Review: Native Coffee Company Colombia Hachi – Kintsugi (Dallas, Texas)

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 […]

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, […]

Review: Ritual Coffee Roasters Day Drinker Seasonal Espresso (San Francisco, California)

I had my first experience with Ritual Coffee Roasters while visiting Cognoscenti Coffee in the Los Angeles area, and I was really impressed with the quality of the beans and the flavor that I received in that cup (chocolate, plum, spice). However, I have yet to order online directly from Ritual because 1) their coffee […]