The night before and all is stirring

Spent all day yesterday repeating the recipes for my coffees, getting ready for tomorrow where my work will be on display. Very exciting.

We will be tasting and offering all of the coffees I have been spending hours and hours on tomorrow from 10am to 3pm. I must say that the most surprising and astounding coffee there will be the sumatra. Mmmm, delicious. Many others that have turned out be very rewarding will be there, like the summer snow, dragon fire, guatemala, and more.

I did make a couple of mistakes during the roasting prep, but because of what I learned from the mistakes I am thinking of making it mandatory to accidentally do something wrong because it forces me to explore the bean's flavor and personality through that mistake.

I have noticed that the costa rica coffee turns darker and heavier at a lower temperature than most of the other coffees.

I have also made these wonderful tasting truffles that will be available. Made with 100% unsweetened chocolate, white chocolate and coffee liquor. Very much worth a taste.

With snacks, dips, and products on display, this party will be great. As far as coffee roasting goes, it's a whole bunch of repetition. I have placed an order for more coffees coming my way, including a new addition to the origin list: Yirgacheffe. Can't wait to play around with that one as a light roast, dark roast, and espresso. It's FTO, and I know some places like Tantra want an FTO espresso, and I love those ethiopian coffees as espressos.

Julie's new place, Wake the Dead, is getting a little bit of stir before the opening has even been anounced. I heard a barista at Tantra asking questions about the when and the where. I know her place will be awesome, and she has promised to dedicate an airpot just for Rivertown Roasters!

We may also be spotted soon in Austin! We went around on our intro to the neighborhood drop off some goodies round and stopped by Lava Java, an old employer. Tony said he was super impressed by the Summer Snow and the Nicaragua. Yay! Now we need to get our asses in gear and start offering whole leaf teas and whole leaf tea accessories.

I am in such a good mood, it feels so great to get such good response from my coffees. I hope to be able to grow and get even better as I continue to repeat, and make some mistakes along the way.