We are getting closer and closer to the June 14th launch date.
The roaster duct work should be installed within the next two weeks.
I am starting to rethink running the roaster on propane and am starting to look at how much it would cost to get our natural gas line run up to the machine.
I have a guy named Terry, a seasoned coffee roaster venting guy working on the logistics.
He has done plenty of commerical installation jobs and just recently finished doing some vent and afterburner work for stumptown's Seattle roasting shop in capital hill. He has also done work for Atlas Importers in Ballard and Victrola roasters downtown.
In the mean time I have been doing a lot of blending. I have been mostly been working on espresso blends and have one in particular that I am pleased with. I will continue to work on my espresso blending over the next month. I expect to go through at least 20 to 30 sample blends until I get everything just right. I also hope to be introducing some new coffees to my repitoire this month. I hope to get some costa rican, some fair trade organic sumatra, some fair trade ethiopian yirgacheffe, maybe some guatemalan coffee and introduce a few new blends.
The other addition to Kuma Coffee is a new dual boiler La Spaziale Vivaldi Mini II from Chris Coffee that's paired with a Mazzer Super Jolly that I found on Ebay brand new for $280. I have to say that this setup is a dream and I could fully reccomend both the espresso machine and the grinder to anyone. I will relay more of my experience with my new espresso equipment in my next post.
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Hey Mark, good to hear about your adventures in coffee!
Guatemalan is where it's at. I did a little probing and what I'd heard as Guatemalan Elephant Coffee is the Maragogype variety. Not sure if that's the one you were telling me about. They're oversized beans, apparently.
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