tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52474107737602390992024-03-13T07:58:01.674-07:00The Super v60 ClubSuper v60 Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471960824600419978noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247410773760239099.post-38159131205519869512011-09-06T05:16:00.000-07:002011-09-06T05:16:02.282-07:00almost a month<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A months break was a grand idea. we opened a few new sacks of beans, decorated and umm tasted said coffees. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So to get the new season kicked off I thought a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sensory tasting night might be the way to go... I did a wee test run of this at the last open club night but this time there will be no v60 comp, yes yes I know its called the v60 club. I'm not shunning the v60.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">more cupping more coffee and more chat. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">if your keen as chips or just have a question send me an email:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">super.v60.club@gmail.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Philip, Jamie and myself have spent the morning cupping different roasts then putting them through a v60, plunger and finally a chemex. each roast gave us a very different profile and a very good understanding of the coffee as a whole. The first profile was very zesty and rather heavy bodied. We all preferred this roast served in a plunger as it kept the oils but then served in a v60 it was sweeter. The second profile had all of this - the lovely zesty oils and the creamy sweet orange tones. The third profile had nothing. bla. nothing. All in all its been a very buzzy morning, the perfect way to spend this miserable morning! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> The farm (fazenda Irarema)is located at an altitude of some 1,000 to 1,300 meters in the foothills of the Serra Da Mantiqueira mountain range. Its around 4 hours drive from San Paulo right in the heart of Brazils coffee growing region, Mogiana.</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The area has very fertile volcanic soil and plentiful water supply - Mantiqueira derives from an old indigenous </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Tupi-Guarani word meaning 'mountains that cry' after the many springs and streams that flow off the range.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Irarema has been producing coffee since 1893 - and some of its original Bourbon trees remain. The farm is planted out with a total of 200 hectares of Arabica - 40% is Bourbon.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Its current owner, Raymond Rebetez - who also runs the neighboring Lambari Estate. Has since set about modernising its infrastructure, investing in state of the art milling and warehouse facilities all while maintaining the farms long established bourbon varietals. The farm is now equipped to produce small fully traceable lots, carefully prepared to protect quality. Before it is shipped the coffee is tasted by a BSCA cupper to monitor the final quality of the coffee. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As a BSCA member farm, Irarema also has strict environmental and social regulations in place Raymond Rebetez has remarked that 'agriculture is the art of interfering in ecosystems without causing irreversible damage'. Environmental and social sustainability must go hand in hand with the pursuit of quality.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We will be back with a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">BANG </span>at the start of September with a sensory coffee night for all <b>v60 </b>members. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: left; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Zamora family have been growing coffee at the Cafatalera Zamorana farm for over 100 years. Jorge Zamora is the fourth generation to take on the farm with extra help from his five sons. The estate is made up of some ten farms dotted around the foot of Costa Rica's central volcanic mountain range. The fertile, volcanic soils and mild mountain climate provide ideal conditions for the production of specialty coffee.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: left; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB">The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB"> estate is made up of some ten farms dotted around the foot of Costa Rica’s central volcanic mountain range. The fertile, volcanic soils and mild mountain climate provide ideal conditions for the production of specialty coffee. Two varietals are grown on the estate, Caturra and Catuaí. These cherries are hand-picked only when completely ripe. </span></span><span lang="en-GB" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">When </span><span lang="en-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the coffee has been picked it is taken to the estate’s processing facility in San Isidro, Alajuela. Here the cherries are pulped, fermented, washed and then sun dried on patios. The solid coffee pulp left over at the end of the process is recycled and used as organic fertilizer on the estate, while the waste water is filtered naturally in purification lagoons.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- If you want to make a booking email Megan at: super.v60.club@gmail.com</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- If you make that booking then you have to drop the fee in before the meeting if ya don't ya don't get a seat!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- If you are unable to make it you must give 24 hours notice so that we can find someone to fill that seat. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If we all stick to these then people who do won't get to miss out on coffee fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The next one will be around the end of the month with a cupping evening to follow soon after for all the current members.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The first of many open v60 club nights happened last Sunday and it was a great night<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> - Colin was crowned the v60 champ of the Clouds of August! -</span> If you were unable to make it, you missed out! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There will more but they will be more slightly more focused on other aspects of coffee brewing and tasting - I think that since we have finally located your taste buds we should put them to some good use!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">thanks to Niall Walker for getting in the way and taking these cool photos - http://niallwalkerblog.tumblr.com/</span></div><br />
