Coffee Lingo: Geisha
Geisha: (n.) a variety of coffee that caused quite a stir – and changed coffee forever. This special variety of Arabica coffee has been around for a long time, keeping a…
Monday Motivation: Conquer Shyness
Kanye said it best: “Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.” Don’t wait around for others to affirm you or draw you out. Know that you’re capable and use that…
Pour It Up – May Coffees On Bar
A new month, a new bar line-up! Every month, we switch up what we’re serving on our Silverton pourover brewers. This month, we’re featuring three excellent South American coffees that…
3 Things Cold Brew Lovers Say
Cold brew season is starting and we all have that one friend who is ALLLLLL about it. Some things you might hear from cold brew lovers this summer: “I don’t…
Motivation Monday: Risk & Potential
Last Friday, our guy Todd Carmichael gave a presentation to some of Philly’s finest creative folks. Organized by Philly’s Creative Mornings chapter, the theme of the talk was risk. There…
Friday Escape: Hotel Oloffson
The historic Hotel Oloffson in Port-Au-Prince. A favorite of international authors, rockstars, artists, and politicians since the 1930s, now home to unique local art and music. We stayed in the…
Coffee Lingo: Arabica
Arabica: (n.) the species of coffee that started it all. As you know, coffee is a fruit and just like there are different species of oranges (navel, Valencia, etc.), there are different…
Motivation Monday: Brew Your Best
Whatever you brew, brew your best. Even if you’re just making a quick French press to take on the fly, put a little care and attention to it and you’ll be…
Support Haiti Coffee Academy on Earth Day
Earth is awesome. And we have to save it because it’s the only planet with coffee. We’re constantly looking for ways to be more Earth-friendly, and since coffee is our…
How to Talk About Tasting Coffee
Do you remember the first time you had a coffee that didn’t “taste like coffee”? It was like a light clicked on, and coffee started to taste different every time you…
Coffee Lingo: Dose
Dose: (n.) a quantity of your daily medicine, espresso. When you want to make perfect coffee, you weigh everything down to the last gram. Dose is the weight of dry grounds you’re…
Atlanta-Bound: SCAA 2016 Preview
The road to glory is paved with…coffee. We’re heading to the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s Expo in Atlanta this weekend, and a few of us will be competing in the…