#debello

[nascostamente]

Italia omnia divisa est in partes tres

[radiomanzo]

A tutta Sabina - De Bello Sabino

[scrapeandscatter]

Random Start: Robinson - “7″

Ah, the Debello days. Robinson was a grindcore band that seemed to be heavily influenced by The Sawtooth Grin, or at least by whoever influenced Sawtooth. Debello had a knack for finding such bands. At just over two minutes, this track doesn’t really fit the grindcore standard, but, even though it’s spacious, it’s still laced with blast beats.

[scrapeandscatter]

Random Start: Anapparatus - “Distance”

Criminally underrated metal band from Indiana. Like a grindier Converge, or not so much on this song, so maybe Converge with less hardcore influence.

[movingcoffee]

brewing with #acaiacoffeescale #ethiopia #debello #fruity #sweetness #movingcoffee

[nyloncoffee]

New Coffee: Debello

Some interesting facts about this country – there are more than 1 million small coffee farmers (smallholders) representing 95% of the coffee production in Ethiopia. The varieties are referred to collectively as Ethiopian Heirloom, which is a myriad of local native Typica hybrids and new improved varietals based on the old strains. Most coffees are organic by default.

This coffee is a result of a sustainable Technoserve project in the western part of the country. Technoserve is a NGO supporting the farmers in setting up washing stations and new cooperative structures, based on transparency and increased quality production. Technoserve’s coffee initiative is a project measuring their success in the value and quality of the coffees produced and the farmers’ increase in their coffee income. All cooperative members qualify for second payment. This has so far contributed to a significant increase in payment for the local coffee farmers.

Debello is one of the strongest and best managed cooperatives in the Limu area with about 500 smallholders. Though the cooperative buys from non-members as well, but they do not qualify for second payment as cooperative members do. They strictly adhere to the lot traceability system and maintain very high quality controls through the process. The cherries are hand-sorted for unripes and overripes by the farmers before they go into production. The cherries are pulped and mechanically demucilaged, soaked in water and sun-dried on African drying beds. The cooperative has also implemented various measures to reduce cost, such as using solar powered lights as an energy source as well as implementing a waste water treatment program. This particular coffee is certified organic.

We feel this coffee is best enjoyed as a filtered coffee. Lovely jasmine aromatics with lemon-lime like acidity. Complex juicy fruits are complemented by a delicate body. The finish is sweet with notes of candy sugar and peaches. Brewing with Aeropress accentuates the sweetness, while its fruit tea characteristics and clean cup profile shines through with the Kalita wave dripper. We are expecting this coffee to be a crowd pleaser, so don't miss out on one yourself!

Cooperative: Debello Cooperative

Location: Jimma, Western Ethiopia

Local municipality: Limu - Kossa

Altitude: ~1740 masl

Varietals: Ethiopian Heirloom. Native coffee of forest origin transferred to family smallholder plots.

Processing: Pulped and mechanically demucilaged, soaked in water and sundried. 

[stampstheband-blog]

Hello little tiny intsy bitsy people

YO YO YO! #FB

First off, the rock for justice tour has been pushed back, not canceled.  We wish we could give you a reason, but no reason was given to us :(!  After we find the people responsible for this delay and make them suffer terribly, for a long time, in public, we will be right back on track.  We've been told that the tour will happen a few weeks later than originally planned.  So, we are going to try and turn this into a positive and swing up through the midwest after SXSW.

Now, of course booking a show anywhere in the middle of the US around SXSW, with only one week's notice is going to be tricky, but we are definitely playing in chicago at the very least before returning our lovely guitar and bass player to their rightful place in the lovely, illustrious and lotion soaked, Debello!  

We hope to get some other shows along the way, so if you are around the midwest or on the way back to california and have any magical suggestions on what the hell we are supposed to do now, we welcome them. 

In other news, we made a new album and it's better than our first album, which is in our minds, a plus!  It will be out in May and you will like it as much as you liked our first album, only more.  I'm very hungry.

sincerly... the truly cool,

Stamps