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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”

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”