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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”

Happy Sunday everyone! By now you have received your very first coffee order delivered by myself or the lovely Adam Hirzel. For the first month, you may have noticed you received only Colombian coffees. Single-bag subscribers and multi-bag subscribers all received the frozen cherry natural and then the black honey. Both of these coffees comeContinue reading “May Coffee: Junto\’s Colombian Coffee Celebration”

\”A new start to a life without coffee, no more cracked fingertips, incessant seasonal cold as a result of direct customer service. A retirement from coffee finally!\” Is what I thought the LAST time I retired from coffee. I was fresh off of my national championship and was feeling pretty good. Through a collection ofContinue reading “Born out of the Pandemic…Stimulus Coffee Club”