So it has been a while since I even thought of blogging because we’ve been rather busy and decided, now that my time is “freeing up” what with our awesome launch and a couple of functions following all closely after each other, I wanna share some of them with you. SO here we go (in order of occurrence, not my rating):
1. Aylesford ‘Constantia Fresh’ Sauvignon Blanc festival1. We had the privilege of making espresso-based hot drinks to local and international Sauvignon Blanc wine lovers (and the odd companion who didn’t really care too much) and it was awesome! It started off slow for the first 2 hours but then picked up nicely and we ended up pouring around 120 cups before we took a break to re-stock our sugars, cups, etc and eat some fuel before round 2 which was even better. Once we were serving again we hardly had a a break until eventually we couldn’t see anymore (Cape Town gets dark in Constantia around 8pm) and someone (not sure whom but thank you) cut off our water supply. We poured another 150 to 200 cups. It was SO fun : ) The highlight was hearing a lot of people, a lot of wine lovers giving us good feedback about our Resurrection blend we were pouring – they really enjoyed themselves and so did we. Thank you Claire Lockey for the opportunity.
2. Best home cups I have ever had or made. So after the Sauvignon Blanc function, and being too late to take the equipment back to work, I went home…and unloaded it on the Sunday “for security purposes”. So, on Sunday night we invited some friends around and I had fun making the best home cups of coffee I have ever had…from my kitchen…on a commercial grade 2 group (has 2 brewing heads) espresso machine : D Big smiles were had all around. Here is a pic from my neighbour’s point of view:
3. Panama, Hacienda La Esmeralda estate green coffee samples. OH BABY!!! Not 100% sure how we’ll roast them yet without a sample roaster2 but we’ll make a plan.
“So Zane, why are you so excited about these coffee samples?”
“Well Joe, can I call you Joe? Anyway, this coffee estate is one of the most talked about coffee estates in the world at the moment. Very briefly, the average New York Stock Exchange price is around $1.30 p/lb and this coffee reached $130 p/lb at a Panamanian coffee online auction last year!!! Wow! James Hoffmann3, who we have mentioned several times already4, said it was the most non coffee-tasting coffee he has ever tasted yet so complex and amazing. We shall let you know!
Zane
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