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Monthly Archives: November 2009

A christmas blend

By mike | Published: November 30, 2009

Well here it is, the christmas blend. Expect notes of candy canes and yuel logs, a distinct aroma of toasted chestnuts, and a long frosty finish. We have no christmas blend. However, we do have a new blend that will be filling our hopper at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning alongside the yirgacheffe espresso. This blend cupped really well. It cupped so well in fact that I gave much kudos to blends in general. [...]

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The skim

By mike | Published: November 15, 2009

The skim remains controversial.  Crema has always been viewed as the best indicator of a good shot of espresso.  I would encourage one to view a blog post from the coffee collective:

http://coffeecollective.blogspot.com/2008/04/does-good-espresso-need-crema.html

James Hoffman gives a wealth of information as well, so check out his blog too:

http://www.jimseven.com/2009/07/06/video-1-crema/

I’m definitely not going to argue with anyone who loves their crema.  Crema can give the espresso body and definitely gives the espresso a beautiful color.  However, crema can also give the espresso bitterness.  I [...]

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Chuffed

By mike | Published: November 10, 2009

Today we were serving the Ethiopia Mordecofe as well as the Sumatra Sidikalang as espresso.  The ethiopia held up nicely as straight up espresso and italianos, but the sumatra paired well with some steamed milk, maybe even with some steamed milk and chocolate, or maybe even as an add shot, or as a large americano.  Prepared several siphons of the ethiopia mordecofe and it brought down the house.

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Look! We’re blogging!

By mike | Published: November 9, 2009

This is the heart blog. Heart is finally up and running. As of tomorrow it’s been three weeks since we’ve been open. From here on out we will be blogging. Expect to hear about our espresso, trip reports, cafe modification reports, cupping reports, roasting reports, pastry reports, finnish pastry reports, siphon dome reports, latte art reports, and much more. Strenuous work was put into this space. Wille and April have put in their [...]

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