Tuesday, March 16, 2004


acid jazz with that venti latte?

i think this is a brilliant idea: for the mermaid to begin selling custom coffeehouse music cds.

last night, thanks to the kindness of rainforest alliance's sabrina vigilante, i was privileged to snag a ticket to their demonstration cupping at the french culinary institute.

it was led by my hero, scaa chief ted lingle. many noted cuppers and coffee personalities attended, such as linda smithers of susan's in ohio; former scaa prez steve colten of atlantic (flashing his famous gold travel cupping spoon and offering the most macho thundering slurp-n-spit in da house, which made the audience laugh hilariously); david dallis and steve schulman of dallis coffee; karen gordon of coffee holding and the charity cup for education; marty diedrich of diedrich coffee; and big name greenie klaas van der kaaij of rothfos, among many many others.

the audience was mostly foodies, so ted's presentation was pretty basic. the prize-winning coffee from the cupping? la esmeralda from panama.

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