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</div>Super v60 Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471960824600419978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247410773760239099.post-13758082669238000532011-06-21T08:45:00.000-07:002011-06-21T08:45:51.167-07:00caffeine overdose sunday<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The first open meeting is upon us.. this sunday in fact. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have written it as many other dates all over the place but what I have been meaning to say for the past 2 weeks is that its THIS sunday. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so if you haven't already emailed me already hop to it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">super.v60.club@gmail.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I will put your name on the list, if you aren't on the list ya aren't getting in - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">well not really you can come but I just need the heads up first so we don't run outta the black stuff</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Like the name states its picked in August, the coffee is grown under heavy shade where they keep their own micro-climate due to the fact of shade and the absence of sunlight. The heat and wind lifting the clouds up and sending the precious moisture away is prevented by the shade and windbreaks and keeps the coffee in this area cool and moist.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All of these coffee trees were planted in 1931 and are Kent/Bourbon varietals. They had never been irrigated thus their root system reaches the deep volcanic soil layers. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Picking starts at 8am. The pickers were instructed to pick only ripe coffee and were supervised to make sure that this happened. The task was set to 54 kg of cherries per picker, not ripe or over ripe cherries had to be sorted out by hand - the more experienced pickers were allowed to pick much more then the task and they made it up to 145 kg of 1st quality cherry. Picking stopped when the sun carried the mist away. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The coffee was pulped in the afternoon and fermented for 14 hours then carried by people to the elevated sun drying tables until hours before grading and washing in the water channel. With a moisture content of 11.5% it was then finally conditioned in bins until transportation to Moshi.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Pulping is then carried out using zero water. Pulp transportation water is constantly recycled. This year a lot more water was used then the previous year for the 'Shade of September' - the reason is that there was much more sugar-mucilage in the cherry and 'Shade of September' was a very dry year and the sugar content was much lower. *part of the washing water was used for pulp transportation the next day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Coffee was transported on the 25.08.2010 to Rafiki coffee mill in Moshi and finally cured on the 22.10.2010.</span><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier, monospace;">– Yup its kicking off late on a Sunday night and yup the caffeine overdose is going to make Monday morning all that more exciting/difficult! So have that chamomile tea at the ready for when you return on Sunday night.. as Fun and games await my geeks.</span></div>Super v60 Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471960824600419978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247410773760239099.post-29373960922122146602011-06-09T12:32:00.000-07:002011-06-09T12:32:24.134-07:00first bean/s<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Here we are kids</span> - I know you have been all chomping at the bit to find out what our new coffees are so here are 2 that will be roasted tomorrow afternoon for your weekend pleasure!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The first coffee on the list is my new favorite its rather complex but its such an interesting cup - we haven't had a coffee like this in for quite sometime!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First of the new coffees that will be available this weekend is Cafe Familia Mamani Mamani from Bolivia. Its grown by Husband and Wife team Mauricio Mamani Camacho and Lorenza Mamani Huanca (hence the name) on their small family farm in Bolivias Caranavi region – renowned for its high quality organic coffees.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mauricio was born into the Aymara, an ancient indigenous group which lives on the Altiplano (a vast plateau of the central Andes stretching through southern Peru, Bolivia and into northern Chile and Argentina). He arrived in the Caranavi area 15 years ago, following the death of his Parents from yellow fever, and shortly afterwards brought this 13 hectare farm, some 30km from Caranavi town and 162km morth east of La Paz.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">With the help of his wife Lorenza and latterly their 2 young children, he farms eight hectares of coffee, producing some 25 quintals (1q=46kg) of parchment coffee per hectare. The rest of his farm is planted out with citrus trees. The coffee grows at high altitude (1500-1700) in the shade of the native forest trees and is fully organic.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mauricio used to sell his coffee to local markets as wet parchment – known locally as 'cafe enmoto' – but in recent years has started to dry his coffee himself, which allows him to get a far better price for his beans. The coffee cherries are hand-picked, pulped, fermented in small tanks, washed and then sun-dried on african beds (raised drying screens). Peak harvest time on the farm runs from May until July.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The second is something really special -its from Colombia. We haven't had a coffee from Colombia since 2009 (which was the La Manwela, it was a dream in a cold press!). In that year (2009) it had a really uncharacteristically intense dry season which severely affected the area, leading to major problems with Roya (fungus that dries the leaves and affects cherry production). A rise in average temperatures in the region - widely blamed on climate change – which is also prompting farmers to plant more shade trees (Guamo and Cachingo) to protect the coffee plants.