roastin', ridin', slidin,' bustin' knuckles waking up with a smile on my face...

Thursday, March 28, 2013

In development...new blends,new places to buy coffee

..so I've been really busy at the factory doing custom blends for some new accounts and old.
There's a really great place down at Cape May Point that I'm wrassling up a new blend for so I am going back to my strong yet smooth motto and making it happen. I pulled the final test shot through my espresso maker this morning so now I'll run it through the drip coffee maker today to make sure its right.
FTO Costa is heavilly involved in this blend with various stages of roasting to get it where I want it and of course where the customer  wants it. Location and blend premiere coming forthright. Meanwhile I have about six other new blends I am working on for some other new places to eat and such so needless to say I'm over caffienated...
I got a neat little citrusy blend I'm working on for the spring/summer to pair with the lighter summer fare at Steve & Cookies in Margate.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Fiona met the Governor today

...so her school got cracked during Sandy so they just got back in- so down he came...
hilarious questions these kids asked him,.... much more entertaining then the usual press conference...I wonder if it was easier or harder for him?

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Salt Magazine feature on Harry and Beans Coffee

I'll let the pictures do the talking but David from Salt magazine came out to the roastery to take some photos, drink some coffee and chat it up. Its a really beautiful magazine with exquisite photography...I know its rare , a photo of me actually working...check out Salt magazine at http://www.saltnj.com/
Here's some  of the pics






Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The quest for non-gmo pizza

Been trying out making pizza, pretty fun...this one came out good. I could use a little help with the crust-right now its kinda a matter of eyeballing some basic ingredients...a bit chewy