Last Friday, we held our first ever latte competition here at the Buena Vista Roastery, and what a fun night it [...]
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Still, no matter how well we like to think we are doing in our ‘art with coffee’, there is somewhere new, like Coffee on Paper. [...] Peaberry’s Shuts its Doors A year ago we, the Buena Vista Roastery, participated in a ‘coffee-off’ vying for a substantial account. Peaberry’s Coffee gave a presentation with a slide show and coffee samples. We gave one as well and got the account, beating out three other roasters. The guy from Peaberry’s commended our ‘thing,’ as in [...] Banning the Laptop I’ve known that this sort of thing happens locally from time to time – a cafe owner shoes away customers who are spending too much time sitting at a table reading, playing a game, using a computer, et cetera. I’ve always felt as if it counteracts the great marketing plan of keeping your [...] Specialty Coffee in Salida Java Girl has recently posted a bit about specialty coffee in her post, Getting Started with Specialty Coffee, specifically ordering at Bongo Billy’s Salida Cafe. The BV Roastery roasts all the coffee for Bongo Billy’s, so it’s great to see mention of some of the cafes that carry the coffee, particularly a [...] There are times when I fancy a lungo and times when I favor the bitterness of a ristretto. Using our own machine, I’ll experiment with our High Country Espresso to explore the nuances of the long pull and the short pull. Of course I prefer the smooth character that we get with proper tamp [...] Rumor has it that we in Buena Vista will be seeing some new places to buy coffee. The 15 year old Bongo Billy’s Buena Vista Cafe has been the only place in town for more than a decade, located in the perfect spot to capture the rafters and high schoolers at break time. It has [...] My friend Chris graduated from college yesterday, Colorado College. At the college, there are a few students working on a new coffee roastery led by similar values as we have at the Buena Vista Roastery. I was searching for a taste of their product while at the graduation in the heart of Colorado Springs. Unfortunately, all I could [...] |
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