July 2009

  1. Cold Brew Coffee Class

    07/14/09 - events

    **Tuesday, July 21st
    Cold Brew**

    Cold water coffee brewing is a method used since the 19th century by the Dutch. It is the reason that today our iced coffee is so sweet, smooth and tasty. Come learn about a great way to brew coffee during the hot summer months.

    **FREE!! 7-8PM No registration necessary; drop-ins welcome
    Hosted by Kelly Price**

  2. New Crop Coffee Tasting

    07/14/09 - events

    Sunday, July 19th

    New Crop Tasting

    This Sunday, come down to taste the lusciousness of fresh crop with James Ryan Adams, Barefoot’s most recently certified Barista! Anything else you might do with your time will simply pale in comparison to the splendor of this tasting.

    **FREE! 11:00am-Noon No registration necessary; drop-ins welcome.
    Hosted by Ryan**

  3. Coffee Class

    07/14/09 - classes

    **Tuesday, July 14th Press Pot Power**

    The press pot, or French Press, is renowned for its ease of use and delicious brew. With Barefoot as your guide, we will walk through the steps of making a press, explore the nuances of what makes it taste great (or not so great), and how to make use of the equipment you already have. Whether its a pot for two or just more for yourself, we’ll show you how to make a delicious brew every time.

    FREE!! 7-8PM No registration necessary; drop-ins welcome

    Hosted by Kelly Price

  4. Farmers Markets- downtown San Jose

    07/13/09 - news

    Barefoot Coffee is freakin excited to be sharing the sweet coffee love at both downtown San Jose farmers markets. The Friday farmers market at San Pedro square every Friday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm the Barefoot goodness will be available at our swank booth. And every tuesday evening from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Tuesday Market at San Jose City Hall.

    We will be serving up samples of four different cold brewed coffees and selling whole bean coffee at both markets. final_leaf_logo

    Come join us and grab some farm fresh produce along with your farm fresh coffee!

  5. Zanottos Markets and Barefoot Coffee

    07/10/09 - news

    **Zanottos Markets San Jose Hometown Heroes**

    Both the downtown and the Rose Garden Zanottos Family Markets are now offering great Barefoot Coffee at retail! That means if you find yourself around San Jose, CA and need to snag some sweet beans you have two new places to get the sweet stuff.

    Zanottos Markets are the family run hometown heroes. They have a great produce section, a fantastic butcher shop and a mind blowing deli. And now they have the best damn coffee in the Bay!

    Stop by and grab a bag of Barefoot coffee today!

    *Zanottos Downtown: 38 S 2nd St, San Jose, CA 95113
    Zanottos Rose Garden: 1988 Naglee Ave, San Jose, CA 95126-1934*

  6. Karindund, Kenya Nyeri

    07/10/09 - COFFEE

    **Karindundu Kenya**

    coffeereview awardKarindundu Washing Station is situated in the heart of Nyeri region in Kenya. This outstanding auction lot is SL28 and SL34 varieties of Bourbon and comes to us from the Karindundu mill 1 km outside the town of Karatina. The coffee was harvested from elevations from 1,800 to 2,000 meters above sea level in the Mt. Kenya lowlands region.

    Region: Nyeri varietal: SL28 and SL34 Bourbon elevation: 2000 masl process: Washed (Kenya double ferment process) Marks: Single Estate, shade grown

    Flavor Notes: Sweet savory decadence, wonderful english toffee flavors throughout, complex raw sugar and rum sweets pop and sizzle. Gentle savory herb notes of sage and celery seed foxtrot with rhubarb pie sweetness with a sweet tart lift, a glorious, long sweet smooth creamy finish. Swoon worthy buttered toffee schwiing!

    Read more here

  7. Bajawa, Flores

    07/10/09 - COFFEE

    **Bajawa Flores - Wongawali co-op**

    Thick and Juicy

    Flores (Portuguese for flowers”) is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. The largest town is Maumere. Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi. Cities:

