Iron Chef America - Episode 8 of Season 6 (2008) Show # IA0610 featured coffee beans as the secret ingredient. I didn't see the episode, but I understand Cat Cora used a Florida coffee and that there was little or no evidence of specialty coffee knowledge. Did anyone see this?
Iron Chef Cat Cora's Dishes
Coffee and Breakfast
Coffee Smoked Diver Sea Scallops
Coffee and Salt Dough Baked NY Squab
Coffee Braised Black Mission Figs with Robiola Cheese
Deconstructed Tiramisu
Layered Espresso and Mocha Panna Cotta
Challenger Ken Oringer's Dishes
Cassolette of Lobster and Sea Urchin
Slow cooked Egg with Parsley Root, Coffee Puree and Coffee Glazed Mushrooms
Black Truffle and Coffee Fondue
Venison Confit
Milk Chocolate and Coffee Geode
Espresso Cotton Candy
Well, here's a very simple one I'm working on this week-
We have a simple espresso blend at the moment, just Brazil Yellow Bourbon Natural roasted to first crack +4 minutes at 419 degrees- and Guatemala FTO Maya Ixil roasted to 1st + 4:30 at 421, then blended. It comes out peanut butter and jelly. I love it.
We're working on some simple white bread- homemade roasted/salted/ground peanut butter, couldn't be simpler, and grape preserves- farmer's market. Start with the shot, finish with a small sandwich.
Also- we'll be holding a contest for the next few weeks- the "sprobama" versus the "maverick"
Each time a 'sprobama' is ordered- $1.00 goes to Obama for president, each time a 'maverick is ordered, $1.00 to McCain.
Will post photos and results.
Also- I uploaded some good macro photos of Espresso pouring- at 2x real-size. Good detail, especially of my ancient spouts. They have since been replaced. :)
I would reccomend a Baratza grinder (http://www.baratza.com/) instead of pre grinding. These are solid home grinders that can easily make the transition to a light commercial use decaf espresso grinder. You can get them from $150-450, but they i thi…
what i've found is that the problem isn't traditional drip brewing - it's the airpots. anything sitting for more than half an hour gets funky tasting. if i brew a 2.2 litre airpot of our colombian at 60g/l and taste it immediately, it's really nice.…
Almost forgot Organic Products Trading (optco) Smaller offerings but good people and they get some good coffees in.
I have also read great things about sustainable harvest but haven't ordered.
Getting a box of new samples from any of these places is…
For Sale: rebadged La Spaziale EP 1-Group small commercial/large prosumer espresso machine.
This beautiful semi-automatic espresso machine is about two years old and is in pristine condition inside and out. I purchased it from a fellow CG'er last…
I've got just enough regular decaf drinkers that I can't really eliminate it (as much as I'd love to, but these are the kind of customers that have been coming in for 16 years, so...). Yeah, I'm looking at the schematics now, and I'm thinking I can…
Atlas in Seattle. Craig is a q grade trainer and one of the more knowledgeable coffee guys I've met. Also Zephyr, (I deal with the Seattle office.) I haven't tried shrub but I like the concept.
keith pettigrew, an australian barista judge who trained me a bit in australia, told me to use espresso within 3 minutes of it being ground. that rule has never failed me. i dropped $1500 on an extra k-10 for decaf and it was worth every penny. to b…
excellent suggestions so far, i emailed the links to the roaster and we'll see what he thinks. this is the stuff i really dig - i'm never going to be able to taste every coffee but having specific information about the coffees i do taste helps so mu…
I have worked in a shop that did this, and even if you grind the decaf and take it straight to the machine, you still can't dial it in to pull decent shots. It would be better to have a cheaper lower volume grinder to dedicate to decaf if you are wo…