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The trip has been one obstacle after another. Luckily for us, we are both very adaptable travelers and understand that when traveling, especially in developing countries, things are out of your control, and you have to surrender to the flow. Receiving the note that Cedric would pick us up and we could go to the[…]

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Little Barrels of fun. Peaberries are nature’s little gift. Little barrels of fun stimulate your senses with every sip. These exotic-looking beans can be romantically aromatic, flaunting florals and a bevy of chocolates. A vibrant acidity is just bright enough to alert the senses while awakening the chocolatey sweetness from the backdrop. The velvety smooth[…]

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Sights, Scents, Subtle Sounds, and the Different Stages of Coffee Roasting Coffee roasting is essentially a cooking process in which aromatics, acids, and other flavor components augment a coffee’s flavor, acidity, aftertaste, and body as desired by the roaster. It is a balancing act of time, temperature, airflow, and execution to bring out the full flavor[…]

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Looking at a coffee menu or label on a bag of coffee can often be confusing—so many words in such a small place. There are terms even coffee professionals cannot seem to agree on. For the everyday consumer, it can be difficult to understand. Processing terms like washed, natural, and honey may be familiar to[…]

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Papua New Guinea has long been relegated to “blender coffee” status for many in the American specialty coffee industry. This is for a variety of reasons including supply chain challenges at origin, the limited pool of quality-focused producers, and, notably, the lack of exposure to great PNG for many roasters. All of this created a[…]

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