Just back from my most recent travels to Kenya , I am thrilled to report the Mamuto crop is in! We first introduced Mamuto last year in September. I believe it was the best lot auctioned in Kenya that year (all Kenyan coffee lots were auctioned through 2006; this year the system was “liberalized,” permitting direct sales as well as auction coffee). Last November our Mamuto received Coffee Review's first-ever score over 95. We now have Mamuto's best lot from the most recent harvest, November-December of 2006. We purchased this lot directly and without hesitation; it was, again, the most outstanding lot we tried this past buying season and we have been privileged to always cup the cream of the crop!

The 2006 Kenya harvest produced far fewer high quality lots than the year before; Mamuto pulled out a miracle -but we received less than half of what we got the previous year, so supplies are relatively limited. I am guessing we will have enough to last through April 2008. (We are one of the very few who were able to extract three high quality lots last year, Kangocho and Kahindu being the other two! Our Kigutha is from the previous year) Those who appreciated the Mamuto last year will find that this one does not disappoint! It has similar power, with full-bodied, crystal- clear, intense blackberry-black currant flavor streaming out of the cup.

Mamuto grows at 5,000 feet elevation in the district of Kirinyaga, beneath the slopes of the usually overcast seventeen thousand plus foot Mt. Kenya , looming above to the north. The soil is a deep red-orange volcanic loam in a very gentle undulating terrain.

Farmer Walter Paul Mathagu was an agricultural officer serving the government of Kenya for seventeen years before retiring in 1987. During that entire time Mrs. Mathagu managed the farm (when I visited their farm last week, she was in Nairobi and so I was not able to meet her). He has thus been able to provide much skill and knowledge to developing the coffee trees on Mamuto farm. Taking inspiration from their family, Mr. Mathagu explained to me, he and his wife named the farm by combining the first two letters from three words: his name, Mathagu, as the father; Muthoni, his wife's maiden name, as mother; and toto, meaning child or children in Swahili: thus Mamuto. Mr. and Mrs. Mathagu have six children - three boys, three girls.

All the coffee is processed at the farm right through drying. Mr. Mathagu is seen here in front of his conditioning bins. After approximately six weeks in the protected, aerated bins the coffee is ready for transportation, final sorting and sale. We hope to be cupping this year's Mamuto harvest, just starting right now, sometime in January or February.

Besides coffee the Mathagus maintain a herd of dairy cattle and grow bananas, maize, beans and macadamia on their 21 acre farm. Thirteen acres are dedicated to coffee.

Click here to order.

Farmer: Walter Paul and Muthoni Mathagu (no first name by custom – checking on this!)
Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 5,000 ft.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Soil: Volcanic loam
Arabica variety: 95% Bourbon Sl 28 and SL 34, 5% Ruiru 11
Size of Farm: 21 acres total; 13 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor

See Holiday Gift Box, below….. Limited Quantities Available

This coming Monday, Dec 10th , we will be roasting:

•  La Esmeralda , Panama , 2007 crop. La Esmeralda's history-making Gesha variety perfectly crafted and yielding powerful notes of sweet peaches and apricot. North Italian Espresso Roast.

On Monday, Dec 17th , we unleash four of our very rare, very limited special edition coffees for Christmas celebration:

•  La Esperanza, Colombia 's 2007 Cup of Excellence 1 st prize winner, North Italian espresso roast : This is a dripping-ripe, honeyed, blueberry and tropical fruits saturated coffee.

•  La Esmeralda, Panama , 2007 crop. La Esmeralda's history-making Gesha variety perfectly crafted and yielding aromatic plumes of sweet peaches, mango and apricot. Full-Flavor Roast

•  La Montana, 2007 El Salvador 1 st place Cup of Excellence winner. This coffee is all about balance and proportion. A Venus de Milo of coffees! Complex flavors of honey, rich, black Assam tea, malt, and stone fruits. Full Flavor Roast

•  Pedra Preta, This 2007 Brazil Cup of Excellence Pedra Preta micro-lot is all about finesse. Mellow yet firm, clean-fruity acidity in a medium-bodied cup with a gossamer floral aroma. Full-bodied, delicate complex notes of melon, orange, vanilla and a sprinkling of dark chocolate with a touch of lavender. Full Flavor Roast

Reminder: Remaining Limited Edition Coffees are now 8-oz sizes

Click here to read more and/or to order.

