A few years ago, when I was still living in Colombia, I took a week long training with the Colombian Coffee National Federation where we learned the difference between Arabica and Robusta coffee varietals. During that week we also experienced the different grades of beans and the styles of roast. Arabica coffee is consider the best bean, it is delicate, highly aromatic and it is the bean grown in my beautiful Colombia. I like to compare the production of coffee with the production of wine, or chocolate for that matter. The best beans, or grapes, produce the more distinctive coffee to land product or "terroir" as the french will say, and the roast is the "wine makers touch" the end result is a premium product, be it coffee or wine.
I was quite glad to find a coffee shop here in Denver where the coffee, and its true flavor and nuances, is the main objective, no frills sugary syrups of flavored coffee, which I still can't understand.
The coffee is well balanced, nicely roasted, not too light and definitely not too strong, or almost burnt as many places I had visited.

I just got these pictures in from the super talented Bernard from Focus Tree Photography from a great dessert table we did back in August at the Denver Art Museum with the lovely ladies from A touch of bliss.
I absolutely loved working on this table, we prepared all kinds of goodies such fruit tartlets, chocolates, french macarons, cookies, small cakes and a beautiful white buttercream cake with sugar flowers.

The wedding decor was amazing and has qualified for an Icon Award from Colorado Expressions magazine for Best wedding

Here is a lovely dessert table we did at Chatauqua Park in Boulder with Talia Events. The table had all sort of goodies from cookies, french macarons, cupcakes, chocolates, cannolies, and more plus a beautiful romantic floral cake.

This wedding cake was such a delight to work on and the bride and mother of the bride were just as lovely as the cake!
The process started with the idea of mini pink roses and sparkles and the final product was a reflection of Courtney's style (The lovely bride)