| Greetings, group, = I enjoyed this coffee and Tom has apparently decided not to carry it. Whil= e I scrupulously stick with Sweet Maria's coffees (and have never been disa= ppointed) I find that I would like to have a little of it. I did purchase = some some years ago from another retailer and the quality was dreadful. Ca= n anyone steer me to a solid retailer for this coffee? = = I mean nothing but the best for our hosts and seek only this one coffee. = I would welcome replies off-list to robotyonderathotmail.com. = robert yoder = = = Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Wind= ows®.http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee=.com Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee=.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 |
| The problem is, if Tom doesn't carry this one, it isn't cause he doesn't want to, it is because it didn't cup well, and there isn't any good stuff to be found. I don't recall, but I would say we are a few months away from the current crop of Yauco, so what you got are able to get right now would be a bit baggy. Early crop is usually not good, so unless you have emailed Tom off list and he said he isn't going to carry it, I would wait. Les On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Robert Yoder wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Thanks, Les, for your response. I always appreciate and learn from your pos= ts. = If I recall correctly, Tom didn't think the coffee particularly notable, bu= t Tom has vastly more refined criteria than I. Some coffees liked by Tom a= re not to my taste, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that, and even= a superficial reading of this list supports the notion that not all coffee= s are favored by all folks. That's what other folks do! I miss the Yauco w= hich Tom did sell years ago. I wonder if the Specialty Coffee area might s= ometimes favor the esoteric. This is not a criticism but perhaps more an a= dmission of a plebian palate on my part. I must say I did feel good when a= nother regular list person mentioned it not so long ago, so perhaps I'm not= the only one who enjoys/ed this coffee. = de gustibus non disputandum est (sp?) = I will try to email SM's and ask again and I thank you for your notes about= optimum purchase period. = robert = Your wonderful and instructive post about the Espresso Summit with Alchemis= t John was nearly enough to make me want to move north! = robert> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:34:48 -0700> From: les.albjerg>= To: homeroast> Subject: Re: [Homeroast] Puerto= Rico Yauco Selecto AA> > The problem is, if Tom doesn't carry this one, it= isn't cause he> doesn't want to, it is because it didn't cup well, and the= re isn't any> good stuff to be found. I don't recall, but I would say we ar= e a few> months away from the current crop of Yauco, so what you got are ab= le> to get right now would be a bit baggy. Early crop is usually not> good,= so unless you have emailed Tom off list and he said he isn't> going to car= ry it, I would wait.> > Les> > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Robert Yode= r wrote:> >> > Greetings, group,> >> > I enjoyed = this coffee and Tom has apparently decided not to carry it. While I scrupul= ously stick with Sweet Maria's coffees (and have never been disappointed) I= find that I would like to have a little of it. I did purchase some some ye= ars ago from another retailer and the quality was dreadful. Can anyone stee= r me to a solid retailer for this coffee?> >> > I mean nothing but the best= for our hosts and seek only this one coffee.> >> > I would welcome replies= off-list to robotyonderathotmail.com.> >> > robert yoder> >> >> >=> > Get thousands = of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows(R).> > htt= p://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/> >=> > Homeroast mailing list> > Homeroast= iascoffee.com> >http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-=sweetmariascoffee.com> > Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) : htt= p://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820> >>=> Homeroast mailing list> Homeroast= @lists.sweetmariascoffee.com>http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.c=gi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com> Homeroast community pictures -upload yo= urs!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Wind= ows®.http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee=.com Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee=.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 |
| Robert, If you google, you will find some other sources but just to = warn you, what you get will most likely not be recognizable as the = coffee you are looking for once you taste it. One of the hardest = lessons to learn about quality coffee is that it is a very = inconsistent agricultural product. The beans from the same tree = processed the same way will not taste the same from year to year. In = fact, the beans picked early will taste different from the later = pickings even if they are processed the same way. That is why having = someone like Tom cup the coffee by batches is important. The best you = can do is have a choice of the best coffees available at a given = time. Efforts to repeat a wonderful taste experience based on brand = for producer is destined to failure. I was told this many years ago = but I was too stubborn to listen so I had to learn the hard way, my = guess is that you will too. Well, watching a radar with showing a tornado vortex head my way = this morning. The cell is about 40 minutes away, I'll watch and see = if it holds up. Fay has already blown down more than half of my pecan = crop, hope it does not do more. pecan jim On Aug 24, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Robert Yoder wrote: <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> m = <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> <Snip> etmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com = <Snip> coffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 = <Snip> <Snip> riascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com = <Snip> ffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 <Snip> <Snip> ee.com <Snip> ee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee=.com Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee=.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 |
