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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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”, [...]
