Coffee

The irony of writing a post at a bloggers breakfast, and then not blogging for months, is not lost on me.

However, here I am! Coffee has taken a backseat for the last few months, apart from a crucial role in fueling me up each morning. I've been roasting a fair variety of different beans from many locations including Bali, PNG, Sumatra, Uganda, Ethipia, Guatamala and Brazil.

Half the roasting has been done for pour-overs for work and the rest for espresso - the outstanding coffee of them all has been a Uganda Bugisu. I know it was outstanding because my partner remarked on it every time I made her a cup, usually a strong indicator in my experience.

There has probably been a lot going on in the coffee world that I have missed, which makes me a little sad. On the other hand I've also had some more time to play with my stovetop as well as various changes to my pour-over technique in the spirit of constant experiementation.

I've stumbled across a few new Perth cafes, and I am finding it much easier to stumble across new coffee in town that is well made. Which makes the lesser places stand out like sore thumbs.

David Jones is one such disappointment - given their location and image you'd think they would pick up there game but both of my visits there in the last month have resulted in a very poor opinion of their approach to coffee. Its not as though good beans and training are in short supply!