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Went for a heart with rings this morning, but got a hybrid. Still, I like it

My popper is now officially in the mail and I hope to get it sometime this week. Looking forward to trying it. I’ve even put up a draft for a green bean order from Stavanger. I need more [...]

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Last week I asked barista Tim Wendelboe if I could join him when he roasted coffee for the Stockfleths coffee bars in downtown Oslo. He roasts at the Solberg-Hansen (biggest speciality coffee roastery in norway) plant so we took the tube up to Ryen today. It is about 15 minutes from central Oslo.
Before doing the [...]

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Some weeks ago I had to return an Alpenrost that I had been borrowing from a friend. Not that I used it all the time, but I miss the excellent drip and press coffee I could produce from those ultra-fresh beans. A danish dealer called www.espressokaffe.dk is selling the G3Ferrari popper, so I put in [...]

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Sigh, the guys I’m buying espresso coffee from (Temperato) are on holiday, and I’m having a hard time finding decent, fresh beans. The two bars “Java” and “Mocca” here in Oslo both have very good beans, but they’re expensive and not close to me. In pure desperation I bought a can of illy beans today, [...]

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Somebody mentioned that SCAA had put audio recordings from the sessions at the SCAA 2003. And sure enough, they have. When you register and pay a 10 dollar fee you get access to all of them. They’re supposed to put 85 sessions online, but not of all of them are there yet. The sound quality [...]

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Not much happening lately. I was home in Arendal last week to visit my family. Arendal is situated in the very south of Norway and is a nice harbour town. It was good to see the folks again. I had my Silvia with me and used it together with my brother’s rocky. He has bought [...]

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New article by David Schomer titled “Roasting for Espresso: Implications for Coffee Retailing”. Interesting read!

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