News & NotesFriday January 19th, 2007 New Crop Los Sauces, Colombia is back. For twenty years Maria Santos Montilla Cerón has grown, harvested and processed coffee, as well as other crops, on her small farm in the mountains of Cauca, Colombia. She is an exceptional woman. Widowed for many years, she lives alone, with one permanent employee; a daughter helps her out. Her production is miniscule. No herbicides or pesticides are used. She applies mostly organic fertilizer using chicken manure and compost from her farm. Read More... News & Notes from December Friday December 9th, 2006 Triumphal return of Colombian coffees, new crop. We just received today our first shipment of new crop Colombian coffees. We lead off with the best of them – a special for the Holidays. The 42 acre El Placer Farm won the coveted 2006 Cup of Excellence Presidential Award, scoring over 90 points, a rare feat. Read More... News & Notes from November Friday November 10th, 2006 Terroir Coffee’s exclusive lot of Mamuto Farm received 96 points last week from Ken David’s Coffee Review, the world’s leading coffee buying guide. This is the first time this review has given a score over 95 points since it was established, over ten years ago. Read More... News & Notes from October, Issue 2 Friday October 27th, 2006 El Injerto put a lot of attention into producing a very special tiny lot for Cup of Excellence this year and commandingly took 1st prize for its effort. The cup is simply pristine. Refined acidity, hints of sweet jasmine, peach, sweet lime and tropical fruit. Read More... News & Notes from October Friday October 6th, 2006 Last month we featured the Ethiopia Yirgacheffe as our espresso of the month. It received exceptional raves from our customers, and so we have decided to make it a permanent selection. The Yirgacheffe makes extra creamy smooth-textured espresso with floral, nutmeg and the subtlest ginger notes cradled in chocolate and praline. Read More... News & Notes from September Friday September 15th, 2006 We are pleased to announce the release of our Kenya new-crop grand cru, Mamuto Farm, which serves as a wonderful replacement for our Tegu. Kenya is the only country in the world which auctions all of its coffee production. Mamuto fetched the highest price from the expert exporters of Kenya for this year’s crop and for good reason. We bought it all. It is a powerhouse of sweet aromatic blackberry and black currant flavor. Read More... News & Notes from August, 2nd Issue Friday August 25th, 2006 Ethiopian Yirgacheffe has returned and is available immediately. It is grown at over 6,000 feet by the Addis Ketema Cooperative which has over 2000 farms averaging 3.4 acres each. This very smooth coffee is infused with whispers of candy lemon, ripe apricot and a mellow trace of ginger. Read More... News & Notes from August Friday August 4th, 2006 We are happy to announce that we have chosen coffee from the Mira Valle farm for our August espresso of the month. This specific tiny lot won the Cup of Excellence Presidential Award, receiving an overall score of over 90 from a distinguished international panel of judges. As an espresso it is a beautifully structured coffee with deep bittersweet vanilla-tinged chocolate, walnuts, cantaloupe melon and caramel. Read More... News & Notes from July Friday July 14th, 2006 Get out your calendars, because Friday, July 28th marks our our next Open House. Come join George and the staff at Terroir for free hot and iced coffee drinks, and a coffee tasting. Space is limited, so please call 866-GHH-JAVA to RSVP. Read More... News & Notes from June Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Coffee spotlight - A terrific coffee is nearing its end. And, it just got here! Maria Santos' modest 79 acre farm, Los Sauces, is perched at over 6,200 feet, in the Cauca department of the Colombian Andes, a little over 15 miles from the gorgeous colonial city of Popayan. Read More... News & Notes from May Friday, May 19th, 2006 Arguably the finest Colombian coffee ever offered on the market, the El Aguacate, Narino was the #1 prize winner and Presidential Award Winner in the Colombia Cup of Excellence. The El Aguacate has an exquisitely delicate floral green apple aroma, structured with a complex intertwining of honeyed tropical fruit flavors and balanced with dark chocolate. This incredible, limited release coffee, is available exclusively online from Terroir now. We will be roasting the El Aguacate on Monday May 22nd and will roast only enough for the orders we have received by 9am on Monday. Read More... News & Notes from April Thursday, April 20th, 2006 Join George this Saturday April 22nd (10am – 12pm) for a casual coffee tasting. In case you haven’t been there yet, Gulu Gulu has an inviting setting with couches, dining room tables, and artwork displayed from local artists; and, they feature movies and an open mike nights. Reservations are requested for this event, so please call 617-848-5967 for more details. Read More... News & Notes from March Tuesday, March 16th, 2006 For 20 years, Maria Santos has grown and harvested coffee in the hills of Colombia. Now eighty years old, she lives on Los Sauces with one permanent employee and receives regular help from one of her daughters. Despite having been a widow for those years, her hard work and effort has produced this amazing coffee. The Los Sauces is wonderfully balanced, smooth yet lively with a burst of tangerine that sweetly disappears. Read More... News & Notes from February Wednesday February 15th, 2006 We are happy to announce that in the last month, we have been featured in both the Food & Wine Magazine and the New York Times. In the March issue of Food & Wine Magazine's "Taste Test" column, Terroir was featured as one of the top 5 boutique roasters in the United States. Read More... News & Notes from January Tuesday January 24th, 2006 In an on-going effort to work directly with the farmers and promote the production of fine-quality coffees, George is traveling to Guatemala to visit the El Injerto farm in the Huehuetenango region. When