Up and Running

Well, it’s been a long road to get here. Weeks of renovation and stripping down and cleaning the very dirty IR12 have paid off, the roaster is finally up and running and I’ve already run about 5 roasts through it. Read More

Barista Magazine article and roaster update

Well, it’s official, my article for Barista Magazine is now online. I’ve been an avid reader of it for years and I’m so happy to be published by them in conjunction with the launch of the roastery. Read More

Cupping At Dark Horse Espresso Bar

We’ll get back to the roadtrip with the roaster again soon. But first, I had the pleasure of stopping in at Dark Horse Espresso Bar the other day to cup with one of my favorite baristas, Momi (look halfway down on the link). I brought in samples I was evaluating sent to me from Cafe Imports in Minneapolis. Read More

Across the continent with a coffee Roaster – Portland to Missoula

…Well, here we are, part three of my road trip with my Deidrich roaster. I won’t give away too much in this post because I’ve written an article about my trip home from Portland for Barista Magazine‘s Feb/March issue. However, I was limited to 1500 words and there’s room for some more detail in these posts. Read More

Across the continent with a coffee Roaster – Portland

…Next stop on my our road trip: Portland. First off, let me just say, when you are driving solo in unfamiliar territory, what a blessing GPS is. I’m usually a map only, always know which way is North type of guy. But the GPS made my travels easy and stress free. Having said that, I wasn’t aware that in the”avoidance’s” setting in the GPS, “Ferries” wasn’t selected. So the day before on my way to Bremerton, it had me drive down into a small town to catch the ferry across Puget Sound. Lesson learned. Read More

Across the continent with a coffee Roaster – Seattle

Well, the above pictured map pretty much sums it up. In November of 2008 I flew down to Seattle WA to pick up my Diedrich IR12 roaster. It was a 2800 mile drive back, across some beautiful country and I had some exquisite coffees along the way. Read More