Limited Edition Coffee Gift Box:

Get three stellar Limited Edition coffees in one package and at a reduced combined price: El Salvador La Montana , Colombia La Esperanza and Panama La Esmeralda . 8-oz ea.

Price $74.95. Click here.

Terroir Select Coffee Gift Box:

Get three outstanding Terroir coffees in one package and at a reduced combined price: El Salvador Matalapa , Colombia El Descanso and Kenya Kangocho . 12-oz ea

Price $39.95. Click here.

Three Coffee Specials for December

We are offering $2 off each of the following three very popular and outstanding coffees through December 28th.

Coffee Review Rates Terroir Kangocho 93 Points

Kangocho, Nyeri District , Kenya

What makes this lot of Kangocho so special are its sumptuous mouthfeel and its sweet blueberry notes, melding harmoniously with the classic grand Kenya riot of blackberry and black currant flavors. Kangocho is a high altitude, small farmer cooperative coffee processing center in the Nyeri district. Full Flavor Roast Spectrum

Read more and order here: $13.95 , regularly $15.95

Matalapa, La Libertad , El Salvador

Matalapa is a fourth generation 190 acre farm at 4,100 feet above sea level. It was founded in the late 1800's by Fidelia Lima, great grandmother of the current owner, Vickie Ann Dalton de Díaz. She maintains 14 acres of virgin tropical forest and keeps her coffee plants shaded with over forty varieties of shades trees.
I have bee following this farm for three years now and have been very impressed with each year's improvements since winning in the 2003 El Salvador Cup of Excellence. The 2007 crop is very impressive for its sweetness and buttery body, ideal for espresso and French Press brewing.
100% Bourbon. Layers of refined deep sweet citrus with no edge coated with creamed nutty caramel.

Roast Style: Vienna Roast (one step darker than Full Flavor).

Read more and order here: $10.95 , regularly $12.95

El Injerto, Huehuetenango , Guatemala SHB

Huehuetenango is a spectacular region of sharp-toothed mountains and narrow valleys. Warm winds from the hot Isthmus of Tehuantepec , Mexico , to the north, flow through narrow north-south valleys, warming the mountainsides and allowing coffee growth at far higher altitudes than would ordinarily be possible.

The cup has dazzling razor-fine acidity with honeyed citrus, red currant and other berry notes and a touch of anise. Full bodied. 100% Bourbon variety.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Rated Best Overall by The Wall Street Journal

Read more and order here: $9.95 , regularly $11.95

The Atlantic magazine senior editor Corby Kummer rates Technivorm Brewer best. Click here to see the video! In the adjoining article, The Magic Brewing Machine, Mr. Kummer goes on to review, in his inimitably lively way, the comeback of light roasts in the US and the coffeemakers which really do deliver the message. Needless to say, the Technivorm occupies the place of honor. Click here to read more and order now .

We now have the new Technivorm Glass Carafe brewer, called the CD Moccamaster model, as well as the tried and true KB741 Thermo Carafe model.

This brewer received top honors in the current issue of The Atlantic when compared to three other home brewers in a similar price range. Among Corby Kummer's conclusions were that the Technivorm brewer matched the quality of commercial brewers in extraction quality, and brought out the best flavor highlights in lighter roasted coffees, especially as they cool and reveal the complexities of a lighter roast flavor profile.

