Archive for the 'Origin' Category

Rate my predictions for 2008

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

On January 2nd this year I made five predictions - you can read them here - and I guess before I put up my predictions for 2009 I should probably decide how well I did last year.  Or better still - you guys decide!
1 - The spread of the Clover.
I could be really brave and [...]

Thoughts on the last Esmeralda auction

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

According to the owner of the stoneworks auction website, I was one of up to 3000 users watching or participating in the latest auction. It went on for 9 hours and you had to feel very, very sorry for the Japanese who would have started bidding at 10pm and finished around 7am. (though [...]

Off to Costa Rica

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Writing this from Miami airport (not a likeable airport at all, but that could be jetlag/travel cynicism kicking in). About to catch my flight down to San Jose and then I am there for a week doing various bits and pieces. The video camera is packed, the camera too so I shall try [...]

Off to Colombia tomorrow

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Really looking forward to it. Will try and post from there - depending on connection of course. Memory cards emptied, camera batteries charged and a few barista bits and pieces packed.
Hopefully gonna get to a few farms, and I think it is harvest time so lots of delicious cherries for me. (I [...]

Independent branding of microlots - Aida Batlle and “Los Luchadores”

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

I read as much as I can these days to try and keep abreast of what is going on and today I stumbled across something very interesting that Peter Giuliano had written.
When I was with Aida in Salvador in January, we talked about her identifying really awesome coffees she came across as “Aida’s Selections”, [...]

James Hoffmann’s coffee blog. I was the World Barista Champion 2007, and am now focused on Square Mile Coffee Roasters based in London.