Coffee and the Secret Laws of Nature
The coffee world isn't always as beautiful as it appears from a consumer perspective. In many ways, the industry has adopted unsustainable farming methods for both farmers and the earth we inhabit....
Fika Coffee Illustrated in 2020 Stats
Just over a year ago I wrote a blog post about our social media breakup in 2019 which spoke to the idea of limits and becoming. In a recent meeting Colin brought this idea back up and it's been on ...
What is Natural Process Coffee?
2020 marked our second year in a row of purchasing a Natural Process coffee from the Villatoro family in Guatemala who operate their coffee Finca Villaure / La Esperanza. I appreciate a nice natura...
Cultivating Beauty Through Our Work
This month, I (Josh) have the great honor to introduce a guest writer to our blog: Ruth Ann Pszwaro. Ruth and her family are good friends with our family too. So it’s pretty exciting to have her gu...
How COVID-19 has Impacted our Business
At 6:20 in the morning Jude and I were waiting for a school bus to pick us up. It was Jude’s 3rd birthday and what a great way to start his birthday by having a friend, who happens to be a bus driv...
A Coffee Roaster in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The first time I roasted coffee I was seated on a wooden stool in front of a small fireplace. A softly burning but well kept fire danced over a bed of hot coals. A charred cauldron was placed a foo...