George returns, there will be photos and notes about his experiences on our website. Read More... Open House Reminder and a New Coffee from Colombia Thursday January 5th, 2006 Come join us on January 7th for our first Saturday Open House & Seminar with George Howell. From 9am to 11am, George will host a 'Coffee 101' seminar following the path coffee takes from the tree to your cup. Space is limited, so please call and register in advance. After the seminar, from 11am to 1pm, our doors will be open to all who want to try our coffee and chat with George. Read More... Holiday Greetings and Last Minute Gifts from Terroir Monday December 19th, 2005 Join us on Saturday, January 7th for a free Coffee Seminar and Open House with George Howell. From 9am to 11am, join George for 'Coffee 101'. Learn about how coffee is grown, harvested, and processed and learn all about what's in your cup with tastings! Space is limited for the seminar, so please register in advance to guarantee a seat. From 11am to 1pm, the doors will open to those who want to visit, taste and chat (no reservations required). To join the free seminar, please call 866-GHH-JAVA. Read More... News & Notes from December Tuesday November 29th, 2005 Our gift samplers are now available just in time for the holidays. We've assembled an exciting selection of gift sets that will bring holiday joy to the coffee lovers in your life. Choose from sets including Kenyas, Americas, Africas, Sumatras, Decafs, and Espressos. Read More... News & Notes from November, Issue 2 Tuesday November 15th, 2005 As some of you may have noticed already, we released a redesign of our website on Friday. The new design should make your shopping experience with Terroir faster and easier. We would love to here what you think, so if you have any feedback or suggestions, please do not hesitate to either email us at info@terroircoffee.com or give us a call at (866) 444-5282. Read More... News & Notes from November Tuesday November 1st, 2005 Espresso Open House with George Howell - Join us on November 11 (Veteran’s Day) for an Open House featuring espresso education and espresso drinks with George. Come visit Terroir between 9am and Noon and enjoy a complimentary espresso to start your day. Read More... News & Notes from October Thursday October 13th, 2005 This month, George Howell will be an honored guest for a book release gala in Amsterdam. George wrote the forward for the new book El Camino del Café by Olaf Hammelburg (which is currently written in Dutch but will be translated to English next year). Read More... News & Notes from September Wednesday September 14, 2005 Join Terroir for Hurricane relief. On Sunday September 25th, Terroir will be serving coffee beverages at the Boston Chefs BBQ for Hurricane Katrina survivors in Sharon, MA. All proceeds will be going to the Red Cross to help with the recovery effort. Read More... News & Notes from August Wednesday August 17, 2005 If you have students in your life heading off to school, don't let them leave home without a daily dose of Terroir Coffee. Sign them up for regular shipments of Terroir and give them regular reminders of home plus a little caffeine to maximize your investment in their education. It's easy to sign them up on our Coffee Club. Read More... News & Notes from July Thursday July 21, 2005 Please join George Howell (“Come as you are, bathrobe or business suit,” says George) and the staff at Terroir for an Open House on Friday 7/29 from 8am to 10am. This time, we invite you in the morning so you can enjoy a complimentary coffee or an espresso drink (on us, of course) before you head out for the day. Read More... Iced Coffee Contest Wednesday June 22, 2005 Do you love iced coffee? We'd love to hear your creative ways of serving and drinking your coffee in the summer months. Email your recipes, basic or creative, to James at james@terroircoffee.com and you might win a prize from Terroir. Read More... Happy Father's Day Thursday June 9, 2005 Don't forget that June 19th is Father's Day. Terroir has many brewers and accessories in addition to our terrific variety of single origin coffees. Make this Father's Day memorable with a gift from Terroir. Read More... First Open House next week Tuesday May 24, 2005 Terroir will be having an Open House on Friday June 3rd between 11am and 1pm at its Acton Headquarters. George Howell will be present to answer questions regarding the coffee industry. Read More... Terroir on the Chronicle Tuesday May 10, 2005 On Thursday April 28th, Terroir was featured on Channel 5's Chronicle (in the New England area) with an interview with George Howell, President and Founder, as well as an in-depth look at Terroir's revolutionary storage system. Our thanks go to Clint Conley and everyone at the Boston Chronicle for visiting us and for doing such a great job on producing the piece. Read More... International Barista Championship Friday April 29, 2005 This past weekend Troels Poulsen won The World Barista Championship using Terroir's North Italian Style Espresso. National champions from 36 nations converged in Seattle, WA to compete for the World Barista Champion title. Read More... New Coffees from Rwanda and Ethiopia Wednesday January 5, 2005 Rwanda is an exciting newcomer to the quality coffee market. Just how exciting becomes apparent when drinking for the first time the exceptional lot of coffee we have purchased from the Karaba Cooperative. Read More... The best espresso, now better! Wednesday May 5, 2004 Our Daterra Farm North and South Italian Espressos are revelations of how far single-origin espressos can go in clarity (a prerequisite for true complexity), complexity, richness, body, depth and persistence. Read More... Revolutionizing Freshness Wednesday May 5, 2004 The minute green coffee has been dried and made ready for export it starts to age, and then to deteriorate. If the coffee has not been dried to the correct percentage–which is hard to do in humid climates–or properly dried, it will deteriorate rapidly and within weeks to a few months lose everything. Read More... |
