I'll have to check out this place the next time I get to Toronto.
Oh, the different coffees do taste different to me, but I'm mostly not sure if it's the coffee or my mouth! Home roasted definitely spoiled me for most commercial coffee, probably not such a bad thing!
At 8:40 AM -0400 5/17/05, frank theriault wrote:
On 5/17/05, Alan P. Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:You're lucky, Scott, to have them down the road. I have to say, though, real coffee geeks roast their own. I get my green beans from <http://www.sweetmarias.com>.
Sitting here sipping my latest house blend. (No, I can't tell you what's in it-I'd have to kill myself! Let's just say that there are three continents involved...)
I agree, Alan.
We roast our own in this house, too. To me, it tastes noticeably better than over-the-counter pre-roasted beans, although prior to buying green beans, I bought fresh-roasted (like that day) beans from my favourite cafe, and those were pretty good, too.
I can't say that I can tell the difference between beans from various places. I'm not ~that~ much of a coffee snob <g>. But, I do like fresh roasted, properly brewed coffee.
We get our green beans at a local establishment, Merchants of Green Coffee:
http://www.merchantsofgreencoffee.com/
Derek, who owns the place, tells me they ship across North America. At $9Cdn a pound ($12 for non-members), it's a pretty good deal. I also like the idea that it's all fair-trade in that place; lots of coffee does come from plantations where the workers are badly exploited, so looking for fair-trade coffee is a good thing, IMHO.
Plus, these guys use my courier company to deliver their beans locally, so keeping them in business will eventually filter down to me. <vbg>
cheers, frank
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