Insights From the Roaster – Natural Processed Coffees

After harvesting coffee cherries when they are ripe on the tree, most coffees are fermented for 12 to 48 hours, loosening the skin, fruit, and pulp from the pit so that the pit can then be dried and shipped across the world to roasters. However, there is another way to dry the beans and harvest […]
Well Balanced – Fair Trade – Organic Specialty Coffee

SV Thunderbolt Most people don’t know Alexander Hamilton was originally from St. Croix and the Sailing Vessel that carried him to the New World was named Thunderbolt, but we do. We love our Fair Trade & Certified Organic coffee blends of rotating seasonal Central American Coffees. The coffees are roasted light to maintain the bright, […]
Demand Better In-Room Hotel Coffee

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Your in-room coffee experience doesn’t need to be terrible. Coffee flavors begin at the farm level and proceed to make a wonderful journey of roasting and production all the way to your room. When you look at your in-room coffee packet, you should know right away what your […]
This Is What Separates Virgin Islands Coffee Roasters Apart From The Rest

What I tell people who are new to coffee and interested in our services is for us to take minute, grab a sandwich and sit down. And in that order. If you are unprepared to handle the onslaught of information from direct trade vs fair trade coffee sourcing at origin, to roast profiles and coffee […]
Origin Trip Guatemala – Day 5

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Moyuta Producer: Don Jesus Reonos Finca santa Anna – 1800 Meters Day 5 This one is for the books. Don Jesus Reonos is one of kind, to put it lightly. You hear his laugh right before you see his glowing smile and know he is special coffee producer. […]
Origin Trip Guatemala – Day 4

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Huehuetenango Jorge Villatoro and Silvia Escobar Commercial multigricola – specialty coffee traders Day 4 After 3 days of hard road traveled we finally made it to the Exporter Mill of Jorge Villatoro and Silvia Escobar. Our group took to an interactive activity together and cupped 10 coffees from […]