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		<title>Wee Hours at the Roaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roasting early today. Checking aroma at first crack, I am almost chewing on the complexity. 


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2010/03/19/wee-hours-at-the-roaster/</link>
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		<title>Aged</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aged. First cupping of a three year old coffee and I&#8217;m so happy with it. After a week of cupping good and decent coffees, with only one or two standouts, this one is a clear choice for me.
Intense, thick, pepper and spice &#8211; cardomon, brown sugar, burnt caramel, and a deep woody-earthy dry-chocolate base.
The roast [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2010/03/17/aged/</link>
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		<title>Peru El Guabo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just did a first cupping of a new Peru coffee &#8211; El Guabo&#8230; Very impressed. It was what I call a casual cupping, which means I don&#8217;t score it and just note my experience with it. It&#8217;s something I do with most all the coffees to get to how it strikes me emotionally than, say, [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/09/21/peru-el-guabo/</link>
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		<title>Good news for the Ethiopian ECX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a great deal of not unwarranted moaning within the specialty coffee industry about Ethiopia&#8217;s new Exchange system, and how it hadn&#8217;t been set up with allowances for direct trade with farms and how that would essentially make it impossible to get the same high quality coffees that we have been getting used to [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/08/31/good-news-for-the-ethiopian-ecx/</link>
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		<title>Daterra Farms Sweet Collection (from Minas Gerais, Brazil)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s simply that the rustic sweetness of this sample just stuck with me. Honestly, I wasn&#8217;t going to purchase this since I was already ordering another of their coffees. Not that I thought it wasn&#8217;t a great coffee, but I was clearly referencing the deep complex fruit of their Espresso Reserve. But after a [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/08/30/daterra-farms-sweet-collection-from-minas-gerais-brazil/</link>
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		<title>Iced Coffee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the recent wave of 100°+ weather, I turn to iced coffee.
Here&#8217;s how:
12g La Berlina Estate from Boquete, Panama (or other, nicely balanced, floral, sweet coffee)
2 blocks of solid, cold ice, in some sort of tray
At least 1 box fan
Fill a 16 oz glass as high as possible with cubed ice
Grind coffee slightly finer than [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/07/28/iced-coffee/</link>
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		<title>New Coffee: La Berlina (Typica varietal) from Boquete, Panama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grown on old Typica coffee trees at around 1900 meters, this coffee has a softer touch than the Daterra Espresso Reserve. Medium bodied, with caramel &#8211; more than sugar &#8211; that comes through as the cup cools. First whiff is sweet, fruity with a nicely balanced toffee, cocao background to it. As a varietal, this [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/07/24/new-coffee-la-berlina-typica-varietal-from-boquete-panama/</link>
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		<title>New Coffee: Daterra Farms Espresso Reserve from Minas Gerais, Brazil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Cerrado region in Minas Gerais, Brazil comes a wonderfully complex Brazilian coffee. Daterra has long been on the forefront of producer technology, but that isn&#8217;t why I am so fond of their coffees. It&#8217;s the flavor. A rich, full-bodied chocolate &#038; cocao base that mingle with deeply fruited layers of raisin and black [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/07/24/new-coffee-daterra-farms-espresso-reserve-from-minas-gerais-brazil/</link>
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		<title>The Kenyan Coffee System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was directed to an article in The Standard about changes to the Kenyan coffee system that apparently are taking effect immediately&#8230;
Is Kenya taking a learning lesson from Ethiopia, and not doing the same thing? It looks like this is a good thing &#8211; something which will increase transparency and traceability in Kenyan Coffees &#8211; [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/06/30/the-kenyan-coffee-system/</link>
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		<title>Couple coffees are out&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick post to let people know that two coffees are now run out: &#8216;Bonko&#8217; Black Sun (from Dara Woreda, Sidamo, Ethiopia), and the Kebado Wet-processed (from Sidamo, Ethiopia).
I&#8217;m currently cupping new coffees to replace them, stay tuned&#8230;


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/04/23/couple-coffees-are-out/</link>
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		<title>Bonko Farm &#8220;Black Sun&#8221; from Dara Woreda, Sidamo, Ethiopia.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rich like the marbling of Kobe beef. Medium-heavy body. Stone fruits &#8211; like apricot and the light starch of a real good, I mean amazingly smooth and even textured, pear &#8211; weave complex, layered dolphin patterns through a bed of bittersweet cocao and chocolate.
(this coffee is currently sold out)


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/03/10/bonko-farm-black-sun-from-dara-woreda-sidamo-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>Kebado Wet-processed from Kebado, Sidamo, Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Similar to the Koratie Dry-Processes that sold out so quickly, but with more crispness. Lighter fruits are at play &#8211; starfruit, citrusy notes. But it&#8217;s sweet and aromatic, floral. Complex and delicate. Light in body. This is like the sun the last couple days, crisp, bright, but with a stark clarity to the air that [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/03/10/kebado-wet-processed-from-kebado-sidamo-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>Three Variations on a Roast: Finca Kilimanjaro, El Salvador.</title>
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As I am getting more familiar with my set-up, I&#8217;m now working on developing a more rigorous testing process with several intentions&#8230; The most important of which is to be able to sketch with more clarity the potential of a coffee. Cupping is like gesture drawing for me, brief movements meant not to render in [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/03/09/three-variations-on-a-roast-finca-kilimanjaro-el-salvador/</link>
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		<title>Whatever happens&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While reading &#8216;Making Sense of Wine&#8217;  this morning, I came across a quote that struck me as timely. I don&#8217;t know exactly where it is sourced from, but it struck me as insightful on many levels. In the continuous search for quality, there are always shifting tastes and preferences, but there remains the notion [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/02/07/whatever-happens/</link>
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		<title>Just like milk boxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They are here! Delivery boxes for all subscribers! I have, in my basement two old Alpenrose milk boxes (one of which holds the most awesome 6&#8243; tall plaster chess set!), which inspired me to build boxes for Deft deliveries. I&#8217;ll post a few more pictures of them actually on porches, but here are what they [...]


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		<link>http://www.deftcoffee.com/2009/02/03/just-like-milk-boxes/</link>
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