Just a few trivia questions to get your brain churning...

The First Question:  I'd give these grounds a blue ribbon, personally. One of the most expensive and sought after beans, this mild brew is produced high on an island mountain. Due to its rarity, it is usually found blended into "high mountain" beans. Regardless of its bean purity, it is still smooth and mild in the cup, not a knock-it-out cold type of jolt.

Possible Answers:

1.  Hawaii

2.  Indonesia

3.  Madagascar

4.  Jamaica Blue

The Second Question:  Hailing from an Indonesian island, this bean is prone to over-roasting. In the raw, the bean is fat and green, but it dries to a dark green. After drying, roasting begins and the best grounds come from a "mottled" appearance on the bean. Due to the majority of these beans being hand-picked and processed, this earthy brew is prone to inconsistency from cup-to-cup.

Possible Answers:

1.  Borneo

2.   Cuba

3.   Sumatra

4.   Malaysia

The Third Question:  Carried to South America by the Jesuits, this country exploded in coffee production as the cultivation of coffee was actually given as a penance during confession by the local clergy. Sneaky priests must have known that the climate was perfect for producing consistent beans with a distinct taste. Between the coffee and the blow, pick your poison.

Possible Answers:

1.   Chile

2.   Colombia

3.   Mexico

4.   Venezuela

The Fourth and Final Question:  Bom dia! The world's largest producer of coffee, this South American country grows beans in vast quantities in the south. The majority of its beans are used by American companies Sara Lee and Kraft foods (owners of Maxwell House). Legend has it that the earliest plants were charmed from the First Lady of French Guiana by an envoy from the government.

Possible Answers:

1.   Suriname

2.    Ecuador

3.    Brazil

4.    Uruguay

Answers:

1.  Jamaica's history with the bean is lengthy. Introduced to the island from Martinique in 1728, the soils and altitude produce mild beans in small quantities.

2. Coffee was introduced to Sumatra by the Dutch in the 18th Century. The coffee cherries are picked by hand and often dried on the ground (thus the earthy hints it sometimes carries).

3.  Coffee production in Colombia is often traced to the Spanish Jesuit priest, José Gumilla, who carried the beans there around 1730 AD.

4.  The earliest coffee planted in Brazil was documented in 1727. The coffee plantations largely used slave labor, with 1.5 million slaves working the fields until slavery was outlawed in 1850. At this point, European immigrants took up the bulk of the plantation work.

 Now wasn't that a good beginning to your month???  I know, I know...you have had better! :o)  But WELCOME to May 2014 and be glad in it!!!  Thanks for taking some of your time to read this small bit of news from a friend...there is more, don't you know?

 Breaking News...............................

The Alpaca Bean Coffee Company, LLC is experiencing a shutdown...this news comes to you from a planted leak in the foundation for knowledge surrounding this 10 year old company established in the state of Georgia...codename Coffeeleaks.

Our news source, Coffeeleaks, has informed us that the company known as The Alpaca Bean was last seen boarding the Good Ship Lollipop accompanied by a short curly haired little girl that went by the name of Shirley...and rumor has it that it will be the end of May 2014 before it will be allowed to again grace the solid ground of Georgia.  Coffeeleaks has maintained his/her cover and will be getting back to us for an update in time for the eleven o'clock report so stay tuned!

Reality

The Alpaca Bean Coffee Online store will be closed during the month of May 2014, but will reopen the first day of June 2014 ready and excited about filling your coffee orders.

On a Personal Note

 Confessions of a coffeeman....

Well, I have to admit...I do not like Putin!  There I have said it...I know there are good Putins some where, but the Putin I have heard too much from lately is just a little too, too...you know?  He seems to delight in shoveling out manure and telling folks that it really is chocolate ice cream...it is somewhat scary because it looks like some folks are believing that ice cream stuff.

I do not know where that came from...but it is true.  You know there are not too many folks I really do not like...maybe that comes from growing up in, or near, a variety of small to medium size towns, getting to know that most folks cared for all the kids they came in contact with on a daily or regular basis.  

Now, I think I told you all about the haunted house my family lived in when I was a wee lad of around seven or so.  You see it was a house that we could rent for not a bunch of money...which was good 'cause about that time my family was regrouping financially after losing about everything.  Well, there was this family cemetery right there by the house and I swear on some stormy nights you could hear some pretty clear moans coming from just outside our windows.  Thank goodness us kids slept on the upper floor just out of reach of those moaning ghosts.

But that is not where I am going with this story...you see my bro Roy and I wandered all over the country side doing stuff that good ol' country kids did back then.  We went out to the old barn and had a good ol' time up in the loft...we went everywhere with bare feet that got so tuff that we could actually walk across broken glass without cutting them...we learned how to not get lost no matter where we wandered...and we often chased our neighbors cows just for the fun of it!  That is where we almost made a fatal mistake...you see, cows will run from little fellas for a while...then eventually they get tired and decide those two little fellas are a lot smaller than they are and they turn the tables, so to speak.

Now, if you can picture two little fellas, one nine and one almost seven chasing big ol' bossies across a field until they get well beyond the protection of any fences nearby...then the bossies decide that they indeed are the bosses of the pasture...lordy now that was scary!  Made that ol' grave yard look pretty tame even in the worse of storms!

Luckily we made it out of that pasture...came right up in the rear of our farmer neighbor's home.  We would have snook on by that big ol' whitewashed house except the lady of the house was a really sweet, dear person that thought Roy and I had again come down just to visit a while.  Yep, she saw us a running and panting and called us to come on up on her big front porch to sit a spell and enjoy some fresh baked tea cakes she had just taken out of the oven.  Ah yes, I can still taste her home made lemonade and those big ol' tea cakes made just for little guys like the two that sat there with our neighbor lady...I still wonder if she saw us chasing her cows that bright morning?

Yes, like I was saying...most folks during that time were pretty special, and it got me to thinking, rightfully so I believe, that most folks are still pretty special in their own way.  The only ones I have a problem with are those that go out of their way to be more than they are, you know who I am speaking of don't you?  The uppity, in your face, I am the most important person in the room people...kinda like Putin...

I think that ol' boy needs to be asked to come on up on our porch for some good ol' The Alpaca Bean Coffee and Tea Cakes...don't you know?  You know I need to talk to Jude about making some tea cakes now that I think of it...boy would that be good with Alpaca Bean Coffee...especially if Putin wasn't around...even if you can see him from Alaska!

 Until later....... 

Peace,

The Coffeeman

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