A full pot of coffee brews in 6.5 minutes flat; it is simple to use, easy to maintain and comes with a one year warranty. We carry two models of the Technivorm Brewer: one with a glass carafe (Model # 9932) Moccamaster CD, and one with a vacuum stainless thermal carafe (Model KB741 # 9587). The Technivorm was designed by Gerard-Clement Smit, who was awarded this year's Technician Award by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe. Both models are $10 off regular price. These make an excellent gift for the holidays.

We recently tested the Technivorm against several current home brewers, and plotted the actual performance results here. As you can see, the Technivorm coffee brewer reaches the proper extraction temperature fastest, and holds it there for the entire brew time, and they also finish first. Unlike other brewers, they maintain the proper extraction temperatures regardless of batch size.

We include a scoop with all models. Order yours here.

Baratza Virtuoso Coffee Grinder, for $189.95, normally $199.
A real burr grinder is the gateway to making full-flavored fresh coffee with maximum sweetness. Getting the right uniform grind is critical to producing great coffee - you want to extract all the sweetness while holding back harsher notes due to over-extracted finer particles. The Virtuoso does the best job on the market in this price class and offers a wide selection of grinds to suit your brewer's needs. It is easy to clean, has a powerful motor and uses slow spinning conical burrs to keep the coffee from heating. It is solidly built. A great gift! Click here for more info rmation and to purchase. Time to junk the blade grinder for convenience and accuracy!

Gift Mugs for the Holidays

Hand Made New England Pottery

We have chosen to carry a very limited number of very high quality mugs as gift ideas for the holidays. These mugs are all hand made in New England , and each one is unique and of high quality materials and superb workmanship.

The wide mouth mugs from Chocorua Village Pottery are of high density material and are heavy and durable, each holding about 15-16 ounces.

They are simply glazed with natural color earth tones and have a glossy glaze inside. We like these because the wide mouth allows the coffee to cool to the perfect temperature more quickly than a closed or straight shaped mug, while the high density material lengthens the time the coffee remains at the perfect drinking temperature. There are four styles and will be offered individually and in sets of 2 and 4. The photos are representative, but each is unique.

While in Northern Maine George found these great Connie Harter-Bagley porcelain mugs. See George's write-up, below. All products are being hand-made, fired and delivered in November. Shipments have started this week and continue while supplies last. Order early, these are not to be missed!

Connie Harter-Bagley

While passing through northern Maine I found these great porcelain mugs. Not only do I really enjoy the bold calligraphic design - I love the tapered bowl, closing in towards the top, like a wine glass, that concentrates the aromas. Each is handmade. We have a very small supply! – George Howell

These are high-fired porcelain cups, making them very durable and safe in the dishwasher, microwave and oven.
Each individual cup is handmade with traditional methods using the wheel and carving tools then hand-decorated with Connie's own unique palette of ceramic slips and glazes, and finally fired in a special kiln. Wide open handles make the cups very easy to hold.

Small Mugs $18 ea
aprox. 3-1/2 inches wide by 3-1/2 inches tall and hold about 8oz.

Extra Large Mugs $22 ea
aprox. 4 inches wide by 4-1/2 inches tall and hold about 12oz.

Garden dragonfly is the name of the buttercup and avocado pattern.

Ocean Mist is the cobalt blue and sea green pattern.

Click here to order or call (866) GHH-JAVA.

Chocorua Village Pottery

View the firing of these mugs here

Chocorua Village Pottery is nestled in a charming New England setting at the base of New Hampshire 's White Mountains . Here, in a converted 120-year-old barn, artist/potter Mylinda Grinstead makes clay works inspired by nature and designed for the home. She strives to combine the natural wonder of New Hampshire 's White Mountains with her passion for artistic expression within ceramic form. All her products are COMPLETELY handmade at her mountain side studio.

