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Crunchy affogato

Crunchy Affogato


Imagine a dessert that seamlessly blends  earthy matcha with bold  coffee beans.

Introducing the Matcha Coffee Crunch, a unique ice cream treat that combines the best of both worlds. It’s a crunchy affogato.


Start with a scoop of creamy vanilla grapenut ice cream. Drizzle it generously with a matcha, crafted from finely ground green tea leaves. The matcha adds a vibrant green hue and a subtle, grassy sweetness. Next, throw some fresh coffee beans.

Great contrast of textures. And a deep, roasted aroma.

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Stovetop espresso (MokaPot) sucks unless you do this hack

Few brewing methods can match the ceremony of a stovetop espresso. It’s like loading a musket rifle with coffee stuffed inside waiting to fire. There is purpose to the ritual, the twisting of the raw steel parts into separate segments. Then putting them back together with water in the bottom and coffee at top.

Unfortunately the grace tends to end there. Popular methods recommend turning off the stove fire when it starts to spew but that’s usually not enough to avoid the bad dregs entering the pot. As a result stovetops are infamous for making bitter, toasty cigars tones that require sweetened milk. Why does it do this? The makers have the same problem of percolators, they over extract coffee.

The SOLUTION is simple, use HALF the water you’d normally use. That will avoid the over-extraction. In other words you will avoid mixing good coffee with the dregs.

Another solution is to pour water to the normal full level, then SHADOW the stove holding your mug. Remove the pot from the fire the MOMENT it reaches half full. Then pour quickly into your mug. Anything beyond that results in dregs entering into the vessel.

These methods are a simple solution that makes coffee taste as complex as any other brewing method. Cheers to great coffee.

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Why Jablum Gold made with Jamaica peaberry coffee beans are rare

Jablum Gold is made of beans from the Jamaica Blue Mountains. These beans are not only handpicked on the farms, they are also curated in the factories to get the fattest beans and best taste. So no boudbr it’s made in low quantities.

Add peaberries which are made from 1 in every 10 beans on average, then add the duration process and you get an exceedingly rare Jablum Gold peaberries.

This coffee plays its part offering theatre from unpacking the beans, inspecting its pea like nature, smelling, then cupping.

Essentially it makes a great cup for the holidays. The tones are traditional chocolate and spice, but the peaberries give it a crisp tealike fruitiness and smoothness.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/515150216/jamaica-blue-mountain-coffee-8-oz-x-1

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Cookie coffee cup

So what are people in the real world saying about Twiice edible cups. These cups merge the idea of removing the plastic waste from your brew and replacing it with a biscotti cookie cup. So you just eat your mug after your morning coffee or tea.

Myriad of comments on social platforms likes the idea of reducing waste especially if it tastes great and complements the food.

But some concerns include training servers to hold the cup at the bottom rather than the side which people mainly eat.

Probably the biggest concern is cost. Six cups in a starter kit are selling for us$23. Even 23 New Zealand dollars remains a tall task. For any mass adoption, one needs to have a better product than the standard and also at a cheaper price. The price point therefore makes the product niche, and that’s ok.

It’s sold across New Zealand and also on the national airline. That’s very cool for the family start up.

In 2015, four family members joined creative forces to produce the product and scaled to the company. Jamie and Stephen (son and father), along with wives Simone and Theresa, always had a knack for the artistic and creative projects.

“Call us a family business, or simply a bunch of committed foodies who love getting stuck into a new project together,” they state on their website.

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New players in Jamaica coffee offering cheaper deals in 2019

So more good news for buyers. When the mist of microclimate clears, new players are seen offering deals for their brands. They hype their beans as the best from the Jamaica Blue Mountain. Yeah so does everyone, yet some coffees taste ordinary and others amazing.

New players in the retail scene include Bawk Coffee, Plantation Blue and one can even say Stoneleigh.

These players all were involved in various aspects of the established trade and broke away to form their own brand. The more players means more competition in the sector which prides itself on a grandfather-taste which predates Starbucks and of course thirdwave.

This taste is distinct and offers amazing coffee without the bells of whistles of modern coffees. JBM (Jamaica Blue Mountain) is just layered-complexity without the hype.

So of course competition led to price cuts of between 10 to 20 per cent on shelves and on selling platforms like ebay and so on. In fact Stoneleigh actually slashed their retail rates by about 30 per cent just to move volumes. Let’s see what happens on reorders.

The context however is that coffee prices in Jamaica have started to fall back in 2016/17 based on global supply and demand factors. But now come 2019 its competition that’s driving the dip at the roasted bean level. What does this mean for consumers… more choice at cheaper prices.

But of course, we all know you can’t just buy JBM blindly.  That’s why its important to know your source. We find that all the new brands offer quality but we’d recommend getting someone whether at the brand or a broker to cup it first prior to shipment.

Cheers to great coffee!

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