So what’s all this I hear About Single Origin Saturday? we’ll tell ya. The fine folks over at Avid Coffee have a very unique offering from Chromatic that you will have a chance to experience, and thats the only place you’re going to be able to get it. we got together and worked with Cris […]

There is nothing more exciting for us than receiving a sample of a coffee that we have never tasted before. Whether it be a different country, region, cultivar, process, or grade; regardless of the differences, we always want to try the freshest crop available. Seasonality of coffee is what creates a challenge in offering a single line of coffee […]

Think back to when you were young. Do you remember that feeling of having a childhood hero? Did you ever want to meet them, or share something you created? Something you have in common? Alright, so we are not children any more, but we definitely still have people whose work inspires us. Some of these […]

Last week was an interesting series of events for us, but the culminating point of our less than six months of operation was moving an entire roastery, after setting it up the first time around. Fun stuff. Here we are setting up the roaster for the first time at our temporary location. September 2012. Now we’re at […]

We’re celebrating the grand opening of downtown San Jose’s latest gem: Café Stritch. Owned and operated by the Borkenhagen family, this is our first exclusive account, and naturally we wouldn’t have it anywhere else but in the SoFA district of downtown San Jose and run by some of our closest friends. The Borkenhagens infront of their impressive mural of Rashaan Roland Kirk painted by Erin Salazar This beautiful workhorse of a […]

It’s been an exciting and busy last few weeks for everyone involved in the Bay Area coffee industry as we are down to the last few days of preparation for the South Western Regional Barista Competition. Held at Top of the Ritt and hosted by Verve, we are nervous and excited about all of our […]