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Have a Panama Christmas
New Coffee Alert (aka Papa Noel): Our first Panama coffee has just been added to the store, Finca Bernardina located near Santa Clara , Renacimiento in the Chiriquí region close to the border with Costa Rica. This is a honey processed Catuai from Felix Aguilar who is the 3rd in his generation to produce coffee, the first being his grandmother 'Bernardina'. In the cup this reminds me of a good washed Ethiopia Yirgacheffe: clean, sweet and delicate with ripe stone fruit flavours and florals, pe...
Read moreNew coffees and an Exeter exclusive
New Coffees A few new coffees have arrived in the last few weeks and some are already up on the web store so and I th...
Read moreCoffee Roasters Guild Camp 2018 aka "Kiki Bouba"
I've just returned from three intensive and fun days at the Speciality Coffee Associations Roasters Guild Camp in Evora Portugal covering topics such as: Beyond Direct Trade, Roasting for brew method, Roasting for Sweetness, Coffee Fermentation, Can you taste the roasting system ? Multisensory Perception Flavour in Specialty Coffee and a pool party. Read moreDelays and the final countdown for the roasting competition
Next week Crankhouse will be on vacation. Not a coffee farm trip or a short weekend break but a proper holiday, on my bike for a week in the Picos De Europa with my wife.
Before I go I need to roast the final batch to submit to a roasting competition. The coffee is a macerated natural Catuai from Honduras and I'm up against 21 of some of Europe's best roasters. We all have the same coffee and the judges will blind cup all 22 samples against each other on the 14th September. Here's a breakdown of the 9 trial batches I roasted and the incredible help I've had identifying the 'best' from some top coffee professionals.
Read moreRoasting competition update - the geeky stuff
It's now 4 days since my delivery of this Honduran competition coffee was delivered and I roasted the first three ba...
Read moreRisky business
Recently I've taken a few risks. Not in a safety 'if you do this the building might burn down' or 'if you do that all...
Read moreWe're in the Muddy finals
A huge thanks to all of you that voted for Crankhouse recently in the Devon Muddy Stilettos 'Best Local Food/Drink Producer' category.
Due to your efforts we’re in the finals along with 4 other Devon businesses in this category.
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