... to try if it comes round again when I have my stash down to a manageable size. I keep working on that! Yesterday I did my first half-pound ever of India Sufia Robusta -- something Jim (coffeegeek55) had been recommending as part of my education -- and loved it "nouveau." (Today it's a ...

... had I prefaced it by saying that I'm generally all over the board when it comes to coffees (favorites of last year being...Rwanda Kabuye Gitesi, India Poabs Organic Seethargundu Estate and Ethiopians DP Saris Abaya and the Chelelektu Yirge Cheffe). As you'll notice there is something lacking ...

... that accompanied the last robusta sold by SM. Clearly, the suggested roast level applies to all robusta, not just the specific robusta from India: Roast: This depends on your blend, but I would say that robustas need a minimum of Full City++ meaning the coffee has audibly reached 2nd crack, ...

I just tried starting with low heat with Indian and brought the heat up later on so I produced a full city+ which was a bit darker than I wanted but I think starting low will help! I will grind it up and try it tomorrow!

I've just found that in general, dry process coffees (other than those from Brazil or India) are just too wild and crazy for me. Too fruity, too funky, too different. No knock at all on the beans. It's simply personal preference. On the other hand, I've found that ...

... I on a high! It is a new lease on life - I read constantly and love to travel. I had given that up but now I will go to Kerela - it is in southern India - wow what a place and now I can travel again! Earlier in life I got a brass parachute when the company I was working for was sold. Being an officer ...

... the other excellent. The excellent one: 191g El Salvador Majahual Tablon La Montana (8/2011) 132g Ethiopia Limu Jimma Alaga Sekala (7/2011) 132g India Poabs (11/2011). In total, the blend tasted so much like Guatemala Antigua Finca La Folie that there's no way I'd be able to tell them apart. ...

Well it's not Sumatran but pretty close...India Poabs Organic Seethargundu Estate was INCREDIBLE at a light roast. It was still so bright and spicy, so many crazy underlying flavors that my untrained tongue couldn't properly identify...but still ...

I had 272g of Colombia Dos Payasos de Tolima left, to which I added 182g of Nov 2011 India Poabs to make a pound, then roasted them to City level, maybe just barely City+. Just 3 hours out of the roaster I added 20g of those beans to 30g of the Sumatra. Result: a ...

... etc. are superior storage methods. But, for years coffee was shipped and held in burlap. I've been to Theta Ridge here locally (South Bend, Indiana) and they have a warehouse full of burlap - even Kona beans. I don't know for sure how long they keep them that way, but I'd guess several months. ...