a pound on several occasions from different estates and it just never WOWed me. No flaws in it, very smooth but I like a little more meat to my coffee, but still prefer a medium roast.

awesome, glad to have been of some influence. i love the stuff!

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Originally posted by GRWino:
Thanks for the rec. I'm on my 2nd lb from Gorilla. Tried the Brazil and really liked it, this time I went for the Peru. Reasonably priced as well.

I drink a lot of coffee. I prefer Hawaiian Kona Extra Fancy or at times the Peaberry, but it is very expensive and has been counterfitted in the past. I use exclusive a company in Mass that roasts smallbatches and has great quality control and reasonable pricing. Check out
http://www.indigocoffee.com/

I enjoy my coffee.

Having been to Costa Rica, Mexico and Hawaii in the last 2 years..and tasting as much coffee as I could...I would have to annoint Kona as the best.

I've also had Jamaican Blue Mountain and agree that there is not "enough meat on its bones"

bfw

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Originally posted by TBird:
awesome, glad to have been of some influence. i love the stuff!

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Originally posted by GRWino:
Thanks for the rec. I'm on my 2nd lb from Gorilla. Tried the Brazil and really liked it, this time I went for the Peru. Reasonably priced as well.

I'm looking forward to trying this! Ordered 2 lbs of the Brazil.