The breezes are cooler, the flowers are blooming, and St. Patrick’s day decor is sprinkled everywhere…it must be March already! Our team has picked out their favorite tea and coffee recommendations for the month. Whether you are entertaining for St. Patty’s Day or looking to switch up your usual order, these flavors and blends will…
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Back to Tradition: A Tea Refresher Course
Tea comes in all kinds of varieties. Black, green, yellow, and white teas are all made from the same variety of tea plant, called Camellia sinesis. After the leaves are harvested, they are withered and processed. CTC (cut, tear, curl) and Orthodox are the two types of processing. The Orthodox processing method rolls out the…
Tea Brewing Guides
Brewing tea from home is an excellent way to start your morning or end a long day. There are several methods of brewing teas, but keeping in mind the type of tea you are using is key. Each type of tea (black, green, white, tisane (herbal/fruit), oolong) has different requirements to produce the best tasting…
Coffee Brewing Guides
Here are all of our at-home coffee brewing guides for the best quality coffee. Everything starts with the right coffee. Note- when ordering ground coffee on our website, select the following grind depending on what brewing method you use: Auto-Drip (medium fine) French Press (coarse) Espresso (fine) Pour Over Tools pour-over brewing device 2# paper…
Cozy Coffee & Tea Recipes for Fall
As we’ve settled into the fall season, pumpkin spice has found it’s way back into out lives yet again. Pumpkin spice may be the most famous fall flavor, but we feel as though there are other understated flavors that deserve some time in the limelight this season. Sometimes, the smell of warm spices in the…
Fall Coffee Harvest
Fall has finally arrived! Though we are still waiting for cooler weather here in Arizona, several coffee exporting countries are now experiencing the perfect temperatures for coffee growing.tart formatting. Coffee is just like any other crop. During certain months, the fruit is ripe and promises the most flavor. Other times, it is either in the…
Seed to Cup: Coffee’s Harvesting and Processing Journey
According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO) in London, the world consumed over ten and a half billion kilos of coffee last year alone. With an industry worth billions of dollars, coffee is the most exported product in the world behind crude oil. This week we will be taking a look at the harvesting and…
Summer and Cold Brew
Celebrate Summer with these Cool Recipes Enjoy the summer by keeping it cool! With summer heat and little relief for a while, what better way to celebrate summer than a mixing up a few fun takes on iced coffees and teas? All you need is some milk, coffee or tea and flavored syrups. We recommend…
Sustainable Coffee for a Better Future
Since 1983 our mission has been to source sustainable coffees from small farms, promote ethical and ecologically responsible agriculture projects, and to provide coffees that cross social and economic boundaries. These are the three guidelines we apply when searching for the best sustainable coffees around the world. Doing so allows us to aid three major…
Pour Over Coffee Guide
Pour over coffee has been around before the 1900s in Europe. This method of brewing coffee is similar to an automatic drip coffee maker, except the water is manually poured over the coffee grinds. To perfect your pour over cup of coffee you need to have the right filter size. The filter size varies based…