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Coffee Reflections – May 2025A well-crafted coffee commands my attention. I always drink it black. Why? To enjoy the natural, inherent flavors. There’s nothing like it. Fine coffee must be harvested at peak ripeness, carefully separated from its fruit, dried with care, properly stored, and finally roasted and brewed with precision. Only then can its full potential unfold. When drinking it black, sip it slowly from hot to near room temperature, over the course of 15 to 20 minutes. As the temperature drops to around 130°F to 120°F, the coffee fully blossoms revealing sweetness and nuanced flavor notes that were only...

Historic High Coffee Prices Are Arriving — And Tariffs Are Making It WorseBack in March, I wrote about the looming rise in coffee prices for this year’s harvest. The primary drivers behind this increase are climate change and a steady rise in global coffee consumption which has now outpaced production for several consecutive years. You can read that article here. As I write this, freshly harvested 2025 coffees from Central America are landing on our shores. We are now paying over 60% more than we did last year for some of our most popular regional offerings — before factoring in...

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July 2023Coffee Prices: How We Got Here and What the Future Looks Like Costs across all industries have risen, and coffee is no exception. In 2022, prices roasters paid to coffee farmers reached an all-time high. Simultaneously, demand for coffee was also breaking records. You may have noticed some changes to our prices. As slowly as possible, they have risen, often reducing our margins in the process. So, we’d like to share a bit about the costs associated with our coffee. We have always believed in transparency with customers and we are not going to shy away from that now. To...