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Once again, the past year at LBD Coffee encompassed change, growth, and some new directions. As we mentioned, Gigi and I feel truly blessed with the new addition to our family. Jorgen's arrival added to a great year, and he came during an incredibly busy time at the farm, as the harvest and Christmas mail order rush is in full swing.
Blair Estate Organic Coffee Farm: A bumper crop brings not only a lot of beans, but also a truly great cup of coffee.
Now in its 5th year of production and 7th year since its inception, Blair Estate certified organic coffee farm had its break out year. The crop has been the best yet, and the coffee cherry continues to flow in daily. We are expecting the harvest to finally wrap up by mid January, as we have been picking since early September. The quality of the coffee is unrivaled, as our coffee pickers have done an exceptional job of picking only the ripest coffee cherry, and yours truly has personally overseen the wet milling, fermenting, washing, drying, and hulling of this world class coffee.
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The majority of coffee at Blair Estate has been hand picked by a community of Marshall Islanders who live on Kauai. We are very grateful for their loyalty and work ethic. The harvest would not be possible without their help, and we thank them.
This past weekend we cupped the September pick and have deemed it ready for sale. So it is with great pleasure we release the 2007 Blair Estate organic coffee. We promise you will find this coffee to be of the highest quality, from perhaps the finest beans on earth. The long days of picking and wet hulling, sometimes into the night and through the rain, sore backs, and time to age have all paid off in the cup.
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Organic coffee farming is a year round activity that requires fertilization, several rounds of pruning, and maintaining strict USDA National Organics Program standards. We have also created a beautiful canopy of nitrogen fixing gliricidia trees to shade our coffee farm. The natural environment at Blair Estate is humming with health, as we have created a great setting for not only coffee, but our St. Croix hair sheep, as well as many species of birds.
Because the privacy of our home and farm became an issue over the last year, it was necessary to close the farm to the public. We met so many very kind, and grateful people during 2005-2006 years when we were open, and we thank you all for visiting. However, it became impossible to continue the farm work and maintain our private family life here at Blair Estate. We're sorry for the disappointment this has caused some visitors to Kauai. But we still invite you to enjoy the fruits of our labor by purchasing this coffee online. Our focus, once again, is solely on the growing of coffee. Thank you for your understanding.
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