by Brent Patton | Aug 21, 2012 | blog
The Roaster’s Challenge – Day 2 After a great first day, the second day of the Roaster’s Guild retreat started with a great breakfast and some time for each team in this years roasting challenge to meet and finalize their coffees for submission. We...
by Brent Patton | Aug 18, 2012 | blog
So You Think You Can Roast? This morning we started with a great breakfast and were provided the coffees for this years roasters challenge: “So You Think You Can Roast?” It featured 5 different Brazilian coffees: Coffee 1 is from thecafundo. Aboard region...
by Brent Patton | Aug 17, 2012 | blog
The Roasters Guild has an annual retreat for coffee roasters, exporters, importers or just any one passionate about coffee production. This year it’s being held at the Skamania resort in Stevenson Washington right on the Columbia river with it’s great...
by Brent Patton | Jun 27, 2012 | blog
Customers always ask us which coffee is the best and as coffee roasters we understand that your personal taste accounts for everything. Your taste and the brewing method should be the primary factors in choosing a favorite coffee you can enjoy over and over. Some...
by Brent Patton | Jun 14, 2012 | blog
ORGANIC This refers to coffees grown without using man-made chemicals for 3 years or more such as artificial fertilizers and pesticides . So a farm that is Certified organic had agreed to follow the mutually agreed-upon growing techniques, including farming with...
by Brent Patton | May 7, 2012 | blog
As a Coffee Shop owner people always like to know how we got started in the coffee business. Back in 1994 my wife and business partner, Sarah and I had been living in Houston and working for a few years in our chosen fields. We had been inspired by seeing the...