    • Labuanbajo - launching point for Komodo Island and diving and snorkeling * Ende - lazy capital of the Island and departure point for ferries to West Timor * Maumere - diving/snorkeling center and easiest place to fly in and out of Flores * Riung - diving/snorkeling center * Moni - launching point for trek up Mount Kelimutu * Bajawa - is one of the best areas in Nusa Tenggara to see indigenous architecture in local ethnic minority villages * Ruteng - ethnic minority center interesting local villages There are many languages spoken on the island of Flores, all of them belonging to the Austronesian family. In the centre of the island in the districts of Ngada and Ende there is what is variously called the Central Flores Dialect Chain or the Central Flores Linkage. Within this area there are slight linguistic differences in almost every village. At least six separate languages are identifiable. These are from west to east: Ngadha, Nage, Keo, Ende, Lio and Palu’e, which is spoken on the island with the same name of the north coast of Flores. Locals would probably also add So’a and Bajawa to this list, which anthropologists have labeled dialects of Ngadha. Portuguese traders and missionaries came to Flores in the 16th century, mainly to Larantuka and Sikka. Their influence is still discernible in Sikka’s language and culture.

    Country: Flores Farm/co-op: Wongawali Microlot: Bajawa Harvest year: 2009 Flavor type: Thick and Juicy

    Flavor Notes: Heavy fruit juiciness welcomes you into a deep house trance of islandesque sweetness. Fresh ripe tropical fruits meld with hints of sweet savory thai basil and sweet red peppers. Wonderfully juicy and sweet with a very full face mouthfeel and just the right touch of rounded acidity. It’s heavy and sultry without being overdressed. Trust us, this is a tropical island treat of a coffee. Get your fruit groove on. Farm Overview: Flores is one of the big islands in the Lesser Sunda archipelago. The Bajawa ethnic group mainly inhabits the eastern part of the central highlands, in Ngada District, on the slopes of the Inerie volcano (2,245 m). Fertilizer inputs have almost never been applied by the farmers, other than organic manure and composting. Traditionally the farmers handpick only the mature (red) cherries. After picking the cherry is hand sorted to remove under-ripes.

    Read more here: Bajawa

  8. Tribal Aromas- Papua New Guinea

    07/10/09 - COFFEE

    Tribal Aromas Papua New Guinea

    Sweet and Creamy

    This Papua-New Guinea is grown by the members of Tribal Aromas, a collective of small grower groups in the Chimbu Province, in the Eastern Highlands, a very remote region. The region is almost entirely roadless, and so remote that the coffee must be taken out by airplane, costing the farmers about fifty cents per pound. The coffee is cultivated on small clusters of plots, ranging from .5 to 1 hectare per farmer. Coffee is the only source of cash income for the growers as all other land is used to grow food crops for family consumption. All coffee is shade grown and certified by Australia Certified Organic, accredited by USDA and IFOAM.

    Country: Papua New Guinea Farm/co-op: Tribal Aromas co-op Microlot: Tribal Aromas Harvest year: 2009 Flavor type: Sweet and Creamy

    Flavor Notes: Banana cream pie! With whipped cream! Loaded with ultra sweet and creamy tropical and stone fruits. Papya, plaintain, peaches, cherimoya fruit salad. A round and sensual mouthfeel with liquid acidity and crystal clarity. Astoundingly juicy and clean. Awesome aromas of sweet fruit and flowers. Hints of raw sugar and caramelized pears in the finish. SWEET as LOVE. It’ll make you wanna get naked and dance around a fire.

    Read more here

  9. Copious Coffee Cornucopia

    07/10/09 -

    The coffee drought is over! For the last few weeks as our old harvest coffees drop off we have been in slim pickings coffee variety wise. Over the last two weeks we received and launched three new coffees. And we have another eight coffees arriving and launching over the next 30 days or so!!

    We have a brand new harvest and super sexy sweet Kenya Karindundu that will rock your socks off. And some new origins for us with a new Papua New Guinea Tribal Aromas and a Flores Bajawa bringing up the sweet, sticky and heavy front.

    Check the new ones out now: www.BarefootCoffee.com

    All of our new harvest El Salvadors arrived July 6th and will start launching over the next few weeks. We bought 5 unique lots from Gloria Rodriguez this year and all will be separate and all five are sweet and sexy. We have nine microlots so they will be rolling out a few at a time.

    We also will receive our new harvest El Socorro Y Annexos Bourbon microlot and it will be available in the next few weeks!

    New Harvest Finca Vista Hermosa looks like it will arrive around August timeframe. We have some amazing new microlots from the Martinez family coming.

    Our new harvest Ethiopian Sidamo from Amaro Gayo co-op arrives in the next few weeks as well!

    The online store has been redesigned a bit and should look and function much better. Keep checking out the website for awesome updates.

    For the Love of Coffee!

    Barefoot Coffee Roasters