December 10th, 2009 
Roast Master 
I was recently given a sample of Colombian “Sierra Nevada”, a Fair Trade and Organic certified coffee. I’m not a huge fan of Colombian coffees. I’ve sampled many, but I tend to find them a little too boring for my palette. I like a wild, robust and complex coffee. Hard to find in Colombians with [...]
December 10th, 2009 Roast Master 
I was recently given a sample of Indonesian Sulawesi Toraja, a Fair Trade and Organic certified coffee. I was very interested in sampling this coffee because I enjoy Indonesian coffees, particularly Sumatran coffees from the Aceh area. These Sulawesi beans appeared to be quite similar in shape, size and colour to the Sumatrans. I roasted [...]
February 3rd, 2009 Roast Master Planet Bean, Guelph based roaster of Fair Trade and Organic certified coffees has just launched and brand new roast. From the ‘Cooperativa Café Timor’, this dark roast has been a few years in the making. Planet Bean has been trying to source a great coffee from East Timor for a few years now, and in [...]
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 Off July 4th, 2008 Roast Master Ethiopian Sidamo Coffee Review Roasted By Planet Bean Coffee – Guelph, Ontario, Canada Planet Bean is a Micro-roastery. They roast with 5 and 25 kilo probats on a roast to order basis. I recently had the opportunity to cup several of their coffees, and here is the review for their Sidamo roast: Roast: Full City [...]
July 4th, 2008 Roast Master Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Coffee Review Roasted By Planet Bean Coffee – Guelph, Ontario, Canada Planet Bean is a Micro-roastery. They roast with 5 and 25 kilo probats on a roast to order basis. I recently had the opportunity to cup several of their coffees, and here is the review for their yirgacheffe roast: Roast: Full City [...]
