The 44th TPBM Random Chat and Leg Lamp Compactor

I guess it should be a martini party then, with all of these olives around?

especially since I can only cyber drink these days!

Skrim17 wrote in post #12592515
I guess it should be a martini party then, with all of these olives around?

I'd rather have my olives on a pizza or salad. Or, maybe a sammich.

Skrim17 wrote in post #12592515
I guess it should be a martini party then, with all of these olives around?

Vodka Martini, schaken, not schtirred...

anyone else having smugmug issues?

They're doing maintenance. Click on your home page and you'll get the splash screen for that.

Ahh, cool. Thanks Jon. I wasn't getting the maintenance splash until now.

Jim (and Becky, if you see it at your roasters)...I roasted "Costa Rica Helsar Caturra" the other day. It is lovely. Really flavorful. It has a rich aroma and I enjoyed the taste, like having an excellent food.

This is what Sweet Marias says about it:
The dry fragrance has a praline nutty sweetness; caramelized sugar, maple syrup, pecan, and unrefined panela sugar cake in the darker roasts. The wet aroma has an apple-like brightness (malic), bran muffin and brown sugar scent. I really like the way the darker roast level has a mahogany-toned sweetness, persistent and not overtaken with carbony tones. And I was a little surprised by the nice, viscous body when I first hit the cups... it's more than expected from wet-process type Costa Rica coffees. I am not calling it heavy body, but simply a nice thick quality to it, for a Central. The cup is bright, with pink grapefruit acidity, yet balanced. There are yellow fruit flavors, Meyer lemon as well as green grape, all fresh fruited notes with zesty brightness. The light roast has vanilla and very slight refined sugar sweetness, darker roasts have caramel and vanilla, and are a little rummy. The aftertaste is fairly brief, with suggestions of hazelnut re-emerging. It's a bright, lively cup, not overly complex, but very refreshing, if a hot beverage can be characterized as such. In slightly darker roasts, the fruits taste more mature and ripe, the brightness has a nice tonality to it, and white sugars taste slightly more caramelized; I preferred the City+ and Full City roasts to the very light City level.


Jim, Sweet Marias is out but Roastmasters has some from the same farm.
http://www.roastmaster​s.com/costamicro4.html

Permagrin wrote in post #12593507
Jim (and Becky, if you see it at your roasters)...I roasted "Costa Rica Helsar Caturra" the other day. It is lovely. Really flavorful. It has a rich aroma and I enjoyed the taste, like having an excellent food.

Just checked, Javamania doesn't carry it. Sounds good.

Yo, not caught up, made it home. It was painless, easy, and we are hanging with our dog!!

Zane!! Enjoy the olives! *puts a lei on the flame*

DDA wrote in post #12592131
I'm uploading pictures of Crakow (creative spelling ) to my website as I type. In the meantime, 2 shots- The main market square by night and the inside of the basilica (vertical pano)

Enjoying your shots as usual, Didier.

Permagrin wrote in post #12593507
Jim (and Becky, if you see it at your roasters)...I roasted "Costa Rica Helsar Caturra" the other day. It is lovely. Really flavorful. It has a rich aroma and I enjoyed the taste, like having an excellent food.

Thanks for that. I do need to order coffee soon. I actually just went trough a couple pounds of store bought beans, and ethical blend from Costco that was not too bad at all. Not that I don't have some beans left, I have been just too busy and tired to bother roasting for the last week or so.

I have not ordered from Roastmasters. Are their prices a bit higher than Sweet Maries? A quick look has then near $1/lb more.

short5 wrote in post #12593879
Yo, not caught up, made it home. It was painless, easy, and we are hanging with our dog!!

Zane, sorry about all the olive decorations around. I tried to hang some girlie photos for you, seeing you could not access those sites on your trip. Some of the more prudish patrons seemed to have taken them down.

I just drew onthem with magic marker

In olive green.

short5 wrote in post #12593879
Yo, not caught up, made it home. It was painless, easy, and we are hanging with our dog!!

Welcome home


Hi Jim!