Australia is a country with a reputation for outstanding coffee, so when I had the chance to spend a few days in Melbourne earlier this year, I made it a point to buy fresh beans from as many roasters as I thought I could handle. My first coffee stop on this visit was the St. […]
Reviews
Review: Chaleur Coffee Ethiopia Hambela (Mobile, Alabama)
This is the second sample I had the pleasure of trying from the folks at Chaleur Coffee. The first coffee I had ever had in my life that I enjoyed black was a natural-processed Ethiopia Harrar, and I still have a soft spot for Ethiopian coffees to this day, as they tend to be very […]
Review: Chaleur Coffee Costa Rica Calendaria (Mobile, Alabama)
Chaleur Coffee is a small-batch roaster out of Mobile, Alabama. I’ve not ever visited Mobile, but based on Chaleur’s website, their cafe looks exactly like the sort of place I would want to visit one day. I was particularly taken with their bold statement, “We believe that if you don’t like black coffee, maybe you […]
Review: Stumptown Coffee Roasters Holler Mountain (Portland, Oregon)
Since most of my coffee consumption happens at home, I am not super knowledgeable about the coffee shop scene in and around Dallas. If I do go out to a cafe, it’s usually to buy beans for home use, and most of the cafes carry excellent local roasters like Cultivar, Tweed, Avoca, and Oak Cliff. […]
Review: Onyx Coffee Lab Ethiopia Guji Uraga (Springdale, Arkansas)
I’ve reviewed coffee from Onyx before; they are a roaster that’s making a name for themselves nationally, being featured in lists like Gear Patrol’s 25 Best Coffee Roasters in America (June 2018) and Thrillist’s 2017 list of the Best 21 Coffee Roasters in the Country. When I was contacted recently by Javaya to do a review […]
Review: Square Mile Coffee Roasters Red Brick Espresso (London, England)
The final bag of coffee that I bought on my July 2018 trip to the United Kingdom was this bag of Square Mile Coffee Roasters’ Red Brick Espresso Blend. I picked this up in York, at Spring Espresso. I don’t usually drink milk drinks, and I really don’t usually buy a coffee drink made with […]
Review: Ozone Coffee Colombia Finca Villa Norena (London, England)
It’s been two months to the day since the day I bought this coffee. The 6th of July in London this year was unseasonably hot… cool by Texas standards perhaps (about 88 degrees Fahrenheit), but it felt oppressively humid, and that sort of heat and humidity is no joke when you are relying on public […]
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: The Missing Bean Colombia Asopep (Oxford, England)
I’ve reviewed coffee from The Missing Bean before, back in 2016 (their Unbirthday Blend landed in my top 10 list for the year), and on a recent trip back to England, I was really happy to have a chance to meet up with my friend Katie and visit the roastery itself. It’s not a fancy […]
Review: Javaya – Fresh Roasted Craft Coffee Delivery
I love visiting local roasters and cafes to buy coffee beans, but with our busy lives, there is an undeniable appeal to the idea of ordering coffee online and having it shipped directly to your door. You generally will have one of two options for doing this: ordering directly from a coffee roaster, or ordering […]