"Fresh Moab Coffee"
On Thursday I rode my new singlespeed down to Arches Book Company, my spot to pick up interesting local literature. ABC is also the place where Fresh Moab Coffee is roasted.
It's a really nice bookstore, with sections that are clearly marked, and I always find some great used book to buy and throw in my backpack. This time it was an old book from the Grand County Public Library called Canyonlands National Park- History and First Descriptions by F.A. Barnes, published in 1988 and well used since then.
When you walk in the front door, the coffee bar is right there, and they have a long, wooden table to sit at and drink/read. They are pulling shots on a 2-group La San Marco, much like the one I found at Wicked Brew. The owner told me they are about to get a new machine because the LSM had become "maintenance heavy," but he had no idea what machine they were going to purchase. He's just the owner, not the coffee guy. Nice enough fellow. He asked if I was a barista, which I affirmed (no need to whip out the Barista Guild membership card), and when I asked him about the roaster, he took me in the back for a look.
FMC is roasted in a small (3kilo?) Diedrich drum roaster. A guy named Bob comes in and roasts for them, but they're limited because Bob is a volunteer and he's not interested in upping his output. He also has a Sonofresco 1# fluid bed roaster, which is no longer in use. They had at least 12 different varietals, purchased from Royal Coffee (one of my brokers, too). I was comforted when he told me they don't do any dark roasts.
The coffee was unremarkable. About like every other cup in town. I'm having trouble remembering the difference between one cup and another. There is potential, and if some young whippersnapper wanted to go in and jockey that roaster and espresso machine into shape, I think Moab could have a good thing on their hands. So close! I am thankful for ABC, and I think they are doing a good job considering the fact that their main focus is on literature.
If you get a chance, check out their website. Always good to support the locals (even if they aren't YOUR locals): http://arches.booksense.com
It's a really nice bookstore, with sections that are clearly marked, and I always find some great used book to buy and throw in my backpack. This time it was an old book from the Grand County Public Library called Canyonlands National Park- History and First Descriptions by F.A. Barnes, published in 1988 and well used since then.
When you walk in the front door, the coffee bar is right there, and they have a long, wooden table to sit at and drink/read. They are pulling shots on a 2-group La San Marco, much like the one I found at Wicked Brew. The owner told me they are about to get a new machine because the LSM had become "maintenance heavy," but he had no idea what machine they were going to purchase. He's just the owner, not the coffee guy. Nice enough fellow. He asked if I was a barista, which I affirmed (no need to whip out the Barista Guild membership card), and when I asked him about the roaster, he took me in the back for a look.
FMC is roasted in a small (3kilo?) Diedrich drum roaster. A guy named Bob comes in and roasts for them, but they're limited because Bob is a volunteer and he's not interested in upping his output. He also has a Sonofresco 1# fluid bed roaster, which is no longer in use. They had at least 12 different varietals, purchased from Royal Coffee (one of my brokers, too). I was comforted when he told me they don't do any dark roasts.
The coffee was unremarkable. About like every other cup in town. I'm having trouble remembering the difference between one cup and another. There is potential, and if some young whippersnapper wanted to go in and jockey that roaster and espresso machine into shape, I think Moab could have a good thing on their hands. So close! I am thankful for ABC, and I think they are doing a good job considering the fact that their main focus is on literature.
If you get a chance, check out their website. Always good to support the locals (even if they aren't YOUR locals): http://arches.booksense.com
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