PNWG VI
6th Annual Pacific Northwest
Home Roaster's Gathering
Saturday June 14, 2008
It’s official.
Kona Konnaisseur miKe mcKoffee aka Mike & Debi McGinness will be your hosts again this year.!
PNWG VI Location is not there but here:
15104 NE 74th St. Vancouver, Washington 98682-5149 USA, (Gathering hosts pictured in Barry’s stompin’ grounds!)
see GoogleMap
Phone 360 254-0179 Cell 503 449-7045
Saturday's Agenda
No real agenda just our annual Pacific Northwest Home Roaster’s Coffee Play Day! Our doors will "officially" open at Noon.
Field trip to mcKona Koffee Paradise Kafe 1pm to 4pm: www.mcKonaKoffee.com. About 15 minute drive from our house. Pretty sure a ‘few’ will want to see our USRC 3k in action so will roast at least one batch. Also if you’d like some of your beans roasted in the USRC to take home no problem, 2 to 8LB batches.
There will be some kind of yet to be determined contest with the prize a Behmor 1600 donated by Joe! More will be revealed.
If you happen to have something like you’d to see happen, shoot me an email or post about it on the List!
We’ll have the Bricoletta for straight shots or Americanos or cappuccinos or mochas etc., (even a latte if you beg;-) plus other brewing devious available including numerous press pots, a Choreador (peasant Costa Rica coffee sock;-), 12 tasse Stainless Steel "Amore" Moka Pot, and of course the Royal Versailles Gold Plated Balance Vacuum Brewer. (Both the 50oz & 25oz Bodum Electric Santos vac’ brewers have bit the dust.) Don’t know how many additional espresso machines or what other brewing dignitaries will be visiting but there are always a slew of them! If someone must have drip brewed maybe someone will bring a TechnivormJ
During the day there’ll be munchies including veggie trays and home made dips Dave Nielson is bringing, various chips and dips, array of my smoked cheeses, crackers, biscotti and or scones and who knows what else.
Dinner time 7pm or so as usual. A simple Italian themed dinner of Debi’s Italian sausage sauce spaghetti (also a pan of meatless), topped with fresh mozzarella cheese slices than baked, finished with fresh Parmigiano Reggiano (none of that green cardboard stuff if you ask!), mixed baby greens salad with crumbled smoked bleu cheese dressed with balsamic vinaigrette accompanied by rosemary ciabatta bread with unfiltered extra virgin olive oil for dipping and of course antipasto of peppercinnis, kalamata olives, green onions etc. Dessert to be determined.
Come One Come All! This is not only for those living in the Pacific Northwest!
(This of course also means you can bring non-home roasting friends and family too, no need to ask “permission”!)
RSVP ASAP to mcKona@comcast.net with total number attending.
Please specify number staying for dinner in your RSVP! Need to know for planning purposes.
BTW, it costs bucks to host these Gatherings. Donations to help offset cost of hosting (dinner etc.) much appreciated! (PayPal accepted mckona@comcast.net, put PNWG in subject.) Figure fair low ball discounted price per dinner would be something like $5 per person.
As before Debi & I have discussed it. As long as you're aware our home is NOT child proofed and children are your responsibility they are welcome! Bring their favorite DVD movies if you so desire, we have a 55" with M&K 5.1 Theater Sound, kept them happy in the past.
Nearby Hotel/Motels: lots of online sources, here's one search of hotels within 5miles. Click Here
Or a really nice place nearby that search doesn't bring up. The Heathman Lodge
Hope to see you there! (Or rather here.)
Here’s a few pic links to some pics from PNWG I, II & III. (seemed to have temporarily “lost” PNWG IV pics)