Fall Colors Canadian Style 2009 WBC Regionals Victoria results · Monday August 31, 2009 by colin newell
Results from Da Vinci center on Bay Street in Victoria B.C. Canada
1. Kyle Straw from Cafe Artigiano Vancouver 628 pts
2. Spencer V from JJ Bean Vancouver 624 pts
3. Derek Lucas from Buon Amicis Victoria 608.5 pts
4. Rob Kettner from Fernwood Victoria 599 pts
5. Ian from Habitat 474.5 pts
6. John Orn 465 pts
Seen in passing: Reg Barber with a mile wide smile, Logan Gray, John Riopka, Geir and Carsen Oglend, Sam Jones of 2% Jazz, Andrew Khoo of Khona Coffee, Curtis of Sounds Like Coffee, Paul Reimer of Disco, Sammy Piccolo at all times and in all places, Rob Kettner competing and kicking ass, Derek Lucas making the Victoria crew proud, Ken Gordon of Street Level looking as ultra-cool as anyone can, The ever friendly Oughtreds, inventor of the London Fog – Garreth of Canterbury Coffee, Mickey McLeod of Salt Spring Island Coffee, David Evans of The Stick looking taller still, Shane of HABIT looking slightly less tired than yesterday, Tristan Mapstone of DRUMROASTER being real, Mark Engels of Bubbyroses Bakery, Mark Prince with cameras around his neck, Ryan and Christie Taylor of Cafe Fantastico, my dear wife with a good book in her hand, Gina Lucas glowing with pride, and so on and so on…
More as I remember.
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Fall Colors Canadian Style 2009 WBC Da Vinci Hall duking kitties · Saturday August 29, 2009 by colin newell
Spent part of the day at the WBC Regional cham-peen-ships semi-finals (I guess) at the Da Vinci center over on Bay Street – all the best of the best and the big playa’s in the bidness were there; Geir Oglend, Reg Barber, Sam Jones, Dave Evans (Stickman), Ryan Taylor, Derek of Buon Amici’s coffee, some of the fine folks at Discovery, cats from Street Level Espresso, the Oughtreds, Khona Coffee people, Chris from Machines N Beans, Gareth from Canterbury, and many many more…
Barista’s came from far and wide, one gal from Whitehorse in the Yukon gave her all. Some pictures over here – Back tomorrow for more of the great caffeine powered excitement.
Driving home and coming up to our shack on Belmont avenue, noticed the two elderly street cats – their combined ages about 126 in pussy years.
One cat had the other cat pinned to the sidewalk – pinned not really being a good word… smurfed more like it… the one cat on top using gravity and a passing breeze to its full advantage. Can imagine the conversation if translated…
“Jake, I have had enough of your sassing me all the time… say Give!”
“Noooooo… Owwwwww… Meowwwwwww.. Never jimmy… nevvvvvvverrrr-eowwww…”
I think they moved a total of 1cm in the 2 minutes I was watching in rapt boredom.
Fall Colors Canadian Style 2009 Coffee coffee OTTO Atomic more Coffee · Friday August 28, 2009 by colin newell
For lovers of great coffee…
we have a new machine… called OTTO
Simply OTTO.
And if you have been following this blog for a while, you are probably really tired of me going on about political stuff.
Trust me. I am tired of it too.
It is tedious.
So let’s get back to the spirit of a fun blog… because this used to be fun.
So check this out if you have 40+ minutes to listen to a great radio show called HAPPY STATION.
Seriously, that is what it’s called. It has actually been on the air for over 50 years. Went off for a while. Now it’s back.
Check out this podcast – that features a whole lot of chatter about coffee – specifically OTTO. It is a lot of fun – and worth your time to listen.
Be happy!
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Summer Food Fun and Drink - we review a Bolivian cup of excellence · Monday August 10, 2009 by colin newell
Geir and Carson Oglend of Drumroaster Coffee gave me 1/4 of a pound of one very, very fine Bolivian coffee – COE. Lot#: 11 Félix Yana Mamani – Café Montaña
Cup of Excellence.
Félix Yana is a young coffee producer. Married a few years with three children, who will be going to school this year, Félix belongs to the Cooperativa San Ignacio, an organization that has been a Cup of Excellence winner in the past. Félix has participated in the competition before, and he understands the importance of the event. “It’s very important. I’ve participated before, but I’ve never won. For me the good thing about the competition is that it’s good for the coffee sector. It’s helped us improve our quality.”
This great coffee comes from Colonia San Ignacio, Carrasco La Reserva County – some 1600 meter above sea level in Bolivia – and we were astounded!
Café Montaña has a remarkably balanced cup with nary a trace of bitterness. It has a delightful milk chocolate overtone that is enveloping and comfortable – with some very distinctive tangerine notes. The Drumroaster coffee folks roasted this a tad on the light side – probably a minute or two after first crack – and they appeared to be getting the best possible profile on this bean.
If you live on Vancouver Island or know someone who is carrying this Bolivian COE – Café Montaña… jump at it!
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