Brew Methods

CleanHotDry have created a new website devoted to coffee brewing called BrewMethods. Basically they find links to great methods of brewing coffee and provide links to the point at which that method originated. Simple, elegant and very useful.

Happily they have not attempted 'espresso' as a category. The sheer number of machines with all their little vagaries would have made that a complex exercise beyond some basic principles.

Tip o' the demitasse to JimSeven. >

Galeras

Like many Columbian towns, Pasto in the Narino Department (province) has a number of coffee growing areas that produce some great Central American beans. Farming coffee in Columbia is no picnic, and from time to time those who farm in the area are rudely interrupted. In Pasto the name of the interruption is Galeras. Of course it is more of an eruption than an interruption because Galeras is a stratovolcano - and currently active again. In 1993 six scientists died during an eruption as they attempted to collect gas samples for analysis.

If you are enjoying a nice cup of Central American coffee today - and Columbian coffee in particular, spare a thought for the farmers who grow it in the shadow of a mountain that is very much alive and kicking.


Photo Credit: Josecamilom