Thursday, January 29, 2004


starbucks steers the right course; pluma, not feathers

gotta give a hand to the mermaid here. opening a relationship agronomy office to help struggling farmers improve coffee quality and survive the world-price depression known as the coffee crisis is something we coffee lovers can only applaud.

speaking of coffee, this morning i woke up, looked out my window and sighed at the sight of so much remaining snow. it feels more like buffalo than brooklyn.

but i was much cheered to sip batdorf's yemen mocha. ah! winey, spicy, great body in the cafetiére, a.k.a. press pot. (i think it's a sanani even tho' my label, unlike the one in the picture, doesn't say so. . . )

i didn't get a chance to cup this in the morning -- that work thing really gets in the way of your coffee-tasting somehow -- but i will venture a formal evaluation in linglese this weekend.

also i was thrilled to receive from the ever-wonderful david haddock of counterculture a bag of their mexican pluma. this is the total hat trick: it's shade-grown/bird-friendly, fair-trade, and certified organic all at once.

i suspect the beans come from current scaa prez david griswold's sustainable harvest via its relationship with the hidalgo "la trinidad" coffee farmers cooperative.

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