Jackson Heights Life

Hi all,

I roast coffee beans locally (91st St.) and am now making them available to the people of Jackson Heights.
You can pre-order online  at Jet Espresso for pickup once a week at www.Farmspot.org (82nd and 34th) where I also sell brewed coffee.
Thanks,
Paul

I did try to sell there but unfortunately they only allow products that are grown locally to be sold at their market. Coffee doesn't grow too well around here!

If you want to try some you can either:

• Pre-order via by 5pm Mondays for pickup at Farmspot (82nd and 34th Thurs 5-8) through the website (Jet Espresso)
• Pre-order and pay cash at pickup at Farmspot by sending me an email at jetcoffeeco@gmail.com
• If you can't make it to Farmspot send me an email and I'll sort something out for you

Thanks!,
Paul

Want coffee?  I just received this from www.TheQNote.com:
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The Freshest Cup
October 28, 2009

It all started with a girl named Christine.  Each morning, she happily drank her usual cup of Stumptown Coffee, until one day, her colleague at the interior design company/antique store, Paul Bannister, started making her his own special java from the raw beans he roasted just for fun in his home kitchen.  Soon, Christine was so addicted to Bannister’s brew she became his first official “customer”, paying him for the constant caffeine flow.
Bolstered by positive feedback from Christine and other taste-testing friends, Jackson Heights-based Bannister decided it was time to give his hobby a jolt of its own.  He branded his coffee Jet Espresso, offered samples to the crew at Farm Spot, the local CSA that meets up at St. Mark’s Church on Thursday evenings, and soon was welcomed in beside vendors like Ambrosia Bakery and Lewis Waite Farm.

“I started offering Jet Espresso in June of this year, and locals were very curious,” Bannister recalls. “My wife and I then went to Spain for a month, and when I returned they said they dreamed about the coffee and were so worried I wasn’t coming back.”

Bannister, a native of Wellington, New Zealand, has a genuine love for well-made coffee, which prompted him to spend countless hours conducting research, experimenting on the kitchen espresso machine, and recruiting wife Jaclyn to critique numerous batches, despite “a whole lot of failure and frustration" along the way.

Today you’d think Bannister, who is pursuing a Master’s degree in special education, has a fancy barista pedigree. He sources beans from small farms throughout the world’s quality coffee regions – right now the focus is on Fair Trade, organic ones from Brazil – and freshly roasts them to perfection, sometimes on a contraption he built from scratch. “It roasts well, but requires a lot of hands-on control and manipulating. I like it that way, though, because it helps me learn,” he explains.

During the summer Bannister whipped up iced coffee and homemade espresso ice cream for Farm Spot members (and other curious locals).  In the fall he gets a kick out of serving authentic flat whites, a coffee specialty from New Zealand and Australia made with a single shot of espresso and steamed milk traditionally served in a small, tuilip-shaped cup.  It’s similar to a latte, but with velvety well-spun milk and a strong coffee flavor that doesn’t get muffled underneath a thick blanket of froth.

Once the Farm Spot’s gatherings die down (it runs through November), you luckily don’t have to wait until next summer to try Bannister’s brew - snag his roasted-to-order beans, sold in reusable bags, by the much-needed pound at http://jetcoffeeco.com/ .

Hi all,

For those that aren't connected to http://www.farmspot.org/ we have some exciting new coffees and a new website http://jetcoffeeco.com/

If you want to try some coffee, send me your request via email. You can then pickup at Farmspot (82nd and 34th) on Thurs. evenings between 5 and 8pm.

Thanks!

Paul

Can you sell it across the street from the greenmarket, where the locals set up their food stands?

I did try to sell there but unfortunately they only allow products that are grown locally to be sold at their market. Coffee doesn't grow too well around here!

What about a butane/sterno portable stove? Like people use for camping.