Most of us remember the day if we think about it. For us, Sunday March 8th, 2020 was our official “Friends and Family Soft Opening” for the café inside our new roastery at 750 Cass St. in Trenton. Natalie did her best…
There is an effort in specialty coffee to recognize and support the work of women in coffee-producing countries and we love that values-led importers like Sustainable Harvest make it easy for small roasters like us to support those…
This post is a little late. Typically a post about a featured coffee accompanies its initial release, but this coffee has been available on the site for well over a month. Coffee Club members have all had a…
I’m pretty excited about this one. Not that I’m ever not excited about a coffee I offer, but this one represents some very special concepts unique to specialty coffee. First, it’s a microlot, which, like many buzz words, can…
For my second featured single origin coffee I chose Burundi Mpanga (the M is silent), from the award-winning Mpanga Washing Station. It’s noticeably sweeter than the previously featured Guatemala Atitlán, with pink grapefruit citrus acidity, notes of date…
Every so often (as often as possible) I take a record from my vinyl collection, make a cup of coffee, and just sit and listen without distractions. No laptop, no phone, no newspaper. Just coffee and a record.…
The final decision on the next featured coffee should be coming down the pike any day now. I have one or two more cuppings to do before I make a final decision. I can tell you, the next…
Every so often (as often as possible) I take a record from my vinyl collection, make a cup of coffee, and just sit and listen without distractions. No laptop, no phone, no newspaper. Just coffee and a record.…
The following is a quick rundown of my method brewing with everyone’s favorite immersion-percolation hybrid brewer, The Clever Coffee Dripper. Equipment: Clever and filter Scale Timer (your smartphone is perfect) 15 grams of coffee, medium-coarse grind 242 grams of…
It’s January 1, and since many of us love making resolutions for the clean slate that is a fresh 365 laid out in front of us (actually, 366 this year), I’d like to make a suggestion if you don’t mind. Yeah,…