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And I just finished up some training now, and did an exercise called the Cuban Press... I tell ya I was nervous I'd be caught!!!
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Ah thanks a bunch mate! Yes odd about PayPal!Originally posted by Andy View PostTo answer your first and last posts (briefly)...
We don't have that PayPal problem in BeanBay when we sell Cuban coffee -- we fixed that 3 years ago (odd)
Cuban coffee is government regulated, blended and sorted centrally and then allocated a grade (by the government) for export.
The main grades in rough quality order are Turquino, Altura, Montana, Serrano
Serrano is a grade, not a great one and is commonly the lowest export grade. I haven't tried a Serrano that was better than a Turquino which is why the last Cuban we had in BeanBay was a Turquino.
I've had some samples of really good Cubans that will land in the next few months, when they do they'll be in BeanBay.
Ahhh I see... had no idea about those specific gradings! Wish I'd have known about the Serrano prior hehe, but I'll get what roasted goodness I can out of it, still sounds rather different and delish. Thanks
And haha nice one Mal XD
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Ah thanks Andy...
Perhaps the 'mountain' reference is to indicate that this lower grade coffee availability is as high as a mountain...
Mal.
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Well, Serrano translates to "mountain" so perhaps it is a way of indicating a 'high grown' coffee...
Mal.
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To answer your first and last posts (briefly)...
We don't have that PayPal problem in BeanBay when we sell Cuban coffee -- we fixed that 3 years ago (odd)
Cuban coffee is government regulated, blended and sorted centrally and then allocated a grade (by the government) for export.
The main grades in rough quality order are Turquino, Altura, Montana, Serrano
Serrano is a grade, not a great one and is commonly the lowest export grade. I haven't tried a Serrano that was better than a Turquino which is why the last Cuban we had in BeanBay was a Turquino.
I've had some samples of really good Cubans that will land in the next few months, when they do they'll be in BeanBay.
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Rather than start a new thread, the Cuban beans I ordered were Cuban Serrano.
Looking them up at different places, under 'Grade' it always says 'Serrano'. Beans on the pages mostly are specialty grade with some exceptions...
But does ANYONE know what Serrano grade means? I thought it was a misprint, but it shows up multiple times from multiple sources... and it doesn't appear to be the farm or estate etc...
(I google translated Serrano and it came up with 'highlander' haha..)
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Particularly funny as I'm roasting some Dominicans at the moment! I wonder if they'll taste like CubansOriginally posted by simonsk8r View Post
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I thought all the bans were repealed sometime under Obama?
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Oh it goes even further back than that. They started the Spanish-American war after a US ship exploded in Havana, without any strong evidence of what caused the event. And they then picked up Puerto Rico, Guam, the Phillipines etc. We have are stuck between two shameless amoral super powers. The yanks are just the lesser of two weevils.Originally posted by Erimus View PostBully boy USA still harassing Cuba concerning events over 50 years old...
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