Comments on: Coffee Cuppings in Tucson and Phoenix this Friday, Followed by Coffee Crawl on Saturday in Phoenix

By: Psyd

Psyd — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:55:43 +0000

Hey, I’m gonna try to make it, seeing as it’s in my home-town!

I’ll stop by Luce and see if Michael wants to send a sample or two fro our visitors to enjoy. See y’all tomorrow!

By: Kasey Klimes

Kasey Klimes — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:40:34 +0000

I’ve got to second Tom – Luis is the man. Phoenix may not have the country’s biggest coffee community, but it certainly has some of the most passionate people. You’re lucky to have a voice like his for specialty coffee down there.

Also, seeing as my bags are checked and I’m waiting for my plane to Phoenix, I suppose now would be a good time to make public the grand list of PT’s Coffee I’ll be bringing for the cuppings. In my case we’ve got…

~Finca Los Planes, Pacamara, of El Salvador (2nd place 2006 CoE)
~Finca Cerro Paldo of Costa Rica (95 score, coffeereview.com)
~Ethiopia Amaro Gayo – Natural
~Aida’s Grand Reserve (Three-lot blend of peaberries from Aida Batlle of El Salvador)
~Finca Kilimanjaro, El Salvador (Another from Aida)
~Nicaragua Coop 15 de Septiembre – CoE #18
~La Bella Vita (Espresso Blend)
~Finca El Palacio, Colombia (Single Origin Espresso)

…and maybe a few surprises too. I can’t wait to finally experience this Phoenix coffee scene I keep hearing about. Thank you to Luis, Chris, Brian, and all of you making this weekend happen, it looks to be grand. See you soon!

By: Chris Tingom

Chris Tingom — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:21:46 +0000

During the event, I’ll be using the hashtag #coffeecrawl, feel free to play along.

By: Psyd

Psyd — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:23 +0000

Hah! I’ll finally be able to get my hands on some o’ that Dethstaar!

I think I may just wander out of bed and grab a cup and a robe and drive over to Avenue Friday morning.

I’ll prolly see y’all there.

By: Brian Clemens

Brian Clemens — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:32:40 +0000

Can’t agree more with Tom; hats off to Luis Till. Thanks for all your hard work.

By: Tom Maegdlin

Tom Maegdlin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:24:50 +0000

Phoenix coffee MVP goes to Luis Till. This guys eats, sleeps and lives for the specialty coffee industry. Seriously man, hats off.

The cupping on Friday will feature: Dethstaar Espresso, Cameroon Boyo-Organic, Kenya AA Mbegu Tamu, Guatemala Finca El Bosque and a really nice Tanzania Peaberry. I’ll also be doing some sampling of Dethstaar. Pumped for a great event! Good idea with the twitter ID Brian. @maegdlin22 and @presscoffee

By: Brian Clemens

Brian Clemens — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:42:16 +0000

A better coffee crawl schedule is TBD and put out by Chris later this week. If you’re planning to go to Tucson on Friday we have 1 full car, but can always caravan down and add more people. Post it up here if you want to go cup coffee @avenuecoffee with @PTsKasey, @Amautacoffee. Also let me know via twitter or here if you need details of the trip. We hope to arrive in Tucson between 10am-10:30. @brian_clemens.