Author Archives: Dylan Connell

I have actually known who would get the coveted \”December Coffee\” for months because of course, it had to be the roaster in the North Pole. This roaster holds off on releasing over half of their in-stock coffee until late November just to have the absolute best \”Julekaffe\” lineup in the game. The roaster beingContinue reading “December Julekaffe from Langøra Kaffebrenneri”

The words Anaerobic and Carbonic Maceration did not exist in the specialty coffee industry until about five years ago. In my world, they did not exist until this past year. My own \”pandemic special\” if you will. It took me a long time to understand the difference in processing of these coffees and what it meansContinue reading “Innovative Processing Discussion – Anaerobic, Honey, Carbonic Maceration”

This month I bring back an old favorite; a roaster I sought out for years during college and finally was able to visit in 2016. My favorite part of the roaster was a memo sitting at the sugar/lids/straw station about their high quality sustainably-sourced raw cane sugar and how you should not use it becauseContinue reading “November Coffee: The Barn Brings the Funk”

October is the best for a couple reasons: the trees turn and become a form of earth art vibrant with an autumn palette, the month ends with the most important holiday, and last but not least, it is prime coffee sipping weather. This month we are drinking coffees from Kaffa from Oslo, Norway. I amContinue reading “October Coffee: Kaffa – Oslo”

 VIVID AROMAS AND TASTE!  Vivid for me is basically a \”Missed Connections\” success story. They sent me samples at the beginning of 2020 in an attempt to be a part of the retail coffee rotation at the Llama. I didn\’t even know they were sent to me until a fellow Barista texted me to askContinue reading “September Coffee: Vivid Congo Hutwe and Other Friends”

More than acceptable camping kettle With Labor Day coming up, I know a lot of you may be camping. So I figured now was as good of time as ever to go over how I prefer to make coffee in the great outdoors. Just because you are away from electricity/your tools to control independent variablesContinue reading “How to: Campsite Coffee and Freezing Surplus Beans”

Happy August everyone. This month we are trying coffees from Kafferaven Per Nordby from Gothenburg, Sweden. I love this roaster for many reasons – mostly involving the dedication to direct trade. All of Kafferaven\’s coffees are direct trade, coming from only a handful of countries to make sure the focus on producers is always there.Continue reading “August Coffee: Kafferaven Per Nordby”

Another month of quarantine passes us by, another month of  interesting and fresh coffees for us to drink. I decided on April this month for a few reasons. First off, why not. April always has a full range of coffees that I would feel comfortable buying without trying or knowing anything about beforehand. Each greenContinue reading “July Coffee: April Brings Ethiopia Varietal Transplanted to Ecuador”

This month I bring SEY Coffee from Brooklyn, NY to you. This is a roaster anyone that has been in Purple Llama at any point in the last three years has surely tried. They are one of the first roasters I brought on when I started my role there, and they never gave me aContinue reading “June Coffee: SEY”

For existing members, hi again and I hope everyone has had a chance to dig into (and enjoy) the coffees I delivered last weekend. For new members, thank you for joining and I look forward to delivering some excellent coffees next month! For today’s fairly lengthy but essential discussion, I just wanted to share whatContinue reading “How I Brew”