Coffee and the morning light.. Nothing like it.
Life after Loss.
I cannot believe I started a business after losing Sally. At age 63 I formally incorporated a small business -coffee roasting- kind of like Colonel Sanders and his fried chicken..
Coffee , just beans , nothing fancy , purchased as ethically as I could afford ( the ” C” price of coffee as the commodity varies from $0.99-2.15, however , most of the times it hovers around $1.00 a pound ) Coffee costs $2.55 a pound to produce world wide(!).
Coffee mostly is subsidized by various governments. But the “Geisha” name associated with super expensive grades of coffee isn’t.
How can a small roaster compete with the roaster owned farms and NGO owned fair trade and free trade groups?
I am still working through that. I apologize to the Blog World for being all over the map. Will post more soon.
Thank you for all your business.!
Very Good Lives
My latest read. Took all of a half hour.
Business foibles
Every month is different. Last year, after six months my gross was about $3900. This year my gross during the prior 8 months equals what I did at the beginning of the year. If I keep on making average monthly sales should be the same, which should increase .
New Mexico!
Dear readers, Hope this finds you well. Speaking of wells and water I am plumbing a new water line for both the house and my corporate office.
Coffee fanatic
Beans, Beans everywhere. Roasting and sampling are good ways to get ‘er done. The roaster below is a Sonofresco roaster powered by propane. The beans are green. This is a before roast post!.
Outside Agitator Coffees
Being sold by my friend Kyle of Javelina Range Farms.
Farmers Market Socorro NM
Saturday morning at the Socorro NM Farmers Market
Coffee for the summer
If I were to choose coffee for the summer there are several ways to prepare coffee I have found fun and practical.
First, I have tried iced coffee, black. First ice in a glass , then filtered drip or Aeropress cooled slightly over the ice.
I do not like the current cold -brew mania. I have tried it and find it lacking. I have cold – brewed the Costa Rica Jaguar Honey and found that even though the flavors “pop” in their way it is a bit too acidic for my tastes. Better to either Aeropress at 20 grams coffee to 200 grams 165 F or 80 C water, or drip filter the same.
Cold Brew Recipe # 1:
Start with 1/4 lb or 125 grams medium grind coffee in a pint or quart mason jar. Add 250 ml or 1 cup / 8 oz of water stir in thoroughly, then lid and keep in fridge for 2 days, Stir daily. After 2 days ( at least 48 hours ) filter through a paper filter . It will be a concentrate that will make about three 12 oz glasses of ” iced Americanos ” Of course , you may want to stretch it out to make 4 of them..
Cold Brew Two:
Using a Puck Puck ( tm ) device on an Aeropress you can use a pound of ice drip into the coffee grounds filtered through the Aeropress.
Cold Brew Three: Using the Aeropress ( with the funnel ) and recycling a one liter water jug as a funnel. Fill the one liter jug with water and freeze. once frozen un-cap and hoist upside down over the Aeropress filled with 125 grams of coffee grounds, allow to drip into a one quart cup or mason jar.
The above devices are brands of their companies Puck Puck, and Aeropress received no compensation .