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB">This unique microlot was produced by two small holder farmers - </span>Rodrigo Lopez and Reinaldo Quinayas - <span lang="en-GB">in the parish of Alto del Obispo, high in the mountains of Colombia’s Huila department. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This bean was selected on the basis of its cup profile. </span></div><div lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB">The Alto del Obispo area (literally, ‘The Bishop’s Hill‘) has been producing coffee for over a century. Most of its 300 or so families depend on coffee for their livelihood (coffee production accounts for some 90% of local income), which they produce on small family farms. Most families also grow a mix of yucca, plantain, dragon fruit and mango, and keep a few chickens and pigs, mainly for their own consumption. A few make a living from cattle farming. </span> </span></div><div lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB">The average coffee </span><span lang="en-GB">plantation is around 3 hectares in size and mainly farmed solely by the families that own them. Only during the main harvest season (October to December) are extra hands hired to help with the cherry picking process (usually three to four extra people). The coffee is mainly shade grown under the Guamo, a native fruit tree, and also the local Cachingo, a very broad-trunked tree that stores a high volume of water and so helps the soil to retain moisture. The farmers process their coffee themselves using the conventional washed process, where the cherries are pulped, filled with water in fermentation tanks and then washed and sun dried on ‘</span><span lang="en-GB"><i>elvas</i></span><span lang="en-GB">’ (a local word for roof patios built on top of the farmer’s house). Some producers also dry on patios and African beds (raised screens). </span> </span></div><div lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB">Farms around Alto del Obispo are currently in the process of joining the government-led </span><span lang="en-GB"><b>Good Agricultural Practices programme</b></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas – BPA</span>), an initiative that promotes environmental, economic and social sustainability. The<span lang="en-GB"> programme’s aim is to improve both the quality of the crop and the health and wealth of the farmer, while protecting the local environment. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span lang="en-GB"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">These will be roasted tomorrow afternoon and ready for your drinking </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">pleasure Friday afternoon (if your super keen) or Saturday - Glasgow only, Edinburgh you need to take a day trip! Also if anyone is around the CCA on Saturday I will be at Upmarket selling beans and v60 stuff as well as samples - get in there! </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><br />
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</div>Super v60 Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471960824600419978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247410773760239099.post-7360324745871780862011-06-01T06:10:00.000-07:002011-06-01T06:10:53.021-07:00super coffee<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our newest arrival of green beans arrived late last week - summer is finally here! (now the weather just has to catch up!). I start test roasting these little beauties next week - I'm so flipping excited! The first open club night will be given the first chance to have a go with a few of them at a super secret location - don't you wish you were part of the club now! </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I will be spilling the beans in the coming days with some information about the estates, roasting notes as well as tasting notes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Stay tuned in geeks...</span></div>Super v60 Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471960824600419978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247410773760239099.post-64212486242265820662011-05-28T11:09:00.000-07:002011-05-28T11:09:02.967-07:00Hello members!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">v60 club geeks are as follows:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Wanna join?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">email Meg: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">super.v60.club@gmail.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div>Super v60 Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471960824600419978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247410773760239099.post-19504705746459195462011-05-28T10:49:00.000-07:002011-05-28T10:49:40.368-07:00well.. what?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Super v60 Club is a monthly group that meet in Glasgow, Scotland at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Artisan-Roast-Glasgow/115943641777175">Artisan Roast</a> to chat, geek and drink coffee brewed threw the <a href="http://www.hario.com/home.html">Hario</a> v60 coffee filters.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The idea for the club came to me (Megan) one evening.. nar not really, I just needed an excuse (kinda) to geek about pour over coffee with fellow geeks! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When the Club meets for the first time I show the group how to find their taste buds and then how to use them to taste coffee. We cup a few coffees, then brake into teams and try some different methods with different coffees. The general idea with this first meeting is to get the juices flowing.. open the mind etc. We don't make the perfect v60 in this meeting as the idea is that the members go home with a bag of coffee and test out some methods/ideas THEN.. come to the open meeting and test their ideas with the other club members! (and have a little fun) - have ya' got all that?! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We are about to have the 3rd 'Super v60 club' meeting and then the first EVER 'open club' meeting - which is for members only! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Not only will this blog be full of super v60 club stuff it will also have methods that we are playing around with (good and bad)and the coffees that we are using plus general coffee jazz! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Welcome to the club, geeks. </span><br />
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