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Posts
After a week off the blog returns with another Ethiopian coffee from PLOT and as a (belated) birthday celebration to Sonny Rollins we look at 'Way Out West'
Sep 19, 2020
In this post we visit a new (to the blog) coffee roaster Saint - and their Eithopian Semeon Abay which has an SCA score in excess of 90. On the jazz side we look at the 2014 release 'Riverside' featuring Dave Douglas, Chet Doxas, Steve Swallow and Jim Doxas.
Sep 5, 2020
For our 20th blog post we look at an Ethiopian Gesha varietal from the folks at PLOT coffee roasting and head back to 1960s Blue Note records with McCoy Tyner's 'The Real McCoy'.
Aug 29, 2020
This week we have a washed Burundi from the folks at Assembly coffee roasters. Alongside we look at the 2013 release 'Burn' from the band Sons of Kemet.
Aug 22, 2020
Sticking with Assembly coffee roasters we look at an experimental anaerobically processed Colombian coffee in the form of Monteverde. Along with this we look at the 1998 jazz-funk classic 'A Go Go' by John Scofield featuring Medeski, Martin and Wood.
Aug 15, 2020
In this blog post we head back to Assembly Coffee Roasters and their Rwandan Shyira coffee. On the jazz front we look at the 1967 Blue Note release 'Cornbread' from the truly fantastic Lee Morgan.
Aug 8, 2020
In this blog post we look at another Round Hill coffee from Burundi called Mbirizi and we talk about drinking vessels for coffee. We also take things easy with a 1962 Blue Note soul-jazz record 'Elder Don' by Don Wilkerson
Aug 1, 2020
In this blog post we look at a rather good washed Ethiopian coffee from Round Hill Roasters. We also look at the 1997 ECM album: 'Angel Song' by Kenny Wheeler.
Jul 25, 2020
In this blog post we stay with Plot coffee roasters and their Kenyan offering Gaturiri AA. Paired with this we take a look at a 1960 Blue Note classic and hidden gem 'Roll Call' by Hank Mobley.
Jul 18, 2020
In this blog post we head back to the fine folks at PLOT coffee roasting this time looking at a Peruvian competition lot. We pair this with the Esbjörn Svennson Trio classic 'Tuesday Wonderland' from 2006
Jul 11, 2020
In this blog post we again spend some time with the folks at Assembly coffee roasters through their Bumbogo washed Rwandan coffee. We also talk about dialing in light roast coffee for espresso. This weeks album is 'The Grand Wazoo' from 1972 by Frank Zappa.
Jul 4, 2020
In this blog we head back to the Assembly roastery in London with their Raimutin from Timor Leste. Paired with this we look at the 1972 classic by Keith Jarrett 'Expectations'
Jun 27, 2020
We take a bit of a different turn for the blog this week. Armed with a variety of coffee samples we look at the process of cupping. In addtion we look at the jazz of the 1954 classic 'Clifford Brown & Max Roach'
Jun 20, 2020
The theme of this weeks lecture is: wild. We take a wild tasting Burundi natural from Long and Short. We pair this with the 2014 big-band free-jazz masterpiece 'Injuries' by Angles 9.
Jun 13, 2020
This week we look at a Rwandan natural coffee from Long and Short and jazz-funk classic 'Fat Albert Rotunda' by Herbie Hancock.
Jun 6, 2020