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Coffee 101

The video takes you through some of the process of production and generally describes the regions where coffee is grown. [...]

BV Roastery and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration

I personally have found the greatest meaning working with people actively sequestering carbon into ground by using grazing ungulates as a tool – pulling free carbon out of the atmosphere nd putting into the ground through plant exudates while simultaneously NOT using fire as a tool to burn dry and decadent grasses, and putting more carbon into the [...]

Trouble in Kenya

A question when preparing for dry times is, ‘what does the raindrop do when it hits the [...]

Organics Out of Uganda

Yesterday in the Roastery, we were cupping a few organic Brazilian coffees – a Chapada Dinamata, a Tres Fazendas, and a Fazendas Santa Marta. During our discussions afterward, one of our roasters noted his observation of more and more Uganda coffees showing themselves in various coffee markets.

I understand this is a relative unknown in the [...]

Lack of Water and Disease Check Ethiopian Production

We may see a dearth of coffee coming out of Ethiopia this year. An article in Bloomberg reports that coffee supply will fall 58% this year. Both the Sidamo and Yirgacheffe regions are hit, first by a drought in spring followed by heavy rains that encouraged disease. The third coffee harvest, finishing up as we [...]

Searching for Zimbabwe

I recently read some pondering about the coffee coming out of Kenya, despite the troubles that the nation faces and its recent history in coffee production (100 years ago or so). Kenya typically produces an excellent cup – usually with a great wineyness, low body and a berrylike finish. We at the Roastery in Buena [...]