You may have read our recent post about Octane’s series of Thursday Night Throwdown latte art competitions, including Brett’s moment of fame as the winner of the all important kick-off. Well, a minor detail that we may have forgotten to mention was the presence of a CNN reporter documenting the event. His photo essay has […]
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Free The Hops is a grassroots, citizen-driven movement solely committed to lifting the 6% alcohol by volume and 1 pint container limits for beer brewed or sold in Alabama.
According to FTH
Alabama is one of only four states in the country that limits alcohol by volume (ABV) for beer to only 6%, and the only […]
The end of organic coffee?
Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture quietly released a ruling that alarmed organic certifiers and groups who work with third-world farmers. The decision tightens organic certification requirements to such a degree that it could sharply curtail the ability of small grower co-ops to produce organic coffee—not to mention organic […]
Everyone’s favorite TV chef is devoting an entire show to espresso.
It airs this Wednesday at 10/9 central.
Hopefully, Espress Yourself will be some Good Eats.
The Coop of farmers that grow our Ethiopian have a web site. The OROMIA coffee is Organic and Fair Trade.
We added a handfull of gift boxes to the site. CHEMEX brewers are up along with their filters.
Primavera is running a series of ads in Black & White. Our first one is hitting the stands this Thursday. This was our first design work from Prank Designs, out of Boston.
Primavera was asked to serve coffee at a fundraising event for the Vestavia Hills Chamber last week. It was a fun event for us. I didn’t take any pictures, but we were rocking 3 Bodum french presses and 3 Bodum Ibis hot water kettles pouring into Fetco 1 gallon caraffes.
We only have 1 commercial grade […]
I have been updating the web site. We have two grinders up, the Baratza Virtuoso and the Baratza (used to be Solis) Maestro.
The Virtuoso and the Maestro both ship free of charge and with 2 free pounds of coffee. When you are checking out just jot a note in the special instructions box which coffee […]
Daterra farms are located in the Cerrado region of Minas Gerais and the Franca region of Sao Paulo. They call it Daterra farms, farms plural, because it is a huge network of farms. I mean HUGE.
We hear a lot about how it is good to support the small farmer or to buy fair trade. Don’t […]
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