These wonderful earthen toned mugs are fired in a wood heated kiln up to a temperature of 2484 degrees. It is a long, laborious process that can take 36 hours. At the proper temperature, salt is thrown into the hot kiln; the salt vaporizes, fuming throughout the kiln interior, and combines with the clay of the pottery, forming a natural glaze on all the pots. Salt glazed stoneware is a more durable product than other pottery. It is physically stronger, can take more abuse, and is more impervious to liquids. The insides of these particular mugs are lined with a Tenmoku glaze. This forms a lovely tortoise shell like finish that ranges from black to honey amber. These glazes are completely lead free and safe for years of culinary use.

There are four styles: a blue decoration, a hazel decoration, a black decoration and plain earth-sand tone. These decorations bring a unique flavor to each style of mug. But Mylinda emphasizes that wood fired pottery is extra special because the wood flue itself conveys a truly unique and special flavor to each individual piece. The position of the pottery in the kiln, the combination of different wood types (hardwood and soft wood), the ambient temperature and humidity on a particular day, all effect the way the kiln burns and the way the flames lap around each piece. And this effects the look of each piece and also the outcome of each firing. Each individual wood firing is like an unique trip into the unknown and each outcome is extra special because the unpredictables and variables of nature has a major effect of the outcome. That is why, in the world of pottery, wood fired pieces are very sought after.

These mugs truly are "terroir". And we hope they bring to you "a sense of place" from our unique area in the mountains of New Hampshire .

Aprox. 4-inches wide (top) by 3-1/3 inches tall and hold about 15oz

Click here to order or call (866) GHH-JAVA.

Flat Rate shipping program continued…indefinitely

Due to popular demand, and your support, we have made the Flat-Rate Shipping program permanent

$4 for shipments of 3-7 coffee items, to a commercial address;
$5 for shipments of 3-7 coffee items, to a residential address
via UPS Ground service.

For more than 7 coffee items, just add $1 per bag.

All other types of shipment are at standard rates.

Please help us continue this well received program by changing your ship-to address to a commercial address , and help to reduce green-house gases. If you would like us to modify your ship-to address to a commercial one, please e-Mail instructions to Jenny@terroircoffee.com or call us at (866) GHH-JAVA.

Just back from my most recent travels to Kenya , I am thrilled to report the Mamuto crop is in! We first introduced Mamuto last year in September. I believe it was the best lot auctioned in Kenya that year (all Kenyan coffee lots were auctioned through 2006; this year the system was “liberalized,” permitting direct sales as well as auction coffee). Last November our Mamuto received Coffee Review's first-ever score over 95. We now have Mamuto's best lot from the most recent harvest, November-December of 2006. We purchased this lot directly and without hesitation; it was, again, the most outstanding lot we tried this past buying season and we have been privileged to always cup the cream of the crop!

The 2006 Kenya harvest produced far fewer high quality lots than the year before; Mamuto pulled out a miracle -but we received less than half of what we got the previous year, so supplies are relatively limited. I am guessing we will have enough to last through April 2008. (We are one of the very few who were able to extract three high quality lots last year, Kangocho and Kahindu being the other two! Our Kigutha is from the previous year) Those who appreciated the Mamuto last year will find that this one does not disappoint! It has similar power, with full-bodied, crystal- clear, intense blackberry-black currant flavor streaming out of the cup.

Mamuto grows at 5,000 feet elevation in the district of Kirinyaga, beneath the slopes of the usually overcast seventeen thousand plus foot Mt. Kenya , looming above to the north. The soil is a deep red-orange volcanic loam in a very gentle undulating terrain.

Farmer Walter Paul Mathagu was an agricultural officer serving the government of Kenya for seventeen years before retiring in 1987. During that entire time Mrs. Mathagu managed the farm (when I visited their farm last week, she was in Nairobi and so I was not able to meet her). He has thus been able to provide much skill and knowledge to developing the coffee trees on Mamuto farm. Taking inspiration from their family, Mr. Mathagu explained to me, he and his wife named the farm by combining the first two letters from three words: his name, Mathagu, as the father; Muthoni, his wife's maiden name, as mother; and toto, meaning child or children in Swahili: thus Mamuto. Mr. and Mrs. Mathagu have six children - three boys, three girls.

