Coffee has a lot of source locations. Very few of them are found in the United States - although not none of them, which we'll undoubtedly get to - but what we do have are a LOT of coffee roasters.
Lately, I've been getting a lot of my coffee online, shipped to me from out of state. And then I thought - I already have a collector's mindset. I have a list of the countries where coffee is grown, with the goal of eventually trying something from all of them. So, if I'm already ordering coffee from out of state locations off the internet... what about trying out a roaster in every state? One more thing to collect!
It helps a little that this is an election year, which (in a more positive sense) is a time when a lot of states get their moment in the sun during the primaries and the general, and (in a less positive sense) is also a time when a lot of people in certain states get mad at people in other states for not agreeing with them. I'm not saying I'm not a political person, but I'm not going to be talking about that on this site. What I intend to look at instead is something that, clearly, every state has in common: specialty coffee roasting. Every state has a bunch of roasters - indeed, while doing research for this, I was somewhat surprised to find that even small, largely rural states like Alaska, the Dakotas, Vermont, and so on had several potential options. And then there are states like California - realistically it's almost unfair to ask me to pick ONE roaster to try from a state that seems to have about 700 of them.
My original thought was to try and do one state a week so it would take just about the full year, but ordering a single bag of coffee from a far-flung roaster who has to ship it to you isn't the single most cost-effective thing. I ordered two bags from the first roaster, for instance. So it's kinda gonna take how long it takes, but that's okay. Brewing and drinking coffee is kind of my thing, and I'm getting more into the finer points of tasting and what have you. I'll be looking at the different coffees as I try them, and maybe talking a little bit about each one. To some extent this will mostly be a list blog, but I'll expand where appropriate. And hey, feel free to join the conversation.
So: welcome to the United States of Arabica.
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