Coffee Writing

The Challenges of Coffee Quality

Medium roast specialty coffees made from better beans (responsibly sourced from small, sustainable, fair-trade family farms) and locally roasted within a week from when they arrive in your home.
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What Is A Roast Curve And How Does It Make My Coffee Taste Better?

The roast curve is an element at the heart of our quality control program. It allows us to stay consistent and ensure that every batch is roasted to the same relative specifications every time. To put it another way: we're not relying on our 'intuition' or 'gut feelings' to make sure your coffee...
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3 Reasons I Removed The Word 'Acidity' From My Coffee Labels

Without fail every week we have several customers - very smart people - asking the same question:  'what is your least acidic coffee?'  For which I begin my subtle, (hopefully) educational, and not snobby, rant about why they should begin to reconsider the way they think about "acidity" in coffee...
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