| Robert Some years a coffee like Yauco is just not available at an acceptable cup quality usually do to weather conditions. As you mentioned it can be dreadful if conditions are just not favorable. Tom could pickup the best he could find during such times but you would be disappointed with it and would have wasted considerable $ as this coffee is not cheap. The good thing with Tom is the fact that he is careful for OUR benefit. Ed On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Robert Yoder wrote: <Snip> another retailer and the quality was dreadful. Can anyone steer me to a solid retailer for this coffee?> >> > I mean nothing but the best for our hosts and seek only this one coffee.> >> > I would welcome replies off-list to robotyonderathotmail.com.> >> > robert yoder> >> >> >> > Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows(R).> >http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com>> Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20>>>> Homeroast mailing list> Homeroast>http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffe e.com> Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20<Snip>">http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/>>> > Homeroast mailing list> > Homeroast> >http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com>> Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20>>>> Homeroast mailing list> Homeroast>http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffe e.com> Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20<Snip> -- Ed Bourgeois aka farmroast Amherst MA.http://www.aginclassroom.org/Homeroast mailing list">http://coffee-roasting.blogspot.com/ Co-President- Ma. Agriculture in the Classroomhttp://www.aginclassroom.org/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Jim, = It seems that a lot of my learning has come the hard way, and, as I reporte= d, my one foray into "aftermarket" Yauco had the predicted hard landing. = Sorry to hear of the havoc Fay has brought to you. = robert> From: pecanjim> To: homeroast= .com> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:40:08 -0500> Subject: Re: [Homeroast] Puert= o Rico Yauco Selecto AA> > Robert,> If you google, you will find some other= sources but just to > warn you, what you get will most likely not be recog= nizable as the > coffee you are looking for once you taste it. One of the h= ardest > lessons to learn about quality coffee is that it is a very > incon= sistent agricultural product. The beans from the same tree > processed the = same way will not taste the same from year to year. In > fact, the beans pi= cked early will taste different from the later > pickings even if they are = processed the same way. That is why having > someone like Tom cup the coffe= e by batches is important. The best you > can do is have a choice of the be= st coffees available at a given > time. Efforts to repeat a wonderful taste= experience based on brand > for producer is destined to failure. I was tol= d this many years ago > but I was too stubborn to listen so I had to learn = the hard way, my > guess is that you will too.> > Well, watching a radar wi= th showing a tornado vortex head my way > this morning. The cell is about 4= 0 minutes away, I'll watch and see > if it holds up. Fay has already blown = down more than half of my pecan > crop, hope it does not do more.> pecan ji= m> On Aug 24, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Robert Yoder wrote:> > >> > Thanks, Les, f= or your response. I always appreciate and learn from > > your posts.> >> > = If I recall correctly, Tom didn't think the coffee particularly > > notable= , but Tom has vastly more refined criteria than I. Some > > coffees liked b= y Tom are not to my taste, and there's certainly > > nothing wrong with tha= t, and even a superficial reading of this list > > supports the notion that= not all coffees are favored by all folks. > > That's what other folks do! = I miss the Yauco which Tom did sell > > years ago. I wonder if the Specialt= y Coffee area might sometimes > > favor the esoteric. This is not a critici= sm but perhaps more an > > admission of a plebian palate on my part. I must= say I did feel > > good when another regular list person mentioned it not = so long ago, > > so perhaps I'm not the only one who enjoys/ed this coffee.= <Snip> and ask again and I thank you for your > > notes about optimum purchase pe= riod.> >> > robert> >> > Your wonderful and instructive post about the Espr= esso Summit with > > Alchemist John was nearly enough to make me want to mo= ve north!> >> > robert> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:34:48 -0700> From: les.al= bjerg > > > To: homeroast> Subject: R= e: > > [Homeroast] Puerto Rico Yauco Selecto AA> > The problem is, if Tom >= > doesn't carry this one, it isn't cause he> doesn't want to, it is > > be= cause it didn't cup well, and there isn't any> good stuff to be > > found. = I don't recall, but I would say we are a few> months away > > from the curr= ent crop of Yauco, so what you got are able> to get > > right now would be = a bit baggy. Early crop is usually not> good, so > > unless you have emaile= d Tom off list and he said he isn't> going to > > carry it, I would wait.> = <Snip> mail.com> wrote:> >> > Greetings, > > group,> >> > I enjoyed this coffee an= d Tom has apparently decided > > not to carry it. While I scrupulously stic= k with Sweet Maria's > > coffees (and have never been disappointed) I find = that I would like > > to have a little of it. I did purchase some some year= s ago from > > another retailer and the quality was dreadful. Can anyone st= eer me > > to a solid retailer for this coffee?> >> > I mean nothing but th= e > > best for our hosts and seek only this one coffee.> >> > I would > > w= elcome replies off-list to robotyonderathotmail.com.> >> > robert > > yoder= <Snip>> > > > Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the w= eb > > with Windows(R).> >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/= > > > >> > Homeroast > > m= ailing list> > Homeroast> >http://lists.sweetm=ariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com > > > > Homero= ast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/g=allery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 > > > >>=> Homeroast > > mailing list> Homeroast= ee.com>http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmari=ascoffee.com > > > Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://ww=w.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820> >=> > Get thousands of gam= es on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web > > with Windows®.> > http:= //clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/> >=> > Homeroast mailing list> > Homeroast= scoffee.com> >http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sw=eetmariascoffee.com> > Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) : http:= //www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820> >=> Homeroast mailing list> Homeroast= sts.sweetmariascoffee.com>http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/=homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com> Homeroast community pictures -upload yours= !) :http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008Homeroast mailing list">http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820See what people are saying about Windows Live. 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