All the coffee is processed at the farm right through drying. Mr. Mathagu is seen here in front of his conditioning bins. After approximately six weeks in the protected, aerated bins the coffee is ready for transportation, final sorting and sale. We hope to be cupping this year's Mamuto harvest, just starting right now, sometime in January or February.

Besides coffee the Mathagus maintain a herd of dairy cattle and grow bananas, maize, beans and macadamia on their 21 acre farm. Thirteen acres are dedicated to coffee.

Click here to order.

Farmer: Walter Paul and Muthoni Mathagu (no first name by custom – checking on this!)
Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 5,000 ft.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Soil: Volcanic loam
Arabica variety: 95% Bourbon Sl 28 and SL 34, 5% Ruiru 11
Size of Farm: 21 acres total; 13 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor

See Holiday Gift Box, below….. Limited Quantities Available

This coming Monday, Dec 10th , we will be roasting:

•  La Esmeralda , Panama , 2007 crop. La Esmeralda's history-making Gesha variety perfectly crafted and yielding powerful notes of sweet peaches and apricot. North Italian Espresso Roast.

On Monday, Dec 17th , we unleash four of our very rare, very limited special edition coffees for Christmas celebration:

•  La Esperanza, Colombia 's 2007 Cup of Excellence 1 st prize winner, North Italian espresso roast : This is a dripping-ripe, honeyed, blueberry and tropical fruits saturated coffee.

•  La Esmeralda, Panama , 2007 crop. La Esmeralda's history-making Gesha variety perfectly crafted and yielding aromatic plumes of sweet peaches, mango and apricot. Full-Flavor Roast

•  La Montana, 2007 El Salvador 1 st place Cup of Excellence winner. This coffee is all about balance and proportion. A Venus de Milo of coffees! Complex flavors of honey, rich, black Assam tea, malt, and stone fruits. Full Flavor Roast

•  Pedra Preta, This 2007 Brazil Cup of Excellence Pedra Preta micro-lot is all about finesse. Mellow yet firm, clean-fruity acidity in a medium-bodied cup with a gossamer floral aroma. Full-bodied, delicate complex notes of melon, orange, vanilla and a sprinkling of dark chocolate with a touch of lavender. Full Flavor Roast

Reminder: Remaining Limited Edition Coffees are now 8-oz sizes

Click here to read more and/or to order.

Limited Edition Coffee Gift Box:

Get three stellar Limited Edition coffees in one package and at a reduced combined price: El Salvador La Montana , Colombia La Esperanza and Panama La Esmeralda . 8-oz ea.

Price $74.95. Click here.

Terroir Select Coffee Gift Box:

Get three outstanding Terroir coffees in one package and at a reduced combined price: El Salvador Matalapa , Colombia El Descanso and Kenya Kangocho . 12-oz ea

Price $39.95. Click here.

Three Coffee Specials for December

We are offering $2 off each of the following three very popular and outstanding coffees through December 28th.

Coffee Review Rates Terroir Kangocho 93 Points

Kangocho, Nyeri District , Kenya

What makes this lot of Kangocho so special are its sumptuous mouthfeel and its sweet blueberry notes, melding harmoniously with the classic grand Kenya riot of blackberry and black currant flavors. Kangocho is a high altitude, small farmer cooperative coffee processing center in the Nyeri district. Full Flavor Roast Spectrum

Read more and order here: $13.95 , regularly $15.95

Matalapa, La Libertad , El Salvador

Matalapa is a fourth generation 190 acre farm at 4,100 feet above sea level. It was founded in the late 1800's by Fidelia Lima, great grandmother of the current owner, Vickie Ann Dalton de Díaz. She maintains 14 acres of virgin tropical forest and keeps her coffee plants shaded with over forty varieties of shades trees.
I have bee following this farm for three years now and have been very impressed with each year's improvements since winning in the 2003 El Salvador Cup of Excellence. The 2007 crop is very impressive for its sweetness and buttery body, ideal for espresso and French Press brewing.
100% Bourbon. Layers of refined deep sweet citrus with no edge coated with creamed nutty caramel.

