Thursday, July 31, 2003


the leg

been drinking don schoenholdt of gillies coffee famed legendary blend for the last few days.

i'm making it in my office in a french press (a.k.a. cafetiere), which is not the best showcase for it, don says. he prefers it in a vac pot.

still, it's a lovely coffee: medium-roasted, sweet, nippy, rounded, balanced, slightly spicy (a touch of cinnamon, a whiff of vanilla?) with a very clear body, even in a press.

maybe a tad brighter than i would usually drink by preference. but i'm brightness-impaired as long-time readers know, since i tend to prefer more mellow sumatras.

however, when judging coffee, you have to keep in mind what a good coffee is; you can't always go by your own personal preference. you have to be fair to the blend as an expression of a certain style of cup.

95% of people would love this coffee a lot. ken davids apparently called it the best blend a couple of years ago.

don tells me that at gillies this coffee is know as "the leg." so if you think is coffee might intrigue you, be on the inside; knowingly ask for some leg. . .

and altho' this has nothing to do with the coffee per se, it comes in a lovely bag with a great label -- a beautiful hawaiian hibiscus flower, "kona" in lovely type, and the tagline "america's gran cru coffee."

plus the beans themselves are just the most enticing milk-chocolate color, each perfectly shaped, like beads for a necklace. . .

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