What Is The Agreement? The goal of the Ethiopian Trademark agreement is to form a new partnership between Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee and the countless coffee roasters around the planet that purchase, roast and sell Ethiopian fine coffees. Sidamo, Yirgacheffe and Harar/Harrar are very well known gourmet coffees in the industry. In the past, [...]
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Ethiopian Trademark Agreement
August 28th, 2008 
Roast Master 
Posted in Ethiopian Trademark Coffees 
Tags: ethiopia, harar, harrar, sidamo, trademark, yirgacheffe 
Comments OffFair Trade Coffee Pros and Cons
August 26th, 2008 Roast Master As you may know, I am a roaster with one of Canada’s first Fair Trade Certified Coffee Companies, Planet Bean Coffee. Recently, a column was written in our local newspaper, the Guelph Mercury by Gene Callahan. The article was extremely anti-Fair Trade, and also written by someone who is extremely uninformed about the actual complexities [...]
Hottop Home Coffee Roaster Review
August 13th, 2008 Roast Master The Best Home Coffee Roaster A while back, I purchased a Hottop home coffee roaster for use in my roastery as a sample roaster. I had investigated quite a number of home roasters including the Iroast, Alpen, the Gene Cafe and many others. For my purposes, the Hottop was the one I picked. Wth the [...]
Who Crapped In My Mug?
August 12th, 2008 Roast Master Gourmet Restaurants and Gourmet Coffee? I absolutely hate it!! That bitter, rubbery, burnt, watered down swill they serve….well, just about everywhere! Honest to god, how does one make it in this world when dish water is the main caffeinated beverage available. You know the kind, you pay $35 bucks for a great dinner, medium-rare steak, [...]
Finding That Great Cafe and Snack Bar
August 11th, 2008 Roast Master Sometimes I find myself mulling about a city that is unfamiliar to me. Well, I guess this happens quite often actually. Coupled with that, I usually require coffee all day long, and something I really enjoy is finding a great cup. Unfortunately, its like looking for a needle in a haystack! See, coffee is one [...]
Posted in Cafes and Snack Bars Tags: espresso machine, great coffee, internet cafe, single origin 6 Comments »Starbucks Lack Luster and The End of Bad Coffee
August 6th, 2008 Roast Master Wow! Starbucks has taken a giant hit in the last year! Is it really that surprising though? If you are a coffee lover — who isn’t interested in what Charbucks has to offer, you are probably a little glad that the dominating coffee giant is losing face quickly. It wasn’t long ago that Starbucks was [...]
