Organic Blue Krishna Balinese

Wednesday was an exciting day. I got to go with my daughter’s class skiing at Squaw Valley again. This time they got to ride the gondola up to High Camp, which was an experience in itself for a class of kids. They all had a great day skiing and snowboarding, and it was fun to see the joy and pride on their faces at the end of the afternoon. Then that evening we had the excitement of installing a new espresso machine at the store. Our previous machine has been a warrior–but it was time for a new lady in the house.

Happily making a snowman

We finally seem to have winter around here. Our first snow day of the year was Monday, and the kids were hoping for another one today, but that seemed to fizzle out. There’s not much more fun than an unexpected day off of school–my kids got to go sledding with friends, and they didn’t have to drive very far to find plenty of powder. Since Caroline loves nothing more than snow, it has been a good week for her.

With the arrival of a new espresso machine, we’ve been joking about all other “new” things this week. New haircut? Must be in honor of the new machine. New glasses? Ditto. So this week we have a new coffee for you . . . except that it’s actually an old favorite. This is our Organic Blue Krishna Balinese, and it’s delicious.

I’ve written about this coffee many times over the years, because we buy it whenever it is available. This was part of our popular Christmas Coffee this year, and you can find newsletters where it is featured here and here (and there’s more–search “Bali”). It comes from the Indonesian island of Bali, and it’s grown on the slopes of Mount Agung.

You may have read about Mount Agung in the last few months, since it has been erupting with ash plumes with some regularity since November 2017. Bali is on high alert, but it appears that the seismic activity is subsiding (see here), so hopefully those who would be affected by an eruption will be okay. So far these farms appear to be doing fine, still growing coffee in the shade of citrus trees on their beautiful island.

Tomorrow’s Foothills Celebration has been postponed due to weather, and will now be occurring on April 7th. This is a food and wine tasting throughout downtown Grass Valley, and a fun way to spend the afternoon. We still have a chance of snow this weekend, so bundle up and enjoy if you’re local. I know that I am well supplied with all the fundamentals: good coffee and a good book!

Oh, I almost forgot. You can try this Organic Balinese on us this week with the code snow fizzle*. That’s been the talk around here anyway: this snowstorm mostly fizzled out, at least at this elevation. Enjoy!
–Holly Fike

*Code good for one free 12 ounce cup of Organic Blue Krishna Balinese. Code expires on 3.8.18. 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.