Things are cooling of on the coast as per normal for this time of year. Coming into winter we hear a lot of people complaining about the cold mornings shorter days etc.. but we embrace the cool change, for us it means better surf conditions, crisp clear days lightly scattered with those slightly overcast colder days which are quite obviously designed for drinking coffee! And lets not forget the roasting room becomes a cozy little patch of heaven as we continue to churn out batch after batch of quality roasts. We often get asked if things slow down over winter to which we promptly answer "no", but on looking at it all a little more closely I guess you could say things do slow a little, in fact just enough to still the chaos and allow us to catch up on all the little details that can often get missed in the hustle and bustle of holiday seasons. We have from the very beginning been determined that our business was not going to be one ruled by the hope before and the disappointment after holiday season, so we set up in a manner that is mostly aimed at our local population by researching the local market thoroughly before and continuing to do so even now as we mould and innovate business with the growth of this beautiful town.  There is literally no place we would rather be than Moruya, and if you stop long enough to check your surroundings you won't blame us :) . So I guess in a nutshell we are welcoming yet another South Coast Winter with high spirits and are excited to sea how these cooler months pan out! As Big Dog often says "It's not cold it's just your attitude towards it"

Well after traveling to Panama late in 2016 to see what all the fuss was about regarding Panama Geisha Coffee we have been able to make a well informed decision on where this particular coffee sits on a scale of 1-best. Obviously "the best"coffee can not simply be determined by facts and spreadsheets alone as coffee is such a personal experience and everyone has a unique set of taste buds and olfactory sensors which automatically means that there will be different opinions on this subject. Also peoples personal experience with a particular growing region, country of origin and cafe/coffee outlet will most of the time change ones perspective of a particular product. The above no doubt being the reason that I personally am so taken by this coffee. I mean you fly into a beautiful place like Panama, visit the Miraflores Canal de Panama maybe take a boat ride to the rainforest where your boat becomes the amusement park of monkeys, then fly to the city of David (panama) drive up into the foothills to a bustling little town known as Boquete and then on into the mountains to coffee plantations which are sprawled out amongst the trees and across the mountains. Meet the plantation owners who warmly welcome you, sit through dinner with you and share some beautiful Argentinian wines by the open fire before touring and getting to know the plantation the following morning. So you can see how one can fall in love with this fairytale like place. then with all that pumping through your senses you sit at a cupping table some 1800m above see level and for the first time sip at Panama Geisha Coffee, Of course its going to be the best thing you have ever tasted! I guess the real test comes when you have to leave this amazing place and head home to the usual hustle bustle and stresses of everyday work and life and keeping a cafe running in a ever growing and competitive market, then your order arrives and once again you test the product will it measure up? Well in this case I was surprised to find it exactly how I remembered it just as good and unique as up on that mountain, and at this point we made the call that this is simply one of the best coffees in the market place to date. Let me explain what makes this coffee a stand out from any other coffees I have tried to date: Panama Geisha has a superbly high level of stone fruit sweetness combined with a delicate tart acidity of peach, beautiful jasmine notes and a clean crisp aftertaste, its mouthfeel is extremely smooth and well balanced. 

So on a scale of 1-best we rate it "simply the best"