Coffee grown in California?

[Scott_Butler]

@c fu

@alan weinberg

@Scott Butler

You could pay up to $600 per pound for coffee beans pooped out of a cat.

I’ve had an excellent beer made from that coffee, but have never tried the coffee on it’s own.

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-beer-geek-brunch-weasel/97034/

Kopi luwak is one of the most expensive coffees in the world, selling for between US$100 and $600 per pound in 2010. The specialty Vietnamese weasel coffee, which is made by collecting coffee beans eaten by wild civets, is sold at US$3,000 per kilogram.

Kopi luwak - Wikipedia

civet coffee is a crime. Animals are caged and fed a diet of coffee cherries (usually poor quality beans) and are mistreated, often dying prematurely with malnutrition and disease. Horrible industry. Boycott.

there are wild civet farms. No cages or forced feeding, but you pay appropriately for it.

Ok, good. I do seem to remember reading about it a while ago and didn’t hear any references to the bad practices. I guess it’s like my salmon, only buy “wild caught”

[Corey_N]

@alan weinberg

the geishas are too subtle for me and not worth the dollars. Never get the alleged jasmine out of them. I, too, roast my own, usually Guatemalas from Huehuetenango, my “Cote d’Or” of coffee site. I also grind and use a Technivorm. I usually pay under $6.50 per lb for my greens, often $4.

Have you found any good HueHues lately? The newer crops should be filtering in soon.

[P_Willenberg]

@Corey N.

@alan weinberg

the geishas are too subtle for me and not worth the dollars. Never get the alleged jasmine out of them. I, too, roast my own, usually Guatemalas from Huehuetenango, my “Cote d’Or” of coffee site. I also grind and use a Technivorm. I usually pay under $6.50 per lb for my greens, often $4.

Have you found any good HueHues lately? The newer crops should be filtering in soon.

I bet you’re looking for green beans but if not: https://www.kumacoffee.com/collections/frontpage/products/guatemala-ixban-new

[Diana_E]

@P. Willenberg

Proud Mary is opening up a place in Portland and will target the $8-$15 cup of coffee market. I’ve had their Auction Lot Panama Geishas a few times in Vancouver BC at 12CDN and been impressed. (Aubade Coffee, if you’re ever there).

Not sure if it’s ironic or absurd that a wine board is criticizing the price of an incredibly complex, hand prepared beverage.

Actually their brewed coffee is $3.50 per cup, no free refills. I really wanted to visit since their menu looks fascinating, but my husband would have a fit about having to pay for a coffee refill. He’s used to drinking almost a whole pot in the mornings.

[alan_weinberg]

@Corey N.

@alan weinberg

the geishas are too subtle for me and not worth the dollars. Never get the alleged jasmine out of them. I, too, roast my own, usually Guatemalas from Huehuetenango, my “Cote d’Or” of coffee site. I also grind and use a Technivorm. I usually pay under $6.50 per lb for my greens, often $4.

Have you found any good HueHues lately? The newer crops should be filtering in soon.

bunch of duds. Some good El Salvador Angel Mountain. Have a few Huehues yet to try.