Stumptown Coffee Roasters

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Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Two wonderful evenings were marked by the enchanted work of Stumptown Coffee Roasters. On Sunday it was Ethiopian Tega Tula and the following day Misty Valley. Two Ethiopian coffees, two great favorites of mine preceding almost providential events. It was like a tasty yet fortuitous omen of things to come.

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[sameoldwheel]

Oh man, the weird thing? I almost GOT YOU some harrar in North Carolina... but didn't know if you needed decaf since you know, j and caffeine have a long dirty history, far dirtier than any concept of cuppings!... something about it even made me think it suited you--the blueberry tones of it can be amazing or awful, and the roaster at home, like Stumptown, is super-small batch, soooo careful, pays more than triple the fair trade rates and goes through companies that are ridiculous about auditing their farms, etc. etc etc.... anyway, their few Ethiopian varieties are incredibly smooth and merciless on the taste buds---addiction yes, I can see the potential. Kenya's also got a good bean as long as it is AA (more lovely oils) and "full city" roasted and grade 1. If the roast is not "dark" enough, much of the richness is lost and its inherent ability to be... sweet, if you catch that concept on coffee, which you must, is lost

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Stumptown Coffee Roasters is the exact same way. Very small batches of especially sought and nurtured beans, obsessive attention to detail and all aspects of cultivation, harvesting and processing, and supporting the farmers with premium prices and support for infrastructure and communicty projects. From what I hear, Stumptown pioneered that many years ago, but then my bias is easily dismissive of others (yeah, I know NC's triangle is totally on the same wavelength as the Rose City, but I LIVE HERE, and have slavish zealot devotion to my city

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