A few weeks ago, we began introducing a new way of labeling our bags in hopes of offering a more informative approach at selling retail bags. As a trial they were initially sold at Sandbox Bakery, and then Bi-Rite Market. The feedback we’ve received thus far seems to be leaning in favor of [...]

Last Wednesday while I was finishing the last roast of a few Indonesian samples that had arrived the day prior, our grounds keeper, Robert Smith nearly broke down the door in his, unintentional best Kramer impersonation; all flustered and short of breath yelling, “You have a delivery! And it’s from someone called lar-mar-zoo-ka” I [...]

The newest addition to our current offerings is a very special coffee from Fazenda Esperança. 744 is a small lot of peaberries, which occurs when only one seed is produced in the coffee cherry- normally there are two. When only one seed forms, two discerning factors arise. First, the physical shape of the [...]

The holidays are approaching just as fast as our business is growing, which explains why we couldn’t find the time to make a kitschy season’s greetings, or put together gift packages to sell- as we had hoped. Sorry, perhaps next year! Besides being swamped in the best way possible, I did get a [...]

One of our newest accounts is the retail outlet for the brilliant baker Mutsumi, named Sandbox Bakery. After having cupped four coffees they decided on our Finca El Retiro, El Salvador to share the Hario drip stand with Ritual. Sandbox Bakery will be opening their doors Monday morning December 7th. I unfortunately [...]

This is Rob and our cargo bike built by Rick Hunter. Together, our coffee is delivered fast, efficiently and in a manner we believe in. Also, our friend Ian recently put together a couple rain proof rear bags which will certainly come in handy as we are approaching San Francisco’s wet season. [...]

Earlier this morning I held a public cupping at De La Paz account, La Victoria. Among the coffees we cupped were two currently being served at La Victoria- Finca El Injerto, Guatemala and Cafetalera Herbazu, Costa Rica as well two of our newest offerings, Finca El Retiro, El Salvador and Cauca Tierradentro, Colombia. [...]

Since this past Friday we have received five brand new coffees; all of which, we are more than thrilled about. With that however, comes the daunting task of developing all new roast profiles and brew specs specifically for each coffee. Going into the roasts we have a general idea of what to expect, though [...]

Perfect morning cup.

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 [...]

Ape Do Good printed a special run of 8oz. bags for our first Whole Foods location which is having a grand opening tomorrow. Stop by, pick up some coffee, and tell the staff how much you love our coffee!

This past weekend Haus barista, Ryan and I made our way up to Seattle for a 48 hour accelerated (yes, pun intended) coffee bar tour and visit to this year’s Coffee Fest. While we did have several priorities lined up and a very specific agenda, unfortunately a few were missed out on (Leah- I’m [...]