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Every morning when I'm not on the road, prior to performing 100 one-handed push ups (Jack Palance) style, I make my cup of morning Joe. Generally, I have a new blend from one of the many favorite joints and roasters I've seen throughout my years on the road. Lately, I've been ordering most of my coffee (mail order) from Counter Culture. For me, it doesn't get any better than this. These guys and gals eat, sleep and breathe coffee and all the nuances around it.
According to their website:
Since our founding in 1995, Counter Culture Coffee has represented a new way of bringing coffee to market: sourcing the greatest handcrafted coffees in the world directly from the farmers themselves, celebrating the farms and cultures that create those coffees, and roasting skillfully to bring out their delicious, unique flavors. We celebrate these great coffees as the fresh, seasonal fruits they are, and we only sell coffee at the peak of flavor and freshness. Thus, our selection of coffees will grow and change as we find other spectacular coffees to share. Our seasonal selection of single-origin coffees, microlots, and handcrafted blends are, to us, the quintessential coffee experiences and the best expressions of coffee’s diverse traditions and origins.
These folks are just passionate, brilliant coffee people that care about the bean, farmers and process. It truly doesn't get any better than this. One of my favorite coffees right now is Burundi. For those of you coffee beginners, Burundi is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. It has an estimated population of almost 8,700,000 and it's capital is Bujumbura. Although the country is landlocked, much of the southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika.
Burundi coffee is known for it's bright and clean finish with some citrus notes and slight floral after tones. Counter Culture describes Burundi as a crisp white wine - sweet, clean and light.
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So, if you have the opportunity, hop on over to Counterculture.com and give this coffee a try. You won't be disappointed. If you are, well, you just crazy mon. (Irish-Jamaican accent)
