Daniel's World of Coffee tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1620800 2013-03-26T13:00:46-07:00 Specialty Coffee News and Events from Around the World TypePad The Next Wave in Coffee Auctions? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd07118834017ee9c34190970d 2013-03-26T13:00:46-07:00 2013-03-26T13:00:46-07:00 My friend and former colleague (at Intelligentsia), Steve Mierisch has been in contact lately about his family's farms' coffees in Honduras and Nicaragua. Coming up on April 25th, they are holding an auction for these coffees. The Mierisches are working... Daniel Humphries The Best Shoes For Traveling to Origin tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd07118834017ee98a5a0c970d 2013-03-19T09:05:00-07:00 2013-03-19T09:05:00-07:00 In the last five years I have traveled to origin 30 times, to the best of my recollection. That's about 6 trips a year, spread over 12 or 13 countries, mostly in Latin America, but also in Africa and Asia.... Daniel Humphries Ethiopia Again tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd07118834017ee78e24aa970d 2013-01-17T09:02:09-08:00 2013-01-17T09:02:09-08:00 Greetings from the Motherland. I'm in Ethiopia now, preparing for the Taste of Harvest competition and all kinds of cupping activities that are happening before and after. I'm getting an up close and personal view of how this year's crop... Daniel Humphries Coffee — Every Year is Better Than the Last tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd07118834017c35385289970b 2013-01-02T08:09:00-08:00 2013-01-02T08:09:00-08:00 Happy New Year. I have been in the specialty coffee industry for over ten years now, and I can honestly say that every single year has been better than the year before, both for me professionally and, more importantly, for... Daniel Humphries Common Cupping Mistakes — Not Really Blind tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd071188340177446928dc970d 2012-08-29T19:11:50-07:00 2012-08-29T19:11:50-07:00 These are some of the most common mistakes I have seen in cupping labs in my career. These are the problems that pop up again and again. Even when you warn people to prepare for the problem, they often underestimate... Daniel Humphries Cool New Sample Roaster tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd0711883401761768cc1b970c 2012-08-24T09:02:00-07:00 2012-08-24T09:02:00-07:00 I got the chance to play around on a cool new sample roaster today. The machine is manufactured by Taehwan, in Korea. The brand name is the Proaster. Proaster had a shop roaster up and running at the Roaster's Guild... Daniel Humphries Common Cupping Lab Mistakes — Smelly Cups tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd0711883401774449da2e970d 2012-08-23T08:57:00-07:00 2012-08-29T19:09:13-07:00 You're focused in on the coffee, you're about to write something brilliant on your cupping form. You're reaching for your pencil as you tuck your head to the side and spit into your cup. Boom. Plastic nasty reek. You've lost... Daniel Humphries Common Cupping Mistakes — Hot Water! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd07118834017744307009970d 2012-08-17T11:11:48-07:00 2012-08-29T19:09:34-07:00 I have set up hundreds of cuppings in over fifty different venues (I lost count somewhere), in ten different countries, from New York City to to mountains of Harar, Ethiopia. There have been cuppings in fancy restaurants, inside of tents,... Daniel Humphries Backstreet Boys in the Philippines tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd0711883401676947c464970b 2012-08-15T08:26:00-07:00 2012-08-15T08:26:00-07:00 Cute kids; Backstreet Boys; Coffee stall in the Baguio Market; Arabica growing under cover of chayote vines; Rainstorms; Flooded river; Wild coffee plantation; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; More cute kids. Daniel Humphries Photos from Bukidnon, Philippines tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551bd071188340167694451b9970b 2012-08-14T16:04:47-07:00 2012-08-14T16:03:15-07:00 Thanks to my friend Zee Zamorah Perez for sharing these beautiful pictures of Bukidnon province on our trip to the village of Miarayon. This trip was in late May of this year; I spent a month in the Philippines and... Daniel Humphries