Tuesday, March 25, 2008

   from AndyS

Ritual Red Flag

Sorry to interrupt a scintillating discussion on the Clover. :-)

I ordered a couple pounds of Ritual's Red Flag espresso which arrived a few days ago. I've been working on it ever since.

Following recent trends, these beans are quite lightly roasted. And they're very small: Ethiopians, I guess, but what do I know?

Well, I know that I'm liking the espresso very much. It is refreshing, sort of like candied lemon peel. Not crazy eye-watering lemon peel, but fruity, and easy-going like a summer lemonade.

I'm reading Ritual's description about "nougaty chocolate, dried cherry and sarsaparilla," and those haven't appeared for me yet, but hopefully they will as I play around.

I also got one of those cool red and white Ritual mugs. What coffee lover's kitchen is complete without one?

Sadly, however, I was unable to order a medium brown Ritual t-shirt, they were out. What gives, guys? :-(

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my Neti pot. It is, as they say, the shit.

5 Comments:

Blogger Tim said...

Since I'm not "in" enough to warrant a coffeed.com log-in, I'll say that the net IS the shit, and I owe my recovery (usually in hours) from any nasal symptoms to that little sinus bath. It does a nose good.
Ritual is also good, but not in my nose.

3/26/2008 07:26:00 AM  
Blogger kuban111 said...

Tim,
I find that it’s sometimes better to be out than “in”.
Plus the color scheme & neet -o’ picture lay out is much preferred on my gentle eyes & suited for my likings too.
Plus you still get the nedi pot, Starsuck & clover episodes

Andy,
While I haven’t had the opp. to try Ritual roasters yet thanks for the motivation.
I do have to admit to being an avid neti pot user before Opra discovered the internet or was that
Mr. Gore jr.

3/26/2008 10:20:00 AM  
Blogger Tim said...

Kuban makes a point. Out is the NEW in. Or something.
What I was getting at was I like saline in my nose. A lot.
But a Ritual espresso is nice, too.
Hey, how about Stumptown takes Manhattan? Did you kiddies hear that shit?
Wow.

3/26/2008 06:30:00 PM  
Blogger AndyS said...

> I owe my recovery (usually in hours) from any nasal symptoms
> to that little sinus bath. It does a nose good. Ritual is
> also good, but not in my nose.

Yeah, as Nick said, coffee goes in the other end.

> I do have to admit to being an avid neti pot user

It's fun to see all the netis come out of the closet.

3/26/2008 06:44:00 PM  
Blogger kuban111 said...

> It's fun to see all the netis come out of the closet.

Dam can’t get that crazy disco out of my head…:)

3/27/2008 07:42:00 AM  

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