Tuesday, February 10, 2004


hawaii arrives

and what wonderful thing came today? two bags of beautiful green, unroasted kona coffee from our pal suzanne at lion's gate. i know all home coffee roasters reading this are drooling at the thought. . .

the amazing scent of coffee flowers lingers around these jade-colored beans. not at all like so many of the slightly grassy-smelling green i've seen. for those of you who haven't had the luck to smell coffee flower, it's similar to jasmine: delicious, sweet, potent.

and in her total wisdom -- her complete understanding of the bccy mindset -- she also sent some of her chocolate-covered kona peaberry coffee beans. ymmmm. but as suzanne says, it's important to remember that just 5 of these babies are basically equal to a cup of coffee.

that's how marvelously decadent they really are. so i'm being good and will save my first handful for tomorrow afternoon.

long-time readers know i can't home roast here in my nyc apartment, so i'll be trotting these beans down to a friend of mine in the financial district who has a nice sample roaster. with luck, i can get these roasted next week. . .

thanks again suzanne! you're the best. i can't wait to cup this coffee.

and in a minor footnote, coffee lovers, please note that as i've been saying for a while now, coffee consumption's on the rise. . .it's reached a new, 30-year high.

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