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Today is Sunday, October 5th.

Yesterday was one of the busiest days ever. On the Road Again went beautifully, Booya and Pickle contest, families out for Corn Dogs and coffee-

We'll be adding another Decaf next week, Brazil Mountain Water Process- a beautiful true Brazil with good sweetness and body. It's going to make a lovely blend with our Sumatra MWP, which is surprisingly bold for a Decaf, and a bit too bold for smooth brewing on the Clover, truth be told. We'll be blending those two excellent coffees to make an amazing House Blend Decaf and house Decaf Espresso.

Our Current Espresso is Brazil Fazenda Cachoeira and Guatemala Maya Ixil FTO blended post roast. I think the shots are really coming along, beautiful and sweet- fresh and alive tasting with great body. It's not the most bold -through milk drink for a 16 oz Latte you could find, but that's not necessarily what we're looking for right now. We're starting from the basics, classic, sweet, great body and character, no flaws. Balance is the name of the game at the moment. We've got a great profile ready for a Bold Dark Espresso as soon as our M3 Grinder arrives. At that point we'll launch a Single Origin Espresso Menu much like our Clover Menu- that grinder will have no waste- weigh and grind one shot at a time- no waste, will allow us to serve single shots of Fabulous (and more difficult to find) coffees as espresso.

On to the website news: Our online Store is up and running- just select the coffee/package/equipment you would like from our store, pay with a credit card, and we will ship to your door. If you are local, we'll deliver! Grinders take 2-3 days to ship, Coffee ordered Thursday, Friday, or Saturday will ship Monday, as it would not arrive until Tuesday anyhow and would spend a day staling in a warehouse. Ugh.
The La Montana continues to sell, as does any outstanding coffee of-the-moment. It's fresh, lively, and sweet/berry/crisp.

Speaking of Crisp, I made Apple Crisp this weekend with Orange, Lemon, and lime Juice and zest, brown sugar, oatmeal, etc. We used Honeycrisp apples we got from the St. Paul farmer's market, and the result is amazing. $2.50 for a shareable portion!

Here are a couple pics from some catering we did this weekend.




Next week: Hosted cuppings with food pairings- we're going to offer a two flight coffee cupping with a mini-class and some food pairings, to make it more of an event.