Coffee Health
Thank you Daily Coffee News for the update. Nice to have the peace of mind to "drink all we can and sell the rest." Torrey Lee, Co Owner Cafe Moto …
Café Directo
We are excited about some new coffee coming our way! Café Directo is a new coffee supplier in Costa Rica. Show in the photos is Gerardo, one of the oldest farmers selling to Cafe Moto. Gerardo was originally with…
Meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico
Putla, Mexico is a small village fairly remote region outside Oaxaca. The coop has purchased some chickens and goats for additional food security projects and are making upgrades to the cupping lab with some of the Free Trade premiums. We…
Brewing Methods: Hario V60 Coffee Maker
The Hario V60 Coffee Dripper is one of the most popular manual brewers in the specialty coffee field today, found in many brew bars around the country. The design of this pour-over has ridges along it’s innards and a single…
Brewing Methods: Toddy Cold Brew Coffee Maker
The Toddy is the ultimate coffee maker. In 1964, as a chemical engineering graduate of Cornell, Todd Simpson developed and patented a cold brew system that, using regular Arabica coffee beans, creates a superior-tasting cup of steaming HOT coffee. And,…
Brewing Methods: French Press Coffee Maker
The first Coffee Press, which may have been made in France, was a metal or cheesecloth screen fitted to a rod that users would press into a pot of boiling water. The first patent for a Coffee Press was given…
Meeting Killicaffe Kilimanjaro Tanzania Coffee
We had a meeting and a good discussion with Geoffrey of Killicaffe, Kilimanjaro Coffee, about getting a small lot from a co-op mill in the north of Tanzania and a small lot from a co-op in the south. The tastes…
Meeting Costa Rica Llano Bonito Cooperative
Taking a group picture after the cooperative Llano Bonito meeting where we shared stories of the socio-environmental growth and the upcoming harvest which is set to begin November. Our first tastes are scheduled for May 2013 with the actual ship…