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Can anyone recommend a nice blend (and degree) of roast for Christmas? I see these commercial christmas blends and am not sure what distinguishes them... Stacey Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comSweet Maria's Forum Our new Coffee Library |
Most commercial Christmas blends are flavored coffees. Michael B Sent from my LG phone Stacey Boon wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comSweet Maria's Forum Our new Coffee Library |
If you are trying to put together coffee for gifts, I have 2 suggestions. 1) the coffee that you enjoy most and is also plentiful in your stash, blend or SO, degree of roast is subjective to your personal taste. 2) you may have some lesser favorites that others may enjoy and holiday gifts can be a good way of clearing out your stash for some new arrivals. -Justin On Dec 11, 2011, at 2:17 PM, "Stacey Boon " wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comSweet Maria's Forum Our new Coffee Library |
Almost all of them are just marketing. The only one that I ever recall being different was the Gevalia special (before i started roasting) which had some mulling type spices added. It was actually pretty good- I would love to do something like that myself. I haven't bothered to google coffee mulling recipes though. That would be a great start. -kc On Dec 11, 2011, at 4:17 PM, "Stacey Boon " wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comSweet Maria's Forum Our new Coffee Library |
A few years ago I won a coffee roasting contest with a blend made up of the same coffee at three roastings. This was back when I roasted most of my coffee in a wok and two of the roastings in the blend were done in the wok, one just through the first crack and the other just starting the second. The third component was roasted over a pecan wood fire in a over the camp fire pop corn popper so the level of roasting was a mix of first and second crack. The first two roastings were about the same size, close to two fifths, and the one over the pecan wood fire was about the last fifth. It was roasted five days before the competition. I forget what country the beans were from but I did get them from SweetMaria's. I think Tom said that it had different flavors as different levels of roasting, but I am not sure.
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For me Christmas Blend would be some brewed homeroast, Irish Whisky and sweetened whipped cream. There's "probably" another name for that.... Bob |
I'd call it "yum"... Lynne On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Bob Hazen wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comSweet Maria's Forum Our new Coffee Library |
My annual Christmas Blend is made up of whatever I have left over in small amounts, mixed together, pre-roast, and roasted to a nice City+. Never the same two years in a row! My favorite of the store "Holiday" coffees is the Wintry Blend at Trader Joes (I'm sure I'll be labeled a heratic for this). In the words of the Trader himself, "We added whole green and red peppercorns, fresh whole cloves and chunks of sweet cinnamon. The coffee isn't flavored; rather, it's spiked with spices." One of these years, I'll try adding the spices to my annual Christmas blend, and see how it comes out. On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Bob Hazen wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comSweet Maria's Forum Our new Coffee Library |
The "spiked with spices" interests me. That sounds interesting for a special holiday brew. Sad to say, I never roast anything special for Christmas. My family (besides my son who currently lives w/me) doesn't carry on my (older family) tradition of having coffee after our meal. This was standard in our house growing up. Kind of sad that my mom passed away before I even discovered homeroasting - man, she loved her coffee. I know she would have really appreciated my roasts. At the risk of going off topic, we lived closer to my Italian relatives, but still had the traditional telephone calls on Christmas morning to my Dad's Polish side. When I was a kid, we'd all gather together over an aunt's house - wonderful, big Christmases. After she passed away, our holidays were sparser - then my mom & two remaining aunts passed away in November of 2000 - which put a chill on our holidays after that. We're just starting to finally get our holiday spirit back - but I think the real help will be with some consistent grandkids! (My daughter is getting married in March, so I'm instructing her to hurry up w/the babies, hahaha). As for my current December roasts - I'm finishing up with the last of my Decaf Bug - once I started using my air popper to roast, I finally stopped getting horrible brews. Oh, what a glorious cup! Gonna miss this one... I just put in an order for a decaf sampler and a five pounder of the Ethiopia DP Sidama Aleta Wondo. Probably shouldn't have spent the money as we have a few more tight months ahead of us, but giving up my homeroast just seemed to be too much of a sacrifice. Lynne On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Seth Grandeau wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comSweet Maria's Forum Our new Coffee Library |