Organic Biodynamic Brazil Fazenda Floresta
Wow, one week ago today was our last day of school for the year. What a difference a week makes. The boys are into the playoff baseball season, and tomorrow we are hosting a baby shower for our wonderful manager Becky. She happens to be my youngest sister too, and I can’t wait to be an auntie again. Last weekend we hosted the end of the year baseball party, so the celebrations are pretty nonstop around our house. And Sunday is Father’s Day, so yet another day of fun at our home.
Goofy kids enjoying ice cream on the last day of school
This week we are featuring our Organic Biodynamic Brazilian. We featured this last March, and it was a hugely popular bean. It’s delicious, most importantly, and it is also biodynamic: a rarity in the coffee business. You can read what I wrote at the time here.
It’s always fun to look back and see what was going on last time we featured a coffee. That newsletter was from last March, and we had spent a weekend in the snow to celebrate little Caroline’s birthday. Three months later it’s hard to imagine snow: we’re fully in the gardening and sunshine time of year. Our plants are growing every day, and soon the tomatoes for the store will be coming from our own garden.
This coffee comes from the northeastern side of Brazil, in Bahia, near the Chapada Diamantina National Park. Fazenda Floresta means forest farm, and the coffee is grown under the shade of native trees. At the fazenda they go beyond organic practices and treat the soil as a living organism. You can read more about biodynamic agriculture on the Biodynamic Association page here.
We have our Organic Biodynamic Brazilian brewed in the cafe this week, and you can try a cup on us with the code summer days*. Next week starts the downtown Thursday Night Market, and we’ll be open until 9 pm each Thursday from June 23rd to July 28th. There will be a certified Farmers Market, live entertainment, and new this year, a beer and wine garden. Come get a drink of coffee and enjoy your Thursday evening downtown. In the meantime, drink good coffee. Cheers!
–Holly Fike
*Code good for one free 12 ounce cup of Organic Biodynamic Brazilian coffee. Code expires on 6.23.16. Limit one free cup per customer please. Valid only at Carolines Coffee Roasters, 128 S. Auburn Street, Grass Valley, CA. Code/Offer has no cash value.