As promised here are some more notes from our trip to Kenya last week. After spending a whole day at the Tekangu coop, filming their processing techniques (to be launched in video soon) and handing over the drying tables we funded through our Drying table project, we went to visit some smallholder farmers to document […]

Tim and I have already spent 6 days in Kenya together with our dear friend and customer Anders Valde (the first World Aeropress Champion) and our good friend and coffee colleague from Solberg & Hansen, Alexander Scheen Jensen. Our trip started on Monday where we spent the day at Dorman’s cupping lab, tasting the freshly

After some requests and searching I finally found my 2002 WBC performance on video on a Chinese web site. Go here if you would like to see it. If there is anything to learn from the video it should be that customer service is not to be neglected.

Here is a very informative article about the Aeropress in the New York Times written by Mr. Oliver Strand.

We are very happy to announce that our dear full time barista Ida Kristine Stephansen placed 3rd in this years Norwegian Barista Championships. She also placed 2nd in the Norwegian Cup Tasters Championship. Underneeth is a video of Ida’s final performance as well as a short interview after her performance. We would also like to

The line-up for the 2012 Nordic Barista Cup has been announced and our very own Tim Wendelboe will be speaking again this year – he will speak on his experiments to improve green quality at origin. The Nordic Barista Cup is one of the premier coffee events of the year and this year there are

2 weeks ago I visited Jobneel at Nacimiento in Santa Barbara in Honduras. We have been buying coffee from Jobneel and his father Extreberto (Cielito Lindo) for almost 5 years now through the Cup of Excellence and also direct. Although I had a very productive visit to their farms last year, I wanted to try

Here is a rather lengthy post, and I apologize if it gets a bit fragmented. For the past 2 weeks I have been spending quality time with the coffee producers we buy coffee from in Honduras. I spent 2,5 days with Jobneel on his farm Nacimiento in Santa Barbara and have been together with the

We have now finished all the Caballero coffees and therefore we have updated our espresso blend. The new blend consists of: 30% Tekangu, Kenya (Washed) 70% Sitio Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Brazil (Organic, Natural) Flavour profile: Aroma and flavours of red berries, milk chocolate, caramel and nougat. Creamy texture with low acidity. Lingering sweet aftertaste. For

We had a visit from Ms. Emily Williams from Radio Nova who did a great radio piece on our store. Go here to listen.