Jinotega, Nicaragua-
The first round of cupping by the international jury has come to a close. Of the 59 coffees that passed the national jury 29 have scored above 84 points by the international jury and are cup of excellence coffees. Tomorrow we cup all 29 nine in four flights of seven and rank them in order. The top ten of those are cupped again on Friday to place them. Today we had one coffee that was absolutely amazing berries and cream on the aroma and flavors cane sugar, jasmine, and lemon tea. It scored above 90 by about half of the jury with some breaking into the 95 and above scoring bracket for the first time this competition.

Nicaragua Day One

First dispatch from Nicaragua, today was calibration. We did severals flights of coffees and talked about them. Tomorrow we start the real thing. I'm looking forward to tasting some awesome coffees over the next couple days. Not that it's the relax and enjoy the coffee type of atmosphere. We have to score and place 59 coffees over the next couple of days. It pales in comparison to the 523 coffees the national jury had to cup over the last five days. I will keep everyone posted on the details from Nicaragua.

Chicaloma

Now available:

Cup of Excellence Award Winner
Bolivia Chicaloma Lot #12

The coffee grown on the three hectare farm Chicaloma is grown at astonishing elevation of 6400’. Composed of the botanical varietals Criollo (80%) and Caturra (20%), the coffee displays flavors of milk chocolate, cherry, sugar cane and mango.

Whole Bean

12 oz. Bag $14

Fresh Brewed by the Cup

8oz. $2.50 12oz. $3.50 16oz. $4.25

Decaf Peru La Florida

Our Decaf Peru La Florida is featured in the March Coffee Review scoring in at 88 points. This installment of Coffee Review highlights single-origin decaffeinated coffees. Check it out our full review here. For more info on Coffee Review visit coffeereview.com.

Free Coffee Madness

Wow. Four baristas working side by side in a four foot by ten foot area preparing some of the best coffees in Olympia. When you say Free Coffee people come in droves. Good stuff, and Mudcat rocked the roastery.

Olympia, Washington February 20, 2008 –

Olympia Coffee Roasting Company’s Roasting Works shop at-108 Cherry Street in Downtown Olympia- will offer free coffee to customers on Tuesday, February 26th from 3:30 PM until 6:30 PM PST in celebration of Starbucks' planned 3-hour closure for espresso training.

Described by Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz in a press statement as a "bold demonstration of our commitment," the company announced earlier this month that it would close 7,100 company-operated Starbucks stores in the United States for 3 hours to retrain more than 135,000 employees.

“The Staff at Olympia Coffee Roasting is excited to share with you our passion and dedication to our craft. We are constantly training.” said Terry Ziniewicz of Olympia Coffee.”. Baristas at Olympia Coffee will be preparing hand crafted-beverages during the Starbucks closure- although that’s how they do it all the time.

Olympia Coffee is the area’s only 100% Organic Coffee Roasting Company. They will be celebrating the training of Starbucks staff with a small gathering that will include live music featuring Mudcat and The Green Apron Robots, and, of course, coffee.

Wanna come celebrate? swing on by and have some coffee and some fun!

Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak at our new sign. I just wanted to share this little gem. It's been a while since our last post, notice Mark in the back round bagging coffee at the speed of light, what can I say we've been a little busy.

In other news, I will be on KAOS radio tonight 8pm 89.3 the show is "Free & Fair on the Air." We will be talking about coffee. Tune in if your schedule allows.