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BV Roastery and Bongo's Customer Service gets kudos

From the blogpost: That is the kind of over-the-top service that makes customers not just happy but want to go out and become ambassadors for the company they’re doing business [...]

Food Fraud and Organic Coffee

There are other places I have visited that sell “Fair Trade Organic” espresso that I know for a fact is not (because we sell them the beans and they don’t buy FTO beans). We can tell them, but there is no regulatory mechanism in place to maintain integrity on the retail side. I have asked about this, and there is nothing the industry can do. [...]

BV Roastery Latte Competition!

Last Friday, we held our first ever latte competition here at the Buena Vista Roastery, and what a fun night it [...]

First Fair Trade Town in CO

Buena Vista has become a Fair Trade Town, the first in Colorado and the 14th in the nation. Here is the post from TransFair [...]

The 2010 Mountain Regional Barista Competition

On Valentines Day weekend, a few members of our BV Roastery team attended this years Mountain Regional Barista Competition in Loveland, Colorado. None of us competed (next year, baby!), but we had a really great time, and were totally blown away by the quality of baristas that we saw [...]

Tobacco infused latte, anyone??

A signature drink is not just a crazy concoction that happens to include espresso… instead, the coffee is the heart and soul of the drink, and any other ingredients, exotic though they may be, are merely added to bring out the many and varied flavors hiding within the espresso. [...]

Green Tea: Can It Cure What Ails You??

Apparently, what makes green tea so special is the way it’s extracted: instead of the usual method for tea-making, fermentation, the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant are steamed. This allows the tea to retain all of its natural goodness, primarily the [...]

Coffee Fudge Brownies!

n a separate bowl, stir together the milk, coffee and oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir to mix well. Stir in the walnuts, then pour the batter into the prepared [...]

Coffee 101

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

Coffee Talkie - a Fantastic Gift

Just in time for the holidays, the Coffee Talkie. Complete with antenna and coffee safe key [...]