we were hoping just to make the top 10, but we did pretty well! I knew our coffee was good, but when I tasted the top 10 finalists, there were some really nice coffees there ...http://scaa.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/roasters-choice-winners-announced/-- "Great coffee comes from tiny roasters" Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting - Tom & Maria http://www.sweetmarias.com Thompson Owen george_at_sweetmarias.com Sweet Maria's Coffee - 1115 21st Street, Oakland, CA 94607 - USA phone/fax: 888 876 5917 - tom_at_sweetmarias.com Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Congratulations, Tom! Wish we could have been there. -- Paul Helbert Prepackaged, roasted & ground coffee,,, Some of the worst ideas since sliced bread. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Congratulations! It's one thing to know you make good coffee. It's even better when everyone else agrees. ---- Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Well done! Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Congratulations! -Bonnie P. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Great job! On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Bonnie Polkinghorn < bonnie.polkinghorn> wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Bravo! Well done to everyone! Eddie -- Docendo Discimus Home Coffee Roasting Blog and Referencehttp://southcoastcoffeeroaster.blogspot.com/On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
How terrific!! v Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
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Woo-hoo, too!! On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Bob wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Woo-Hoo, and a cup of Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca SV! ------------------------------ Alex Fitch Alex On May 5, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Lynne wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee < sweetmarias> wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Congratulations. Quite an honor. ********************* Ed Needham "to absurdity and beyond!"http://www.homeroaster.com********************* |
Congratulations! Well done. John Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee wrote: <Snip> -- John A C Despres Hug your kids 616.437.9182 Scene It All Productions JD's Coffee Provoked Ramblings Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Way to go, Tom! Heartiest Congratulations for such a great honor! robert yoder> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:31:52 -0700> To: homeroast> From: sweetmarias> Subject: [Homeroast] just to boast a little ...> > we were hoping just to make the top 10, but we did pretty well! I > knew our coffee was good, but when I tasted the top 10 finalists, > there were some really nice coffees there ...> >http://www.sweetmarias.com>Thompson Owen george_at_sweetmarias.com>> Sweet Maria's Coffee - 1115 21st Street, Oakland, CA 94607 - USA> phone/fax: 888 876 5917 - tom_at_sweetmarias.com>> Homeroast mailing list> Homeroast> ht">http://scaa.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/roasters-choice-winners-announced/>-- >> "Great coffee comes from tiny roasters"> Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting - Tom & Maria>http://www.sweetmarias.com>Thompson Owen george_at_sweetmarias.com>> Sweet Maria's Coffee - 1115 21st Street, Oakland, CA 94607 - USA> phone/fax: 888 876 5917 - tom_at_sweetmarias.com>> Homeroast mailing list> Homeroast> ht tp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.com> Homeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid T_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008Homeroast mailing list">http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you.http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid T_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Condolences and better luck next time, "only" second place out of the best Artisan Roasters in the US! ;-) Found it fascinating that 3 or the top 10 were Rwanda coffees with 2 being the same one. Possibly, no not possibly but fully, this challenge as much a test of cupping and sourcing skills as roasting. Which of course is part and parcel of being a Roast Master. But to strictly test the roasting skills what Bruce & I thought might be interesting would be a Roasters challenge with all the entrants roasting their interpretation of the same green. Then again at the skill level we're talking might be somewhat pointless or maybe not. Actually the more I think about it the roaster choosing which bean to roast makes sense, same as in the barista competitions each choosing their own beans to pull. Never mind! Pacific Northwest Gathering VIhttp://www.mcKonaKoffee.comURL to Rosto mods, FrankenFormer, some recipes etc:http://www.mckoffee.com/Ultimately the quest for Koffee Nirvana is a solitary path. To know I must">http://home.comcast.net/~mckona/PNWGVI.htmKona Konnaisseur miKe mcKoffeehttp://www.mcKonaKoffee.comURL to Rosto mods, FrankenFormer, some recipes etc:http://www.mckoffee.com/Ultimately the quest for Koffee Nirvana is a solitary path. To know I must first not know. And in knowing know I know not. Each Personal enlightenment found exploring the many divergent foot steps of Those who have gone before. Sweet Maria's List - Searchable Archiveshttp://themeyers.org/HomeRoast/ <Snip> nnounced/ <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee wrote: <Snip> Super great! Now, you'll have a run on that Rwanda. ;) -- Rick Copplehttp://www.rlcopple.com/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Congratulations to Sweet Maria's, the #1 in our opinion!!!! Well deserved. BarryD Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Well done! Congratulations! And a continued thanks for the excellence!bill in wyo On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee < sweetmarias> wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Wow! Congratulations!! Wish we had been in Minneapolis to try to say hello. Just got back from a month in the Outer Banks (NC), where we brought our hottop, beans, etc. Roasted 10 pounds while there. The salt air seemed to add something special! But really, congratulations. Just so happens we're drinking that very coffee right this minute! Barbara On May 5, 2008, at 4:31 PM, Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I, too, am celebrating with a cuppa Rwanda Gkongoro Nyarusiza. Yum! No peach, though. Great citrus aftertaste and excellent body, a very balanced cup after 5 days rest, roasted to City +. John Barbara Greenspon wrote: <Snip> -- John A C Despres Hug your kids 616.437.9182 Scene It All Productions JD's Coffee Provoked Ramblings Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Tom, Allow me to add my congratulations. Just one question. With all the great coffees you source, how did you pick one to enter? On 5/5/08, Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |