Looks like we're going to get ourselves a pound of the Panama Esmerelda Geisha CoE 2006 that recently broke the previous auction price (set by the Santa Ines Brazil CoE 2005 we'll be serving next week.)
Since we don't do commercial roasting, we're trying to arrange it so that both coffees arrive here no later than three days post roast, at the height of flavor - which is the easy part. The hard part is trying to ensure that happens so both coffees arrive here arrive on the same day. That may not happen, but we'll know for sure next week.
If you're interested in trying either the Panamanian or Brazil let us know. We've already got a half dozen coffee geeks reserved for the Brazil tasting.
Interesting discussion from Europe where some baristas were following the auction that led to the Small Axe Alliance (Intelligentsia, Stumptown, Groundwork, Sweet Marias and Kaffa) landing the precious 5 bag lot (approx. 300 kilos or 660 lbs. total). And some US home roasters debate if it's worth it - with the same arguments you'd expect from both sides.
Us? If we had $300 to burn on a glass of the 1982 Petrus, odds are we'd do it at least once. Just to try it and see for ourselves how much better it is than what we usually drink.
Of course nobody we know has $300 to spend on such an experiement, least of all us.
But we do have $5 to try what is claimed to be the best coffee currently available.
And so do you ;-)
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