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In order to make every drink we serve as good as it can possibly be we have changed the way we pull shots for milk drinks and Americanos at Phil...

Over the past few years, you may have noticed a Costa Rican coffee called “Manuel Arce” on our menu.  We have been working with Manuel “Macho” Arce for the past...

Baristas from all around the US came to Topeka to compete in this event. Each barista was randomly placed on a team that competed in three separate scored events, each...

In this year’s Regional Prairie Barista Competition, our top baristas placed first and second giving them the opportunity to represent the prairies in the 2012 Canadian National Barista Competition held...

I find myself with some extra time in Bogota, so I thought I would try to articulate some of my present observations on coffee production here in Colombia. While I...

At the end of a great day spent with the Petersons at Esmeralda, we took the up-and-down 90-minute drive from Boquete to Volcan to visit a good friend, Carlos Aguirre...

After spending a good deal of time in the moderate climates of Costa Rica and Guatemala (due to the altitude), arriving in Panama City was a bit of a shock. ...

After visiting the West Valley, I returned to the exclusive office for a day of cupping—about 50 or so coffees from West Valley and Tarrazú.

My 2nd day in Costa involved more cupping at the Exclusive office with 5 great folks from Maruyama, including the current Barista Champion of Japan, Mie Nakahara.

The title of this post may imply that I will studiously post everyday of this 25-day origin trip.  I’m not sure I can commit to that, but I’ll certainly try...

Recently, we had Telus TV visit us at the roasterie to interview Phil about the process of coffee from the green bean to the cup.

We arrived to the West Valley town of Naranjo in the early afternoon, at which time we had to remind Francisco that normal people tend to eat a few meals...