Thanks all for the lively discussion on JBM, Kona, CR...etc.
As a result I've just placed an order for a couple # Costa Rican La Minita Tarrazu. Of course, I
also had to order a couple # of Hawaii Kona -Kowali Blue Mountain '01(described as from 100% JBM
seedstock. Fasinating.) (It'll be my 7th Kona green in stock...who me, obsessive?)
It'll be fun doing a 3 way cupping with CR La Minita, JBM & Kona Kowali Blue!
If I can't spend my money on Great Coffees, what's the point!
By the way, is a BMW better than a Mercedes, no a Porche', no a Ferrari? (chuckles)
MM;-)
Home Roasting in the Beautifully Green Great Pacific Northwest
(no, it doesn't rain ALL the time!)
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Mike & Debi McGinness wrote:
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Funny, I never saw mention of Luwak in this discussion. :=)
Taste is subjective and we are all willing to pay whatever to
accommodate our individual taste.
If we weren't, then none of us would be on here and we would all be
happily sipping our Folgers/Maxwell House etc.  None of us are in it for
the economics of green coffee either. If we were we would not be
purchasing from SM's but from anybody who would sell us green beans, no
matter their origin. We are for the most part amateurs but we are all,
for the most part, connoisseurs also. That is why all of us are on SM's
Home roasting list! (SM = Sado-Masochism when I think of what I spend to
reach coffee Nirvana heh heh heh).   
Opinion only, but I believe it to be true. 'Fess up gang. 'Tis true!  
Sipping on my Lerida I raise it in a toast to you all.
Glenn
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Glenn, very well said. And, I raise my cup of Lerida to you, too.  Mike
Funny, I never saw mention of Luwak in this discussion. :=)
Taste is subjective and we are all willing to pay whatever to
accommodate our individual taste.
If we weren't, then none of us would be on here and we would all be
happily sipping our Folgers/Maxwell House etc.  None of us are in it for
the economics of green coffee either. If we were we would not be
purchasing from SM's but from anybody who would sell us green beans, no
matter their origin. We are for the most part amateurs but we are all,
for the most part, connoisseurs also. That is why all of us are on SM's
Home roasting list! (SM = Sado-Masochism when I think of what I spend to
reach coffee Nirvana heh heh heh).   
Opinion only, but I believe it to be true. 'Fess up gang. 'Tis true!  
Sipping on my Lerida I raise it in a toast to you all.
Glenn
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If we were we would not be
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no
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all,
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SM's
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spend to
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Uh oh, I feel a group hug coming on.  :-)
I started this hobby to save money, but, um, it hasn't worked out
that way.  Nevertheless, this is a great hobby and a good bunch of
people from very diverse backgrounds.  Not all of this can afford
BMW's, but we can afford some of the best coffee in the world
from Tom and Maria.  Green coffee beans are relatively cheap
compared to many luxuries; it's summertime, and life is good.
Cheers,
JKG
(who drives a Ford and is sipping a Sumatra Tawar
espresso over ice with a splash of Wisconsin whole milk)
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