San Isidro was founded in 1897 by Felix Maldonado Robles and has been passed down through four generations, remaining 100% family owned to this day.…
This coffee was produced in the Caicedo region of Antioquia, Colombia as a collaborative effort between 20-30 farmers. Though the region is renowned for its…
The Gomez family is a great example of the benefit of coffee growing being passed on through generations in rural Colombia. Their 6-hectare farm is…
The Flanzer family began farming in the 1970’s in the Serra do Cabral plateau in the state of Minas Gerais. Originally planted for forestry, brothers…
Tesfaye Bekele, the head of the Suke Quto Farm in the Goji region of Ethiopia, saw an opportunity to start his own farm after a…
With excellent growing conditions and a prevalence of sought-after varietals like Typica, Bourbon, and Caturra, Peru is poised to produce large volumes of high-quality coffee…
This past January I went on my first origin trip, to the Antioquia region of Colombia. There I met up with a group of various coffee…
I first met Mokhtar Al-Khanshali in 2014 while attending my Q Certification exam at Boot Coffee in Mill Valley, California. Mokhtar, a Yemeni-American raised in…
Coffeehouses are seen differently by everyone. You might feel inclined to define a coffeehouse by what it serves. A latte, an espresso, a frappe, a…
The roasting process can be very fluid and different approaches may need to be considered on a day to day basis in order to achieve…