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 [...]
Archive for 2008
Finding That Great Cafe and Snack Bar
August 11th, 2008 
Roast Master 
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 [...]
What Coffee Did You Just Buy?? Stale Coffee??
August 5th, 2008 Roast Master Ever stood in the grocery store, facing the coffee shelves and wondered just who it is that buys all of that stuff? All sorts of wonderful marketing gimmicks confront you…Full Flavour, Fresh Roast, Gold Coffee. There are some haunting secrets behind all of those dusty vac packs and oversized cans of folgers and nescafe. Secrets [...]
Ethiopian Harrar Grade 4 Dry Process OROMIA
August 5th, 2008 Roast Master Cupping Ethiopian coffees is probably one thing that I can easily say I look forward to. Especially each summer when the new crops begin to arrive in North America, where I spend each day roasting. After a couple of bad years for Harrar crops, I was worried that when this coffee arrived, I might be [...]
Posted in Coffee Reviews, Ethiopian Trademark Coffees Tags: Ethiopian Trademark Coffees, harar, harrar Comments OffCurtis Coffee Brewer Review
July 21st, 2008 Roast Master Curtis Coffee Makers If you own or run a cafe that brews specialty coffee, you probably pay alot of attention to your brewing methods. There are several dominating makes of coffee brewers. These include Curtis, Bunn, Aquabrew, Bloomfield, Mr. Coffee and many many more. One of these brewers stands above the rest. Curtis has been [...]
Creating The Perfect Espresso Blend
July 10th, 2008 Roast Master I’ve been working with one of our head baristas here to create a new blend for our espresso. The previous blend has become a little pale, probably only because the blend hasn’t changed in the last couple of years, and I need something new to liven things up. Its a daunting task though! First, searching [...]
