Tuesday, August 19, 2003


uncommon grounds & a cup of kenya

a nice excerpt on brazil's role in coffee from mark pendergrast's famed "uncommon grounds" can be read here.

here's a quick yoga round-up.

and here's an interesting interview with a swiss maker of private-label chocolates.

but the most interesting thing that happened to me this morning was don schoenholt's gillies lovely kenya aa in the cafetiere.

at medium roast, it offers a floral fragrance, very slight mandarin citrus, candy-caramel notes, lightly nippy, just a pleasant coffee with a nice body. what i love about don's coffees is that while they carry their famed origin charateristics, they don't overpower you with them.

they remain charming coffees that are easy to drink. long-time readers remember that i don't like african coffees; mostly they are just too much, too citrusy. i mean, if wanted grapefruit juice, i'd drink it!

except for don's: they aren't extreme. perhaps not everyone appreciates this -- i think some coffee lovers want grand opera in every cup. . .if i want that, why, i have espresso!

but i don't have time to be exhausted by my own history each morning. who does? i just want something to set the scene with my guarneri quartet when i get to the office. . .

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