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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by castaway$
Kinda curious I have never found mexican coffee to be all that great that I would consider importing some, am I missing some special mexican brew?
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you'll find better coffee and coffee joints in bigger cities. in most of baja, you get country fare. you can find some OK baristas in ensenada and
TJ.
for you san diegans, if you like to shop locally (and avoid evils of corporate coffee), try ryan bros coffee, located in the old (original) chuy's
restraunt location in barrio logan.
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Gypsy Jan
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Hi, mtgoat666
Thanks.
I want to check it out!
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
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\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
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Quit drinking coffee a year or so ago. Don't miss it. Tea is better. Water is more better, and it's free.
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Sello Rojo is the good stuff - Rincon Colombiano, Rosarito Beach
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You can definitely bring coffee back into the U.S., beans or ground. I just brought about 5 kilos of it back from Veracruz.
There is a growing specialty coffee scene in Tijuana, brewing and serving more than just Mexican grown beans. Check out Caffe Sospeso in TJ. You pick it (the variety you want, not the actual bean), they brew it
[Edited on 10-19-2011 by Kalypso]
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Kalypso
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
for you san diegans, if you like to shop locally (and avoid evils of corporate coffee), try ryan bros coffee, located in the old (original) chuy's
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Big thumbs up for Ryan Brothers. Excellent well, sourced and well roasted coffee
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I'd like to throw in Cafe Moto as an excellent supplier of coffee and teas in the San Diego area.
2619 National Ave
San Diego , CA 92113
Founded by Bob Sinclair, some of you will know of the Pannikin coffee shops in town. He was the one responsible for those stores, well before
Starbucks and others.
He was an avid traveler to Mexico and Latin America and collected folk art, and Native American art as well. His collection of antique Motorcycles
required several buildings in downtown San Diego to house. I am proud to have had the honor of knowing him.
He tragically died this year in a Motorcycle accident in Taos, NM.
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I buy 50 kilos at a time of a Dark Roast Organic Oaxacan Coffee bean produced by a little company called Maravilla, and I sell it pretty fast. I have
tested about 20 different coffee's in Coatepec Vera Cruz, (capital of coffee in Mexico), I have never found a coffee to compare with the quality of
Maravilla.
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We always bring Trader Jose's French Roast on camping trips---works great, especially with a little salt flavor from washing the coffee cups in the
ocean. never been asked about coffee north or southbound.
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Hi Ken
Just exactly where is Rincon Columbiano? Drove the Popotla Blvd. today and must have missed it. The only thing new that I saw was a very big sign
for a wine tasting store.
[Edited on 10-20-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Barry A.
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A tip---------
Buy your coffee soon------I heard tonight that the coffee crop was hurt bad in Central America by rains, thus the prices are going to soar. Same for
peanuts and peanut butter------crop all but wiped out in the south by the drought.
Your welcome.
Barry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Eli
I buy 50 kilos at a time of a Dark Roast Organic Oaxacan Coffee bean produced by a little company called Maravilla, and I sell it pretty fast. I have
tested about 20 different coffee's in Coatepec Vera Cruz, (capital of coffee in Mexico), I have never found a coffee to compare with the quality of
Maravilla. |
Eli,
I have imported coffee from Costa Rica as well as Mexico (Oaxaca)...my Google search for Maravilla only pops up for Nicaraguan and Guatemalan
coffee....is that your source?
Don't believe everything you think....
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Eli
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Nope, this Maravilla is Oaxcan coffee grown near to coast, the company is family based, so tiny, I am not surpised they don't show up on Goggle. My 50
kilo order is their big one for the year.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
A tip---------
Buy your coffee soon------I heard tonight that the coffee crop was hurt bad in Central America by rains, thus the prices are going to soar. Same for
peanuts and peanut butter------crop all but wiped out in the south by the drought.
Your welcome.
Barry |
Great idea but older news....coffee prices here started climbing 3-4 months ago....haven't checked out the peanut butter yet but expect the
same....funny how once they go up on a crisis, those prices stay stubbornly high.......kinda like gasoline/diesel....
[Edited on 10-20-2011 by Sweetwater]
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Wow this is a hot topic, glad I started it!
I dont like coffee at all, I am a tea drinker. I was thinking of bringing back coffee for my grown kids. It seems like there's a 50/50 split on this
topic.
What's the thoughts on tea? I like it strong and flavourful, not like dishwater that you get in many restaurants here in Ontario, Canada.
Thanks for the replies! 
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