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Nothing excites a connoisseur like a great cup of Joe. Even finer is freshly brewed, and better yet, a cup o’ roasted liquid pleasure enjoyed in Blue Mountain country. Café Blue’s Irish Town location was the checklist stop for the Jamaica Observer Food Awards judging panel last Monday, and to say the caffeine-happy among the judges were thrilled would be an understatement.
Navigating the sharp-cornered ascent into the hills of St Andrew for our late-afternoon coffee appointment, there was a tingle of anticipation (more so for yours truly, whose coffee fix could border into intervention-necessary territory), and Café Blue director of sales and marketing Jason Sharp stood primed and ready to both entertain and educate the caffeine-conscious as well as the lukewarm types.
There was much to digest, and Sharp, the consummate coffee guru, offered an insightful Coffee 101 session that also served as an exclusive showcase to the Observer of Café Blue’s ‘pour-over method’ of making and serving coffee, which it will debut at its Irish Town outlet soon, ahead of a roll-out to the coffee chain’s other four locations.
Exclusive introductions were not limited to coffee alone, as the judges also made acquaintance with Café Blue’s recently hired pâtissier, Nadine Burie, who presented a six-course serving of decadent desserts.
The Ivory Coast-born Burie was a hit, her boundless creativity and precise confectionery techniques evident as each pastry tray arrived, and found instant gratification, with clean plates returning to the kitchen as the next dessert put in an appearance. Share in scenes