In my first visit to Filtered Coffee in McKinney, Texas, I was very excited to spy boxes of coffee from DAK Coffee Roasters on the shelves. I had heard great things about this coffee roaster based out of Amsterdam, but I never imagined I’d be able to find freshly roasted beans for sale within the […]
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Review: La Cabra Coffee Roasters Costa Rica Sumava (Aarhaus, Denmark)
For anyone in the Far North Dallas area who is interested in the current trend of very light-roasted coffee, often with co-fermentation and experimental processing, I recommend that you check out Filtered Coffee in McKinney for their expertly curated bean selection. They first got on my radar when I discovered that they started to carry […]
Review: Cat & Cloud Coffee Best Friends Blend (Santa Cruz, California)
I picked up this bag from Cat & Cloud at the Wayward Coffee location in Dallas’s Design District. The Best Friends blend is intended for espresso, but as I don’t have an espresso machine anymore, I will be solely be evaluating these beans brewed as coffee. Hario V60: This had a tart citrus flavor with […]
Review: 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters Colombia Las Mercedes (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
This review is long overdue, as I did this tasting back in December 2025, but life has been hectic so writing up coffee bean reviews had to wait! 49th Parallel is one of my favorite roasters, but I don’t order from them too often due to distance and international shipping. Of course, in fall 2025, […]
Review: Lemma Coffee Co. Nicaragua ‘Baklava + Mango’ (Carrollton, Texas)
I received this intriguing bag of coffee as a birthday present from a dear friend (thank you, Jennifer!!), and I’ve been looking forward to reviewing it properly. Lemma Coffee Co. is a coffee roaster based in North Texas that currently has three locations throughout the Metroplex (Carrollton, Frisco, and Plano). I realized when doing research […]
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: Folly Coffee x Hippo Campus Medium Blend (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
This isn’t the first time I’ve tried and reviewed coffee connected to indie musicians (Tim Peaks/Tim Burgess; Drum Coffee/John Wicks, Fitz and the Tantrums), but this was the first time I’ve ever seen whole bean coffee at a merch table! I went to the Bomb Factory in Dallas last night to catch Hippo Campus, a […]
Review: Cherry Coffee Co. Hang Around Espresso Blend (Fort Worth, Texas)
I attended the inaugural Dallas Coffee Festival earlier this month and had a good time exploring the booths of many local roasters, about half of which I’d not yet heard of. Novel Coffee Roasters is a Dallas-area roaster I’ve enjoyed many times, and I was intrigued to see they were sharing their booth with a […]
Review: Heart Coffee Roasters Kenya Spikes PB (Portland, Oregon)
This is the last bag from my recent order from Heart. Right from the start, when I cut open the bag, the coffee smelled strong and fragrant. It bodes well, especially since I thought the last bag I reviewed from Heart was underwhelming! Whole beans: Buttery, rich, sweet fragrance. Definite notes of butterscotch and a […]
Review: Heart Coffee Roasters Ethiopia Habtamu Fikadu (Portland, Oregon)
Coffees from Ethiopia, and specifically from the Yirgacheffe region, have been a go-to for me for years, so I was interested to see what these beans via Heart had to offer. Whole beans: Subtle and sweet aroma of berries and gentle florals. On a scale of 1-10 in terms of how fragrant the beans were, […]