For years, Otto Keyes has been a sought-after harp technician and piano tuner. Now, settling down in Moscow, he’s gotten more serious about one of his hobbies: coffee roasting. Starting a few years ago with a popcorn popper, moving to a converted chicken rotisserie, banished from the house for the smoke, he now has a […]
Filed under: Roasting on August 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Starbuck’s latest gimmick is their Pike’s Place Roast. It’s a lighter, smoother drip coffee that is guaranteed to be brewed fresh every 30 minutes. They also put up the date and location where the current batch was roasted at. It’s never supposed to be more than a few weeks old. The batch I had a […]
Filed under: Roasting, Starbucks, Uncategorized on April 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
The Moscow Food Co-op had a tasting day that I happened upon yesterday. I almost passed it by since I don’t personally have a lot of use for what I saw at the first table (gluten-free muffins), but then I spotted several tables sporting French presses… I got to meet Jon Binninger there. He and […]
Filed under: Moscow Food Coop, Roasting on March 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
This is the second installment of my interview with Brendan from Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub. He talks about coffee varieties and flavors and also how he got started roasting. Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of their new roaster from the shop. It was built in Turkey. Brendan informed me that even though the new roaster […]
Filed under: Bucer's Coffeehouse Pub, Lore, Roasting on February 27th, 2008 | No Comments »