What to do with old coffee beans and spent coffee grinds With the amount of coffee I drink, I produce quite a bit of refuse in the form of either stale coffee, or spent coffee grinds after brewing up my 5 morning pots of coffee. This led me to wonder just what I could be [...]
Archive for 2008
Coffee Cures a Fishermans Sting!
September 9th, 2008 
Roast Master Here’s an interesting story I found today about coffee healing a sting that a fisherman got from the spines on a fish he caught. This fellow was out fishing when he hooked into what is known as a ‘Weaver Fish’. Apparently, most stings from this fish come from people swimming at beaches where the fish [...]
Ethiopian Trademark Agreement
August 28th, 2008 Roast Master 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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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, [...]
