What an insanely busy week! We had guests from all over the world swing by our store to check out what we are doing. THANKS FOR ALL THE POSTIVE COMMENTS! It was a pleasure to have so many highly knowledgeable coffee professionals come through and give us so much positive feedback. It really reinforces what we are trying to accomplish here and that we are headed down the right path.
To start the week off we were able to welcome the Stumptown Coffee roasters from NY, Seattle and Portland. Awesome group of guys, totally passionate about what they do. They have done so much for the Coffee Community with creating awareness and sourcing great coffee.
After that Velton Ross from Velton’s Coffee Roasting came in to share in our cupping. He brought three of his own to cup with ours. WOW! Amazing coffee! His Bonsai Blend with 50% natural process Mexican was my favorite! Our cupping table had at least 20 guests around it that day, it was awesome.
Eric and Dan from Slayer Espresso stopped in again and purchased a half pound of our Puerto Rico to put on their machine. I can’t wait to get feedback!
The owner of The Hub in Reno and some of his baristas stepped in and we let them play with the clover as they don’t have one yet. Great Baristas!
We hung out in the La Marzocco booth with Joe talking about our new Machine. Soon it will land in 15th Ave bringing our technology into this Century with PID controls and a regulated pre-infusion. Joe always astounds me with how long he has been in the business and how much he knows, thanks for everything!
After that we swung by the Synesso booth to visit my ‘other baby’. Their three group that they had on the floor will be going into my Roy Street store with two beautiful Anfim grinders for both the Espresso and Single Origin. I am so excited to have a Synesso with the ability to have set pre-infusion times. Thanks Mark and Team!
Another contact that I made at the show was Oliver Stormshak from Olympia Coffee Roasting. Hands down it was the best shot of espresso that I had at Coffee Fest! The orange flavors that were in his single origin were surprisingly sweet and balanced. Check him out @ http://www.olympiacoffeeroasting.com/. Thanks for the amazing shot!
Lastly we were visited today by Deming Maclise owner of Cafe Fiore. He was so into what we are doing here and we had a great time showing him around. He was a huge fan of the Pu-erh Fusion. (See my previous blog for pics and explanation)
There were too many great guests to get through them all. Thanks to everyone who has been so welcoming as we step into the local coffee community. Keep watching as we open up our Roy St. Store!
That cupping on the 24th with Velton Ross and many great coffees was pretty amazing. So much great energy. I had brought 2 friends, and of course I had no idea that it would be such a huge turn out, and such a great selection of coffees. I really enjoyed cupping the Starbucks Kuai coffee from Hawaii (please correct me if I have the name wrong). Lovely balanced coffee. Thanks for the blog update. Melody.