Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte (specialty edition!)
The calendar says we have a couple more weeks of summer, but we all know it’s truly fall. September is the best month, and we all just have to accept it. If you’re reading this you’re either unashamedly about that #PSL life, shocked that I’m writing about them, or both. Either way, this recipe is gives you permission to drink your pumpkin spice lattes without shame and without regret.
How To Freeze Your Coffee (and why you should!)
Freezing specialty coffee can extend the life of your precious beans for weeks, months, and even years. I know what you’re thinking because it’s how most people react when I talk about freezing coffee. It’s a curious look paired with a puzzled question that usually sounds something like, “Are you…serious?”
Biggest Giveaway Yet! (unlimited chances to win)
Frankly I just love putting more things in your hands to help you brew better coffee at home, and when's a better time to do that than Christmas? I've partnered with some of my friends for my biggest giveaway yet, and if I’m this excited to give it away I can’t imagine how the lucky winner is going to feel!
My Aeropress Competition Recipe
My competition recipe isn’t too complicated! No fancy filters, no manic manoeuvres, and nothing to keep you from brewing this at home. We’ll dissect this recipe a little more in the coming posts, but for now here it is!
Coffee Clothing - Designed with intention
I'm always looking for ways to bridge the gap between commodity and specialty coffee, but I didn't expect it to happen through a t-shirt. Learn how these shirts intentionally inspire conversations about specialty coffee!
Seed To Sip - The Alexander Mills Brandmark
This new logo is clean, monochromatic, and extremely versatile. Geometric in nature, it’s not immediately apparent that this logo represents a personal brand. That’s intentional as I forecast for the future, hoping to achieve maximum versatility across different platforms and products.
Pakt Coffee Kit: The Best Travel Solution?
I travel a lot for work and I do my very best to take specialty coffee with me wherever I go. I’ve tried to brew it every possible way; from my hotel bathroom to the base of a waterfall, using a takeout cup lid in an attempt to regulate water flow to smuggling butane into unnamed countries to power up my camping kettle…
The Ultimate V60 Technique? (best pour over recipe!)
Our fearless leader James Hoffman has finally done it - he’s released The Ultimate V60 Technique™. Coffee nerds have long awaited a recipe from the 2007 World Barista Champion, World Atlas of Coffee author, and all around great guy. Well, here it is.
Rooftop Coffee Roasters | #todayimbrewing
Nestled in the Elk Valley of beautiful British Columbia, Rooftop Coffee Roasters is carving a path for themselves in the Canadian coffee industry. Excited and inspired by the spectrum of flavours that coffee has to offer, the folks at Rooftop are roasting carefully curated single origin coffees in a way that accentuates all that each coffee has to offer.
Father's Day Gift Guide 2019: Sales on Specialty Coffee Gear
Your dad needs to step up his coffee game. I don’t know him, but I do know it’s true. My dad has a strong coffee game, but only because I started buying him specialty coffee gear. Here are some great sales this Father’s Day from some of my favourite specialty coffee brands!