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Desert Island Coffees

Postby CakeBoy » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:03 pm

BlueValentine mentioned 'Desert Island Coffees' in the 'How often do you get coffees you don't like?' thread and it seemed a great idea for a thread of its own.

Actually, choosing favourites could be touger than it sounds, but a lot of fun too.

So, the criteria. You are to be dropped on a deserted island and will stay alone for one year in the small guest/garden house of an absentee multi-millionaire. You are not in danger and have plenty of food supplies. However, you can take only ten green coffees (3kg of each, yielding just under half a kilo of roasted a week in the worst roasting moisture loss case scenario). This means that every coffee will need to be put to full use over the year, you will not be expecting any great quantity left over at the end. Because your host shares a love of coffee, the accommodation boasts a digital Hottop roaster, commercial espresso machine and grinder.

You may also take one other coffee production item from the following: high end drip filter, French press, vac-pot, some form of pour over gold filter system, Aerobie Aeropress, percolator, moka pot, briki or a 2kg jar/tub of instant :shock:. You will be given a second, smaller, grinder to match the item you choose, thus avoiding big adjustments on the espresso grinder. There is no clover and you can't take one! ;)

You have a cow and an instruction manual ;), so fresh milk is not an issue :P

The ten coffees do not have to be those available to you this year. They may be any that you have tried in the past or have just heard about. The only proviso is that they must still be in existence, but remember, although you can take anything, the quantity is not endless and if you chance that coffee you always wanted to try but could never afford, you risk being left short of beans at the end of the year if you end up not liking it.

So there it is ladies and gents. Ten coffees and a non-espresso prodiction method of your choosing :D
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RE: Desert Island Coffees

Postby Neo » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:54 pm

Panama Carmen -- drip
Australia Mountain Top -drip
Mocca Harrar - espresso
'Yueto' Selecto - drip
La Minita - drip
Sulawasi - drip
' Isamalli ' - drip/espresso
Yirg - drip
Brazil Formosa - drip/espresso
Mocca Mattari - espresso

well.. i'd say flannel drip. greater body, i'm still practising to use it properly though. recently I cant get the flavours out of the grounds....
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Postby Bombcup » Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:46 pm

Harrar - Vac / Espresso
Yellow Bourbon - Espresso
HB Toba Sulawesi Blend - Espresso
Union Bright Note Blend - Espresso
Gethumbwini - Vac
El Injerto - Vac / Espresso
Rwandan cup of gold - Vac
El Salv Finca La Fany Bourbon - Vac
Yirgacheffe - Vac
Monsooned Malabar - Compost.

Kill cow, eat steak.
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Postby lastcoyote » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:00 pm

...kill host = more coffee for me :D

keep and PID cow. direct link up to espresso machine :P
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Postby lastcoyote » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:17 pm

colombian paramito bertha
yemen mokha mattari
yirg
harrar
monsooned malabar
el salv finca la fany
colombian mirador-jesus lizcano
cach
gethumbwini
guat san fran

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Postby espressomattic » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:51 am

Malabar
Santa Terrzina
Canario
Alaska
Sulawesi
Indian TIger Mountain
Screen Dried Cacheria
Manuela
Harrar
El Injerto

I too would kill the cow.

I would take nothing else, no other kit. That way I can stash more Sulawesi :P
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Postby Beanie » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:12 am

actually Cakey, he called it Desert 'Ireland' Coffee :lol: BTW, where's YOUR listing? :P

I'll have to think about the 10 coffees, but definitely Harrar, El Salvador La Fany, Brazilian COE Sitio BOA Sorte (erhmmm dunno if it's still in existence tho :oops:), Sulawesi Sulotco Bolokan Estate, S/D Cachoeira. Erhmm am I allowed to double up on any of the SO's if I don't pick 10 different ones?

I'll take a Balance/Siphon/VacPot Brewer please & thank you :D
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Postby bruceb » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:18 am

Yirgacheffe
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I decided I needed a bit of a change so I roasted some Monsooned Malabar. That was a change!
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Postby ivdp » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:07 am

Only 10? What about the rest of the week?
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Postby Neo » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:17 am

ivdp wrote:Only 10? What about the rest of the week?

lol
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Postby CakeBoy » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:58 pm

:lol: Ivo ;) :P

Nope Beany, the maximum amount of any given green available is 3kg .... otherwise we'd risk you having half a sack of Harrar and a daft grin you minx ;)
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Postby bluevalentine » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:54 am

I suppose as I unwittingly 'inspired' this thread I ought to contribute
Here goes
1. Finca la Fany - my staple coffee
2. Cuba Turquino Lavardo
3. Bolivia Machacamarca
4. Ethiopian Harrar
5. Indian Yelnoorkan Estate
6. Costa Rica Tarrazu
7. Java Blawan (these 2 for blending)
8. Bolivia Flor de Mayo
9. Kona Smith's Farm Fancy
10. Brazil Sito das Jaboticabas
Not tasted either of the last two yet but I'd be in need of some new experience with all that time on my hands.
I'd opt for a French press.
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Postby Neo » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:08 pm

You reminded me of something ,bluevalentine.
Cakeboy, can I get a water softener, activated carbon filter and full service for the espresso machine? :D
A bit really important here, and luxurious, a hasbean establishment nearby maybe?
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Postby bluevalentine » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:40 am

Neo wrote:You reminded me of something ,bluevalentine.
Cakeboy, can I get a water softener, activated carbon filter and full service for the espresso machine? :D
A bit really important here, and luxurious, a hasbean establishment nearby maybe?


Sorry, no Hasbean establishment. That would allow some cheating bastards to negate Cakey's 10 x 3kg stipulation.
But I can't imagine a millionaire without a water softener/carbon filter so you'll be alright on that score. Probably have a desalinator too, if his pad is on a desert island.
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Postby Steve » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:36 am

I want to play :( But will end up all looking commercial.
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