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Colombia El Quebradón with snickerdoodle cupcakes

October 18, 2016 by jocelyn Leave a Comment

 Colombia El Quebradón with snickerdoodle cupcakes

With the holidays approaching, the amount of baking I do drastically increases. I love baking treats and bringing them into my store! A few years ago I discovered that you can bake directly in to sample cups, so doing this is a staple once the red cups come out. There is nothing more adorable than a peppermint mocha cupcake baked into a red sample cup. I am getting a little ahead of myself. While I was in Sacramento, we had extra sample cups. The baristas gave them to me, and you know I brought them all the way back to Michigan with a project in mind. Reserve cupcake pairing. So here it is; Colombia El Quebradón with snickerdoodle cupcakes!

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Colombia El Quebradón with homemade s’mores

August 10, 2016 by jocelyn Leave a Comment

Colombia El Quebradón on national s'mores day!

It’s national s’mores day, and I wanted to do something fun to celebrate! This pairing has been on my “to do” list since Colombia El Quebradón appeared at the Roastery in May, but with moving and other tastings, it just got pushed back. Once I noticed national s’mores day was coming up, I knew I had to get my act together and make this a priority.

For three months, this idea of a snickerdoodle s’mores has been kicking around in my head, and when I have an idea in process for that long, it tends to evolve, and turn into something so much more complicated. So here it is, in all its glory.. Colombia El Quebradón paired with snickerdoodle & saffron graham crackers, a brown sugar marshmallow, milk chocolate and fresh strawberries. This is a seriously delicious bite, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to have store bought graham crackers again…. 

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