Roast Style: Vienna Roast (one step darker than Full Flavor).

Read more and order here: $10.95 , regularly $12.95

El Injerto, Huehuetenango , Guatemala SHB

Huehuetenango is a spectacular region of sharp-toothed mountains and narrow valleys. Warm winds from the hot Isthmus of Tehuantepec , Mexico , to the north, flow through narrow north-south valleys, warming the mountainsides and allowing coffee growth at far higher altitudes than would ordinarily be possible.

The cup has dazzling razor-fine acidity with honeyed citrus, red currant and other berry notes and a touch of anise. Full bodied. 100% Bourbon variety.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Rated Best Overall by The Wall Street Journal

Read more and order here: $9.95 , regularly $11.95

The Atlantic magazine senior editor Corby Kummer rates Technivorm Brewer best. Click here to see the video! In the adjoining article, The Magic Brewing Machine, Mr. Kummer goes on to review, in his inimitably lively way, the comeback of light roasts in the US and the coffeemakers which really do deliver the message. Needless to say, the Technivorm occupies the place of honor. Click here to read more and order now .

We now have the new Technivorm Glass Carafe brewer, called the CD Moccamaster model, as well as the tried and true KB741 Thermo Carafe model.

This brewer received top honors in the current issue of The Atlantic when compared to three other home brewers in a similar price range. Among Corby Kummer's conclusions were that the Technivorm brewer matched the quality of commercial brewers in extraction quality, and brought out the best flavor highlights in lighter roasted coffees, especially as they cool and reveal the complexities of a lighter roast flavor profile.

A full pot of coffee brews in 6.5 minutes flat; it is simple to use, easy to maintain and comes with a one year warranty. We carry two models of the Technivorm Brewer: one with a glass carafe (Model # 9932) Moccamaster CD, and one with a vacuum stainless thermal carafe (Model KB741 # 9587). The Technivorm was designed by Gerard-Clement Smit, who was awarded this year's Technician Award by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe. Both models are $10 off regular price. These make an excellent gift for the holidays.

We recently tested the Technivorm against several current home brewers, and plotted the actual performance results here. As you can see, the Technivorm coffee brewer reaches the proper extraction temperature fastest, and holds it there for the entire brew time, and they also finish first. Unlike other brewers, they maintain the proper extraction temperatures regardless of batch size.

We include a scoop with all models. Order yours here.

Baratza Virtuoso Coffee Grinder, for $189.95, normally $199.
A real burr grinder is the gateway to making full-flavored fresh coffee with maximum sweetness. Getting the right uniform grind is critical to producing great coffee - you want to extract all the sweetness while holding back harsher notes due to over-extracted finer particles. The Virtuoso does the best job on the market in this price class and offers a wide selection of grinds to suit your brewer's needs. It is easy to clean, has a powerful motor and uses slow spinning conical burrs to keep the coffee from heating. It is solidly built. A great gift! Click here for more info rmation and to purchase. Time to junk the blade grinder for convenience and accuracy!

Gift Mugs for the Holidays

Hand Made New England Pottery

We have chosen to carry a very limited number of very high quality mugs as gift ideas for the holidays. These mugs are all hand made in New England , and each one is unique and of high quality materials and superb workmanship.

The wide mouth mugs from Chocorua Village Pottery are of high density material and are heavy and durable, each holding about 15-16 ounces.

They are simply glazed with natural color earth tones and have a glossy glaze inside. We like these because the wide mouth allows the coffee to cool to the perfect temperature more quickly than a closed or straight shaped mug, while the high density material lengthens the time the coffee remains at the perfect drinking temperature. There are four styles and will be offered individually and in sets of 2 and 4. The photos are representative, but each is unique.

