Last week I visited Gilberto Baraona, the proud owner and farmer of Los Pirineos, El Salvador. We have been buying coffees from Gilberto for some years now and we especially like his Bourbon Elite cultivar which is one of the original Bourbons in El Salvador that was used to develop new Bourbons like Tekisik. He […]

I visited Kapsokisio Farmers Cooperative Society yesterday in Mount Elgon, Kenya. It was very nice to meet with the farmers and see the new drying tables that we funded together with our guests on our 7th anniversary in 2014. I have already tasted 3 lots from their fresh harvest and bought one lot that will be

We have a position open as Wholesale manager / office worker. Our wholesale manager will be on maternity leave for 9 months, and we need someone to fill her position while she is away. We are also launching our new website soon, and need help to keep it updated and relevant. The position is full time

There has been a change in our coffees during the last week. This is because we obviously sell out of coffees having to replace them with new ones. There is a new lot from Los Pirineos. This one is from a higher elevation and is sweeter and cleaner than the previous lot. Also a new lot from Finca Tamana. This

We have updated our offerings as we are now sold out of the Gitwe espresso. We are now roasting the Bourbon Elite coffee from Los Pirineos in El Salvador for espresso. This is a really sweet espresso with low acidity and loads of chocolate and creamy notes. There is also a new lot from Finca Nacimiento that has

Here is a video showing the Aeropress technique we currently use: Aeropress brewing guide from Tim Wendelboe on Vimeo.    

Finally the Norwegian made Wilfa Precision Coffee maker has been launched for sale in the USA and Canada in the Williams Sonoma stores. The reason for this taking so long has been that Wilfa had to customize the brewer in order for it to work with 110 volt power supply. The job is now done and

We are pleased to announce that our 250g bags are now 100% recyclable. The old bags (and most sealable coffee bags) have a foil layer to create a better barrier against oxidizing. This made it impossible to recycle the bag with other plastic packing material. (In Norway at least). We have spent over a year

Imagine: all our video content in one place From now on you can watch all our video content from one place – how to videos, short documentaries from Tim’s trips to origin and the occasional interviews and promo videos we share with our partners. Some people think this is tedious, but for us, it’s actually

Repost from the Nordic Coffee Culture blog, which I contribute to every now and again… A couple of years ago, Wilfa asked me if I was interested in helping them develop a new filter coffee brewer for the domestic market. Since Norwegians are one of the biggest consumers of coffee per capita, and most of