Ryan and I got an early start this past Friday with a cupping of a few of my production roasts from Thursday. While the coffee certainly needed to settle a little longer, we did get a bit of glimpse into how the batches came out. I always find myself too eager and jump [...]

I will be giving a lecture and demonstration this Sunday from 2:00-3:30 hosted by 18 Reasons on Brewing The Perfect Cup. The bulk of this talk will be focused on rudimentary coffee theory dealing with the dynamics of selecting a proper grind setting, the stages of extraction and how these two correlate between 3 [...]

For as long as I can recall, I’ve always struggled with siphon brewing systems- mainly because the yield from a cloth filter tends to be overwhelmingly refined. Even after adjusting every variable independently and simultaneously, the cup always lacked that luster found in other commonly used brewing methods. However, in both press pots [...]

If in the past month you’ve stopped by our warehouse before 10am, you’ve more than likely heard the Woods’ album At Rear Home being played. I’m pretty sure everyone is getting tired of it by now, but aside from the track with the cats, it’s a solid slow morning record.

For this Sunday’s Farmers Market [...]