While in Northern Maine George found these great Connie Harter-Bagley porcelain mugs. See George's write-up, below. All products are being hand-made, fired and delivered in November. Shipments have started this week and continue while supplies last. Order early, these are not to be missed!

Connie Harter-Bagley

While passing through northern Maine I found these great porcelain mugs. Not only do I really enjoy the bold calligraphic design - I love the tapered bowl, closing in towards the top, like a wine glass, that concentrates the aromas. Each is handmade. We have a very small supply! – George Howell

These are high-fired porcelain cups, making them very durable and safe in the dishwasher, microwave and oven.
Each individual cup is handmade with traditional methods using the wheel and carving tools then hand-decorated with Connie's own unique palette of ceramic slips and glazes, and finally fired in a special kiln. Wide open handles make the cups very easy to hold.

Small Mugs $18 ea
aprox. 3-1/2 inches wide by 3-1/2 inches tall and hold about 8oz.

Extra Large Mugs $22 ea
aprox. 4 inches wide by 4-1/2 inches tall and hold about 12oz.

Garden dragonfly is the name of the buttercup and avocado pattern.

Ocean Mist is the cobalt blue and sea green pattern.

Click here to order or call (866) GHH-JAVA.

Chocorua Village Pottery

View the firing of these mugs here

Chocorua Village Pottery is nestled in a charming New England setting at the base of New Hampshire 's White Mountains . Here, in a converted 120-year-old barn, artist/potter Mylinda Grinstead makes clay works inspired by nature and designed for the home. She strives to combine the natural wonder of New Hampshire 's White Mountains with her passion for artistic expression within ceramic form. All her products are COMPLETELY handmade at her mountain side studio.

These wonderful earthen toned mugs are fired in a wood heated kiln up to a temperature of 2484 degrees. It is a long, laborious process that can take 36 hours. At the proper temperature, salt is thrown into the hot kiln; the salt vaporizes, fuming throughout the kiln interior, and combines with the clay of the pottery, forming a natural glaze on all the pots. Salt glazed stoneware is a more durable product than other pottery. It is physically stronger, can take more abuse, and is more impervious to liquids. The insides of these particular mugs are lined with a Tenmoku glaze. This forms a lovely tortoise shell like finish that ranges from black to honey amber. These glazes are completely lead free and safe for years of culinary use.

There are four styles: a blue decoration, a hazel decoration, a black decoration and plain earth-sand tone. These decorations bring a unique flavor to each style of mug. But Mylinda emphasizes that wood fired pottery is extra special because the wood flue itself conveys a truly unique and special flavor to each individual piece. The position of the pottery in the kiln, the combination of different wood types (hardwood and soft wood), the ambient temperature and humidity on a particular day, all effect the way the kiln burns and the way the flames lap around each piece. And this effects the look of each piece and also the outcome of each firing. Each individual wood firing is like an unique trip into the unknown and each outcome is extra special because the unpredictables and variables of nature has a major effect of the outcome. That is why, in the world of pottery, wood fired pieces are very sought after.

These mugs truly are "terroir". And we hope they bring to you "a sense of place" from our unique area in the mountains of New Hampshire .

Aprox. 4-inches wide (top) by 3-1/3 inches tall and hold about 15oz

Click here to order or call (866) GHH-JAVA.

Flat Rate shipping program continued…indefinitely

Due to popular demand, and your support, we have made the Flat-Rate Shipping program permanent

$4 for shipments of 3-7 coffee items, to a commercial address;
$5 for shipments of 3-7 coffee items, to a residential address
via UPS Ground service.

For more than 7 coffee items, just add $1 per bag.

All other types of shipment are at standard rates.

Please help us continue this well received program by changing your ship-to address to a commercial address , and help to reduce green-house gases. If you would like us to modify your ship-to address to a commercial one, please e-Mail instructions to Jenny@terroircoffee.com or call us at (866) GHH-JAVA.