The night was spent at the Hotel Serena Mount Kenya Lodge, which is located on the hills of Mount Kenya. The hotel is in the middle of the jungle and built around a watering hole where animals from the jungle came to drink water during the night. The service at Hotel Serena hotel was amazing: […]
Nyeri farmers, coops and mills
Posted: 16/11-2012
Ruthaka Farmers Cooperative Society is in the Mukurwe district in Central Kenya. The coop has 4028 members which have farms in the altitude ranging from 1650 – 1700 meters above sea level. The farmers deliver their coffees to 5 wet mills and 2 collection centres. The Ruthaka farmers use Sustainable Management Services as a marketer […]
Training, trading, stacking coffee
Posted: 15/11-2012
The morning started with a training session at the Dormans’s. There were some 20 baristas invited to learn and interact with the NBC crew. The baristas were divided into groups and went straight to the espresso machines. Niki from Team Finland was on the first machine (far right) who started talking about cleaning the machine, […]
Karinga Primary School
Posted: 14/11-2012
The Karinga Primary School is in Kiambu, north west of Nairobi. The principal Paul Kuria greeted us at the entrance together with representatives from the coffee community and the parent group.
Learning more about Kenya
Posted: 12/11-2012
First thing in the morning we met Kennedy one of the green coffee traders for Dorman’s. He explained the Kenyan auction and (direct) trading system. The first auction in Kenya took place in 1935. Today – Kennedy figured that 60 % of Kenyan coffee is traded through the auction while 40% is direct trade. […]
Karibu Kenya (Welcome to Kenya)
Posted: 11/11-2012
First day of the Nordic Barista Cup Field Trip on coming to an end. Who would have thought that this day would give us the possibility to hand feed a giraffe, to stare into the eyes of a buffalo (one of “The Big 5’s”) and to clap elephant orphans on the head… But this trip […]
2012 NRF Open Board Meeting
Posted: 04/11-2012
An open board meeting with participants of the Nordic Roaster Forum discussing this year’s event and how to improve it in the future. With an overview of the Nordic Barista Cup service project and announcing the location of the 2013 Nordic Roaster Forum (Iceland). Read the memo from the open board meeting here
Nordic Roasting Philosophies
Posted: 30/10-2012
Four Nordic roasters discuss their roasting philosophies following an introduction to Cropster. All four participated by roasting the same Kenya, Kapsokisio to be cupped and discussed. The cupping results and ensuing discussion follow the roaster’s introductions. Participating roasters: Johan & Nyström Kaffa Solberg & Hansen Tim Wendelboe Download ppt presentation used in the talk by […]
Kamau Kuria: Working Kenyan Coffee To The Cup
Posted: 25/10-2012
[download presentation slides] Kamau Kuria, Kenya ++ A qualified Agronomist and team oriented business executive, Kamau holds an MBA and a Bachelors degree in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi. He has held various senior positions in the coffee industry from 1988 to date, having started off as a coffee farm manager and rising up […]
Prof. Giorgio Graziosi: Coffee DNA
Posted: 22/10-2012
[download presentation slides] Prof . Giorgio Graziosi, Italy Girogio discusses the complexity of coffee genetics and the impact it has on the characteristics of coffee. ++ Prof . Giorgio Graziosi is Eminent Scholar at the University of Trieste in Italy where he teaches Developmental Genetics. He also teaches “Coffee Genetics” at the International Master ” Coffee […]