Ok, Millar’s Coffee comes in a paper bag, so this isn’t entirely off-topic. Truthfully though. the reason that I have spent the last half hour checking out their website is that the idea of a wood-fired roaster appealed to me.
If you are in the Vancouver or Portland area, be sure to try some Millars Wood Roasted Coffee. Before being roasted over a hardwood fire, the beans are rested in old bourbon barrels.
I have recently relocated. I am living near the spot where I grew up on the east coast of Canada. Being back here has me thinking about all kinds of land stewardship issues. The family that runs Millars Coffee thinks about this a lot too and they decided long ago to only use naturally felled or over mature trees for their fuel. The coffee is not roasted from trees that were cut down when they were still healthy and growing.
