Native Coffee Company‘s exceptional roasts been the best discovery I’ve made in coffee in years, and the fact that they have a showroom/cafe based here in Dallas (where I’m based) makes it even better! This roaster has a special line of beans called Hachi (focusing on innovative coffee processing techniques), and while most of the […]
Hall of Fame (my favorite coffees)
Review: Native Coffee Company Colombia Lumen (Dallas, Texas)
After my utter delight tasting and reviewing Native’s Golden Hour, I was very much looking forward to trying more offerings from this roaster. As before, I took the company’s advice and waited 4 weeks from roast date to crack open the bag. It was WELL worth it. Whole bean: Guava and cheesecake! My goodness, what […]
Review: Native Coffee Company Colombia Golden Hour (Dallas, Texas)
This coffee is incredible. It’s easily the best coffee I’ve had from a Dallas-area roaster, and it rivals some of the most enjoyable coffee I’ve ever experienced anywhere in the world. Let’s dive in! From the Native Coffee Company‘s website: NATIVE is the exclusive roastery + showroom of Diego Bermudez (Co-Owner of NATIVE). Diego is […]
Review: Roseline Coffee First Flowers Spring Blend (Portland, Oregon)
Roseline Coffee is one of my favorite roasters to order from when I’m in the mood for something special. I follow them on Instagram and when I saw this coffee pop up on my feed, I knew I had to try it. It’s one of the prettiest bags of coffee I’ve seen in a while, […]
The best of 2018
I always come to the last few weeks of the year unsure about if I’ve had enough “good” coffee to fill up a top 10 list… until I skim over all of the reviews I’ve written over the past 50+ weeks. Then, I’m always like “oh yeah!!!” It’s like looking at old photos and being […]
Review: Square Mile Coffee Roasters Ethiopia Mormora (London, England)
I believe I first heard of Square Mile Coffee Roasters back when I used to do a lot of browsing on the CoffeeGeek forums, to do research for notable roasters and to gather advice for what kind of grinder and espresso machine I should invest in. I don’t have a lot of time to visit […]
Review: Heart Coffee Roasters Panama Geisha Hacienda la Esmeralda (Portland, Oregon)
This is a coffee I was absolutely salivating to try as soon as I saw an email alert that it was available! The first Geisha coffee I ever reviewed for this blog was from Square One Coffee Roasters, and it was their Panama La Esmeralda Boquete. It was my top-ranked coffee of 2015 for its […]
The best of 2017
It’s always nice to look back at the end of the year and to take stock of all the great coffees I got to try throughout the last twelve months. This was a good year – I was really pleased to discover quite a few new (to me) roasters that I enjoy very much! The […]
Review: Quills Coffee Ecuador La Papaya (Louisville, Kentucky)
I’m always on the lookout for new coffee roasters to try, and this one came across my radar thanks to my friend Chloé’s recommendation. Quills is based in Louisville, Kentucky, and they have 4 cafes nationwide (2 in Kentucky, and 2 in Indiana). Fun fact – they are partnering up with Alabama-based artisan popsicle company […]
Review: Patriot Coffee Roasters Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Idido (Lakeland, Florida)
From time to time, I get contacted by coffee companies who are interested in introducing me to their products, and I get pretty excited if it is a craft coffee company doing the talking. Such was the case when I got an email from Patriot Coffee Roasters, out of Lakeland, Florida. Take a look at their […]