$1,190.00
Automation and contraptions that take the human element out of a craft are not my thing. But neither is sloppiness, inconsistency, or bad coffee. Really the only way to ensure that you're getting an excellent product every single time is...
$30.00
People often ask me why they tend to like naturals more than washed coffees or vice versa. Most people don't know the difference or what makes each style tend to lean one direction or the other. So when we started...
$30.00
VARIETIES Maduro, originally known as El Boton Natural, was the first dry-processed coffee to be exported from Colombia way back in 2008. That was a project we spearheaded in order to learn what effect different processing methods...
$22.00
VARIETIES El Chele, Nicaraguan slang for “white guy,” is a farm owned by a young fair-skinned farmer named Norman. He’s the one in the group who everyone picks on, but he’s good-natured and hard-working. I met him...
$1,050.00
At the last specialty coffee convention in Portland, we walked wide-eyed into the Fiorenzato booth. Fiorenzato: the name itself makes you feel like you just walked onto the showroom floor of Ferrari. I'd never heard of them, even though they've been...
$25.00
My cousins were in over Thanksgiving weekend and I was helping them shop for coffee beans. The one that stands out on the shelf is the coffee wrapped in pink, which must've scared the bejesus out of them. For the...
$33.00
VARIETIES If you love coffee for its social aspect, this is the one for you. It’s a relationship coffee: one obtained through relationships and the perfect coffee to build them. When I first met the producer of...
$15.00
There are a lot of ways to take your coffee. You know how I take mine. Most people prefer it light brown. But there is a small segment of the population that seems to just drink coffee to get jacked. These...
$30.00
How about a “Bean Bundle”? If you’re looking for an out-there holiday gift idea, look no further! The DoubleShot Bean Bundle is a little side-by-side package partnering two of our favorite things: one pound of coffee beans from Hacienda La...
$8.00
In 2019 I visited some coffee producers in India and for the first time got to see peppercorns growing on the vine. I was staying at Balanoor Estate with the amazing Kuriyan family. I went for a run around their tea plantation,...
$33.00
VARIETIES You know Maracay for their washed Caturra, which we've had on the shelves since October. But you don’t know Maracay like this. Pink Bourbon is a variation of Bourbon that mutated up in the mountains of...
$7.00
Yes, we know you come here for coffee beans, but you know we are crazy about quality in all aspects of life. So when we heard how good Rancho Gordo beans were, we tasted and then tasted some more and...
$49.00
Expeditions used to be so much more grandiose than they are today. In the "Age of Exploration," spanning the 15th to the 17th centuries, one struck out (from Spain or Portugal probably) hoping to locate some new landmass off in...
$23.00
VARIETIES Maracay is a farm up in the picturesque mountains of Quindio Colombia, just outside the town of Armenia. Its hills and valleys are covered in a multitude of coffee varieties, each one with a unique story...
$18.00
VARIETIES Cascara is the actual dried coffee cherry skin, which can be steeped like tea and drunk like the Yemeni people have for centuries. Even before we learned to roast and grind and brew the seeds of...
$32.00
VARIETIES Our relationship with Bambito Estate began when I met the owner, Priscilla, at the Specialty Coffee Association tradeshow. And the next time I was in Panama, I dropped by for a visit. After touring the farm...