BITTER Coffee in Medellin

ColombiaBoard says on Jul 27, 2006, 09:47:

Try the OMA coffe shops Oma sells excellente coffee, buy the bags of beans they sell. Hopefully that'll be better.

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oldbongo says on Jul 27, 2006, 09:51:

la bastilla... may not be the most expensive,..
but is the only one served in the best hotel.
bueno hasta la ultima gota.
good to the last drop.

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Miguel says on Jul 27, 2006, 10:07:

tejasmarcos In general, the "good stuff" gets exported. I can buy fresher Colombian coffee a quarter of a mile from my house here in the States than I can in a coffee specialty shop in Barranquilla. A good friend of mine is a coffee buyer and taster who clued me in to this. I bought a bag of "alleged" top shelf coffee in a shop in Barranquilla and another in Bogotá and had him taste them. Both, in his opinion, were between 3 and 4 months old.

Talk to the locals, and find a coffee farm that sells it right off the finca. There is a hotel in Barranquilla that gets it's beans directly from several growers in the eje cafetero.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 27, 2006, 10:12:

I don't like coffe made in all those fancy places they are too strong for me I rather prefer the old cafeteria in the corner, my favourite brand is Aguila Roja it's quite smooth and second best I agree with Oldy Bongy La Bastilla.

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tejasmarcos says on Jul 27, 2006, 10:15:

i've heard that before, miguel. europe gets all the best beans and the usa gets what's left. i think you are right in suggesting i find the beans coming direct from the farm. when they are "fresh", they look oily and the molido (ground) tends to clump a little bit because it is "stuck" together due in part to all the oil from the beans.

anybody know where to find farm fresh beans in Medellin?

* me novia's parents have told me that there are 1 or 2 coffee bean roasting plants here in Medellin. think this would be a place to look?

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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Miguel says on Jul 27, 2006, 10:32:

tejasmarcos Tienes que buscar una finca cuando estás escuchando la cancion "moliendo cafe".

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Miguel says on Jul 27, 2006, 11:34:

sip There you go.

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MacGringo says on Jul 27, 2006, 13:07:

I brought back some fresh coffee from a farm in Gacheta along with 8 packs of Panela. The coffee was just packed in like plastic sandwich boxes. I got searched at Bogota, searched and questioned at Newark and searched at Glasgow.
You should have seen the 5 guys gathering round the monitor at the scanner in Newark, on the monitor it must have looked like I was the dumbest smuggler yet and I had just thrown two plastic boxes of coke and 8 blocks of hash in my bag and tried to swagger through customs....hhahahaha

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andresmo169 says on Jul 27, 2006, 17:02:

Bitter coffee no more Mijito, why don't you try some Café Sello Dorado. Lo mejor que puede existir!!!!!!

No me le pegue al perro!!

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ColombiaBoard says on Jul 27, 2006, 18:34:

Coffe roasters in Medellin Yes, there are actually more than two roasting plants in Medellin, a big one next to the Carrefour along Autopista Sur, on the west side, they roast coffe there and then pack it under brand names such as Aguila, La Bastilla and others.

Why don't you try some coffes at the Juan Valdez store in Oviedo?

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tejasmarcos says on Jul 27, 2006, 20:44:

i've tried the juan valdez in oviedo, the sello dorado and more. all bitter to me and don't compare to what i was buying in the states. i will re-post when i find something worth talking about. thanks for everyone's input.

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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Micrastur says on Jul 28, 2006, 23:39:

The Best Coffee in Med. Actually, the best coffee in Medellin is found at plaza san ignacio by the old guy pushing a baby carriage full of coffee thermos and cigarettes. Sure, you might burn your fingers through the extremely thin plastic cups, but hey, its only 300 pesitos!

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miamimike says on Jul 29, 2006, 13:52:

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