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Maui .... WOWIE!

green still on the tree :)

"Delicious, toasted, goodness. "

"This is BETTER than Thanksgiving dinner!!"

"It's like peanut butter & Nutella."

Maui is our newest coffee we are roasting at Lexington Coffee & Tea, and delicious is the adjective to describe it. Let us tell you about it ....

•  Its grown 300-1200 feet above sea level
• It grows in a tropical climate with cooling tradewinds and volcanicaly rich soil
• It is grown in the USA, so all workers receive fair wages and fair working conditions
• It is harvested from September to February every year
• The workers earn fair wages and have safe state and federally monitored working conditions

the coffee plantation

BEANS

This exceptionally wonderful coffee is now being roasted and sold at Coffee Times. Try some, maybe you'll have a different experience then the people quoted above. We promise this ... it isn't disapointing, because this Maui really is WOWIE!! :)

 

I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.

T.S. Eliot

DIY

Do-It-Yourself projects are so popular, not to mention most of them are crafty, good ideas that help conserve and actually doing it yourself (instead of spending money to have it already made for you) is rewarding. Here are some good, fresh coffee DIY projects to keep your summer days cool and creative. Below we've posted some of our favorite recipes for coffee additives like creamer, syrups, cold brewed coffee, and liqueur. Enjoy your coffee how every you like it with your homemade goodness.

French Vanilla Creamer:
What you'll need is ...

• 1- 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
• 14 oz. whole, low-fat, or skim milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• one container, Mason Jars work well

Combine all in the Mason Jar and shake vigorously until its all mixed up, and VOILA you have creamer. You can also add whatever flavoring you want if you prefer something other than vanilla.

Flavored syrups:
For these syrups there is a basic recipe with water and sugar, all the flavors are actually from the fruit, nut, etc you want to flavor with. So the basic recipe is ...
1 cup water to 1 cup sugar
combine all ingredients together in saucepan
heat till everything is melted
simmer for 10-15 mins.
let cool.

 VANILLA :

• put the sugar and water together
• Get a vanilla bean and split it in half and scrap all the pods out of the bean with a kitchen knife.

You can store it in anything you want, in the picture they've put each flavor in an oil dispenser.

RASPBERRY:

• same water/sugar ratios
• 3/4 cups of fresh raspberries

The method is the same, expect you'll need to strain the mixture before putting it in a jar to remove the seed from the raspberries.

COCONUT:

• same water/sugar ratios
• 1/4 cup cream of coconut ***
• 2 teaspoons coconut extracts

*** Cream of Coconut is usually found in the cocktail sections of the grocery stores, its used a lot in mixed drinks ***

CARAMEL:

• same water/sugar ratio
• 1/4 cup caramel sauce (you can use actual sauce or make your own by boiling a can of sweetened condensed milk)

This liqueur tastes like a cup of coffee with a little rum flavor, yummy for your summer mixed drinks and just enough sugar to be a sweet treat.

Liqueur recipe ...
Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup of fine ground coffee
• 2- 1/4 cups water divided
• 1/4 cup turbinado sugar (raw sugar)
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1 1/2 cups light rum

Method:

• Cold brew the coffee by combining the ground and 1 1/4 cups of water into a sealable glass jar, shaking it, the refrigerating the mixture for 12 hours. Strain through a coffee filter into another sealable jar. 
• Combine the sugar and 1 cup of water in a pot and bring it to a boil. Remove it from the heat and let the syrup cool at room temperature.
• Add cooled syrup, vanilla bean, and rum to the glass jar that contains the coffee. Let that mixture steep for 3 days. Remove the vanilla bean and bottle the liqueur. Enjoy! :)
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good grounds and gardening

Having a garden is one of my goals every year, not that I always follow through with that endeavor, but I do enjoy it. Planting and growing food is amazing- watching the tiny seed poke its head through the dirt and grow into an edible, delicious vegetable is rewarding. Since coffee is what we do I wanted to give some easy, helpful gardening tips that is related to coffee but is also helpful in gardening ... two things I enjoy the most!!

What do you do with grinds after you've made coffee?

Coffee grinds can always be added to your compost. Although coffee appears acidic its actually beneficial to your soil, it adds nitrogen to it which most plants need to survive. In some cases spreading coffee grinds at the base of some plants, or making a caffeine spray with coffee and water, can help keep bugs away too. Bugs don't like caffeine.

                                                                                                                                                        And what about filters? Filters can be used in your garden as well ... the paper filter will disintegrate in your compost. You can also use filters in the bottom of your flower pots to help with water drainage, and it works!!

Eco friendly ideas for your coffee waste and filters too.

Happy Summer and gardening!!

 to research composting grounds more click here ...