Clelebrate Tour De France with our Tour de French Roast!   Dark – Bold- flavorful- low acidity – Yes to the above! – Try it out, let me know what you think :)   The labels kinda cool too, don’t you think that alone is worth it? :)  Get your dose of French roast in the morning and you’ll probably be able to keep up with Stage 17  Bourg St Maurice to Le Grand Bornand – it’s only  169.5km!
To get …

This weekend at Burke Farm, in Rixeyville, Virginia promises to be exciting and action packed as CAMBO (Culpeper Area Mountain Bike Organization) hosts  a 5k and some mountain bike events.  The mountain bike event is  part of the Fred Events series.  Konrad Heller, the event organizer, will start mountain bikers at 10:00 a.m. So if you don’t have plans for the weekend,  join us all at Burke Farm off of Dutch Hollow Road in Rixeyville.  Come early to register!   They need VOLUNTEERS too  so bring your significant other …

Simply put, Cupping is to Coffee what Wine Tasting is to Wine. Tasting and how we describe taste is the way to approach “coffee cupping” – It’s not as easy the first time – it can be hard to describe coffee..most people will  describe coffee in terms of smell or if you will aroma. It’s usually the first thing they will say when describing coffee – ask someone !” It smells soooooo goooood ! ” or for others -  ” I hate the smell of coffee!! ” – You may …

I tried an East Timor roast last summer and really enjoyed this coffee. Honestly, I’m a roaster and obviously it is hard for me to prioritize my dozen – some origins – This one is an organic and Fair Trade coffee from Ermera , a district in East Timor, half of one of the easternmost coffee growing islands in Indonesia.
Ermera is an area of Timor-Leste (formerly called East Timor) with a long tradition of coffee growing and was the location of the main coffee plantation when Timor …

It’s Triathlon Season!!  Get going, go strong , go far !!  As many of you know, my commitment to the sport of triathlon is nothing new . I choose carefully the events I do. They should be USAT Sanctioned events. That way I know all safety measures have been taken to assure athletes are looked out for. No athlete is ever 100% risk free going into these competitions. …ok I digress a bit – by the same token, I choose carefully how I “Blend” …