HIGH RISE COFFEE in Historic Old Colorado City! (Colorado Springs)
January 8, 2005
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High Rise Coffee, baby!
How to get there: The address is 2421 W. Cucharras, which is one block south of Colorado Avenue in Old Colorado City. Also, their web address is HighRiseCoffee.com. |
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John greeted me and proudly stood by a retail counter of coffee beans. |
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I tried the complimentary coffee of the day, a blend from Uganda ... |
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... and let me tell you, it was heaven to my taste buds! |
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Then Andrew took me in the back to show me how he roasts their coffee beans. |
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First of all, notice how small the beans are compared to the average roasted brown coffee bean. The beans are smaller and expand during the heating process.
Also, those huge sacks of raw coffee beans are really, really, really heavy! :-{p |
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Now here's the actual roasting machine, which looks a bit like a locomotive
train. |
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The beans go inside the large funnel. |
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The beans are roasted at nearly 400 degrees. After about 10 to 15 minutes, the beans (left) started to turn orange, and by the end, they (right) were dark brown! |
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Then, Andrew dropped all of the beans into a round tray that cools the beans. Look at them spilling out! ;) |
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Cool air from the bottom and a rotating sifter helps cool off the beans. |
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Then the beans are poured into a bucket and will soon be ready to be packaged. |
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Ta da! Andrew shows off the final product! |
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Now High Rise Coffee does quite a bit of wholesale sales, but they also do retail, including a bunch of teas. |
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A Colombian coffee bag!
Here are all my coffee-related pages:
Non-Dairy Creamer, Mocha Spill
Pajama Party at Spice of Life Cafe, Steve Vomits at Starbucks
Starbucks Worker, Business Card at Starbucks
Coffee Table at Pikes Perk, Passive Aggression at Cafe |
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Look at the gifts Andrew gave me!
I got: Two bags of coffee (Timor Aifu and Mexican Oaxacan), two bags of tea (Dragonwell green tea and Rooibos herbal blend), two syrups (raspberry and hazlenut) and a French press coffee maker. Thank you Andrew! :) |
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Andrew challenged me to a game of darts and after hitting the triple 13, it was all over in 401. It kind of reminded me of the time I destroyed Jae in Scrabble and got the high score on Ms. Pac Man. ;) |
