Highlight on Ethiopia
Ethiopia is where it all started, the birthplace of the Arabica coffee plant. The discovery legend goes: A goatherder named Kaldi noticed that his flock was dancing with extra energy…
Friday Escape: Pamplona, Spain
We’re not here to sell you on escapism. There’s a lot to be said for grounding down where you are, digging in, planting roots, and finding adventure in your own…
New Single-Origin Blend: For Haiti
Haiti is not just a place we buy beans from, it’s another home to us. It’s where we went from sourcing to growing, working with Haitian farmers to set up…
Coffee Lingo: Variety
Variety: (n.) a certain subspecies of the beautiful, diverse, life-giving coffee plant. Thousands of years ago, humans discovered the energetic properties of a small shrub of the genus coffea. Over the…
Make Your Cold Brew Taste Like Bourbon
Cold brewing coffee is a beautiful thing. It’s easy to do at home, and it’s easy to alter ratios and times to get sweet, syrupy notes that can even resemble…
Coffee Lingo: The Bean Belt
The Bean Belt: (n.) the nickname for the area where coffee grows. Coffee plants are fickle things. They’re only able to grow in certain environmental conditions, and the certain conditions they…
The 5-Day Coffee Challenge
Have you been getting the same coffee drink every day for years? Fairly new to the coffee game? Expand your palate and up your coffee knowledge in under a week…
Friday Escape: Just Outside LA
The hills outside LA, shot by the Radavist. National Bike To Work Day is one of our favorite days. Biking is just a cool thing to do. It’s…
6 V Good V60 Pourover Tips
The V60 pourover brewer is a deceptively complex brewing method. You would think you just grind, pour, brew, drink. And it’s mostly that, but there are all sorts of nuances…
Investigating the Animal Poop Coffee Trend
Are you a bit squeamish? Fair warning. We get a lot of questions about civet cat coffee, so we’re explaining the trend of sourcing beans that are harvested from animal…
Monday Motivation: Bike Is Life
It’s National Bike to Work Week! Many La Colombies ride their bikes every day, but we always love an excuse to celebrate the two-wheeled life. This week, we’re giving extra…
Friday Escape: Virginia From The Air
It’s Friday and you don’t have to go too far to escape. Our DC latte art master Reilly O’Hara snagged this sweet shot from a hot air balloon in Charlottesville,…