Archive for January, 2006

Hines update

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Another item of note from the coffee world (and then I can go on blogging about other fascinating topics, like uh… uh…)

Legendary Hines Public Market Coffee, formerly-of-Eastlake is now officially formerly-of-Seattle with their vintage Probat sold off to our pals at Doma Coffee and their future re-emergence most likely to occur in Vancouver.
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auction action

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Tuesday morning was the Brazil Cup of Excellence internet auction. The Cup of Excellence competition identifies the top coffees from a country and makes them available to importers and roasters, rewarding winning farmers with high prices and global recognition.
Victrola once again participated as part of the Small Axe buying group - a hodgepodge of […]

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Is this thing on?

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Obsessive compulsive bean dissections. Another facet of the nose-dive into the rabbit hole of grappling with the subtleties of roast profiling.
Thirteen days into the new year and I’m ready to make a token gesture towards that “blog more” resolution…
There are exciting things happening in coffee and signs of greater things to come (I’ll […]

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