Coava Coffee Roasters // Kochere
Being a coffee reviewer, and with their being, surely, a finite number of coffee farms in the world, there is bound to be overlap – certainly after two and a half years of running this website. The coffee being reviewed at the Table today is no exception. This is probably the fourth or fifth time...
Bow Truss Coffee Roasters // Natural Ethiopia Sidama
It’s been a long time coming, but May’s MistoBox finally arrived at my doorstep yesterday afternoon—and not a moment too soon! After MistoBox’s successful recent appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank, Samantha and Connor have been very, very busy filling more and more orders and attracting the attention of more and more roasters to work with....
Madcap Coffee Company // Kiriyama Burundi
If there’s one thing I’ve learned while being near, around, and in the specialty coffee industry over the past few years, it’s that relationships often play the most vital role in any business’s success. Not only is this true of the relationships between a shop and its clientele, or a roastery and its wholesale accounts,...
Oil Slick Coffee Company // Ethiopia Beloya
I’m a very fortunate person. Running a coffee review website has given me the opportunity to try some of the best coffees this country has to offer—shipped directly from the roaster to my doorstep on a regular basis, usually free of charge. While some roasters might do it to take advantage of a great free...
Ceremony Coffee Roasters // Rwanda Gitesi
After kicking around sunny southern California for the past few days, we’re packing our bags and jetting off to the Eastern seaboard, to the home of Ceremony Coffee Roasters—Annapolis. Ceremony has been on my radar for quite some time now; I’ve corresponded with the folks there in the past, their coffee just never made its...
Review: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters // Kenya AA Extra Bold (K-Cup)
Greetings once again, coffee lovers. Welcome back to my table here in the corner of this cafe. Not too long ago, I wrote a post about the scoring systems employed by fellow coffee bloggers and the SCAA to rate coffees that they drink. I, of course, keep no score here at the Table. While gathering...
Barefoot Coffee Roasters // Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere
March’s MistoBox included a sample from California-based roastery, Barefoot Coffee—their Guatemala Palo Blanco Select, which proved to be one of my favorite coffees of the year, thus far. As it turns out, my review of that coffee turned out to a favorite of theirs, and they graciously thanked me for the kind words by sending...
Bluebeard Coffee Roasters // Ethiopia Zelele Organic Yirgacheffe
One of the things I love most about running the Table is, not only drinking fantastic coffees, but also discovering great roasters from all over the country. I’ve been introduced to some great ones, for sure, and among the best of 2012 was Washington’s Bluebeard Coffee Roasters. A couple of their coffees even found a...
Passion House Coffee Roasters // Rwanda Dukunde Kawa
One of the hottest coffees (pun totally intended) on the market so far in 2013 has been the Rwanda Dukunde Kawa. A lot of roasters got their hands on this one while they could. I managed to snag a bag from Halfwit Coffee Roasters last month as a contribution to The Epic Coffee Exchange of...
Halfwit Coffee Roasters // Rwanda Dukunde Kawa
Last year, three fellow Twitterers and I started to really discover the full potential of the social media giant when we participated in a project we called The Great Coffee Exchange of 2012. The four of us bought a bag of coffee near our hometown, divided it equally, and sent the portions to each other....
