Just reading the news online (about the earthquake in Chile and the upcoming Tsunami in Hawaii) now that my own power has been restored (I'm north of Boston - area was hit hard by our nor'easter-that-felt-like-a-hurricane). Remembered that you are staying in Hawaii til June... sending my well-wishes to you and everyone else your way - keep safe & keep us posted! Lynne (who had her son grind our homeroast [know it was fr. Sumatra, can't remember exactly which one] with mortar & pestle yesterday) Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
It is now 2 hrs before it is supposed to hit. Am enjoying some Peru FTO. Our house is about a mile from the ocean and relatively high up. So we will ride it out here. The house is sold and we are just renting. The contents are and cars are insured and are going to be sold in a moving sale or paid by the insurance Co depending on what happens 2 hrs from now. Will let everyone know. , On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Lynne wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Glad you are on high ground - sounds like you are secure where you are - hope you also have water, supplies (as well as plenty of homeroast, of course, duh!) just in case of street flooding after. Hoping for safety for everyone, everywhere, of course. Just read that even the California could get hit. I'm practically on the ocean here on the Atlantic side - man, it was scarey, but the home where I'm renting was built about 3 yrs ago, and it didn't sway like some of the older homes did. Should have gone out in the morning to search for stray lobsters, but I didn't even think of it til it was too late. :-( But at least I had plenty of homeroast, even if I didn't do the best job roasting it this time & a gas stove to heat the water (oh, yeah, and cook some food, too). I have me priorities, you know... Lynne On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Barry Luterman wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Barry - Glad to know that you are OK and drinking some good coffee. What kind Peru is it? I have a wonderfully chocolaty Peru Organic Cusco Canelon -Tomas Ovalle from Sweet Maria's.....wow talk about a chocolate bomb :) Lynne - Glad you did not get 'blown away' by the high winds :) Mary Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
It seems to be all over. It turned out to be not very exciting at all. A couple of bays emptied out and then refilled but no tidal wave came. It was just a bunch of strong currents moving the water in and out of the bays. Got away lucky . Have lived here 12 years and missed all the Hurricanes and now the one Tsunami. Of course as soon as I move to Portland Mt St Helena or Hood will decide to go nuts. On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Lynne wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Or if you move to Chicago there'll be a quake along the New Madrid fault and there'll be a Lake Michigan tsunami. (We get "seiches," but they're caused by wind and tides). On Feb 27, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Barry Luterman wrote: <Snip> Peace & song, Sandy www.sandyandina.com Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Glad to hear there was not too much excitement in Hawaii. Also glad we didn't feel the last earthquake close to Chicago, however Muncie Indiana did feel a little shake a couple years back ;o) On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Sandy Andina wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I was such a slug that I slept right through the Chicago quake last month--didn't find out about it until friends in CA called me. But drove home from Memphis this week all along the New Madrid fault (even stopping between New Madrid and Kewanee, MO for some great BBQ), and did so uneasily. This despite having spun out on ice and crashed through a barbed-wire fence and down an embankment into a cornfield s. of Champaign-Urbana the week before--at least now I know what a spinout feels like but any quake bigger than 4.3 (which I've felt in NYC and Seattle) still scares the, uh, Kopi Luwak out of me. On Feb 27, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Marty Wooten wrote: <Snip> Peace & song, Sandy www.sandyandina.com Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
On 2/27/2010 5:42 PM, Marty Wooten wrote: <Snip> Chances are Chicago will just fall down and *cause* the Lake Michigan Tsunami, which will do a number on all those little fishing and summer cottage towns. I'd hate to see Sleeping Bear get scoured, I remember with more nostalgia than it deserves several summers spent hot-footing from the snack stand to the towel and thence into the lake to cool my feet, repeat, repeat, repeat... Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I think it'll be the Asian carp that sinks us all out here in the Middle Coast. On Feb 27, 2010, at 6:39 PM, slinkster wrote: <Snip> Peace & song, Sandy www.sandyandina.com Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
On 2/27/2010 6:53 PM, Sandy Andina wrote: <Snip> Don't forget the Zebra mussels. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Glad that Hawaii missed the excitement, Barry - and that you guys are all right. Lynne Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
My better half and I have been in Australia for the past couple of weeks, doing work and visiting friends. We spent last weekend touring the Hunter Valley north of Sydney (fabulous wines) and were sitting down for breakfast at a hotel in Newcastle, on the western coast, when we heard about the earthquake and that a tsunami was expected to hit within the next two hours. We stretched out our breakfasts hoping to catch the tsunami from the window of the restaurant, but it was a non-event. One island off Tonga got some activity, but for New Zealand and Australia it just didn't happen. But that's a good thing. Didn't get a chance to try any good coffees while here in Melbourne. I brought two pounds of a roasted/ground Indonesian coffee with me, but that didn't last more than a few days so I'm making do with store bought. One high note - we didn't see a single Starbucks in Melbourne. Maybe there are some, but we went all around and never saw one. Frank Parth On Saturday, February 27, 2010, at 11:02AM, "Barry Luterman" wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
It was an older coffee Peru FTO San Ignacio. I am moving back to the mainland and have been on severe stash reduction. I have reduced my stash from a little over 100 lbs to 2 and one half pounds. I recently bought 20 lbs and that should last me till my move date of July 1. The FTO is delightful not chocolate or even complex but delightful never the less. On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:44 AM, mary deem wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I've been on a stash reduction program too, but it seems to be taking forever... I'm down to 30 kilos now (switched to metric, about 66 pounds). I was too eager to buy greens when they came out and now realize that my eyes are bigger then my stomach. I was able to treat myself to a few pounds of espresso after suggesting a Sweet Maria's gift certificate as suitable Christmas gifts to the family, but once that's gone it'll be SO espresso or my own blends. I've just got to be better about roasting more often. I've got some of that Peru FTO San Ignacio Cajamarca from late 2009, I've only roasted one batch... notes are sparse but with one day rest on a city roast I noted "good, sweet, not grassy." Maybe I'll have to push that one up in the roasting schedule. -Chris On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Barry Luterman wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
The FTO needed a long rest time. One day is not enough. 5 to 7 days to hit sweet spot. On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Yakster wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Undoubtedly true, but the only notes I made on this one were the day after I roasted... I was probably so blissed out from the more rested brews that I failed to make any notes (pretty bad about it, actually). -Chris On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Barry Luterman wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Barry - Thanks for the description of the Peru FTO San Ignacio. I have only tasted one Peru, which is the chocolaty Cusco Canelon -Tomas Ovall. Your stash reduction sounds both impressive & painful. The things one must do when moving..... Hopefully you will be moved in soon and ready to stock up again :) On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Barry Luterman wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |