Posts Tagged "coffee"


Coffee cupping is a method of evaluating and tasting the quality and profiles of different coffees. It’s a must for anyone in a coffee career, and as a coffee shop we do it at least once a week. What we’ve also starting doing is small public coffee cupping for our customers and community, which has been a lot of fun! Corvus Coffee Roasters, who provides our current flagship espresso and drip (roasted locally in Denver), is...

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This week was quite exciting in our world as we headed to Seattle, WA for the Global Speciality Coffee Expo! Six months into SONDER and still new in the coffee world, we had no idea what to expect and were just taking everything in. Rather than describe our weekend in a timeline fashion or go through the pictures (which are self-explanatory, plus who wants to check facts), I’ll leave you with my overall impression and the areas...

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I’ve already introduced my current favorite brewing method- the V60 Pourover. Today we feature the AeroPress, which has been Ernest’s favorite for a while. What does he not like about this thing… it’s super simple, easy to use and clean, travel-able, and once you know how you like it, can make a delicious cup without being super precise (bringing out the scale, timer, calculator, and whatnot). The Aeropress is...

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One year ago, I could say I didn’t even really like coffee. I’d go for a flavored latte or (*gasp*) a Starbucks frappuccino. But I just hadn’t found what I liked yet. This has been a fun journey so far, and I’m constantly finding there are so many options and different ways of coffee out there. That leads me to one of my current favorite brewing methods: the pourover. And I like it black… I know right?...

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Cupping is used to taste, inspect, and categorize a few coffees at one time with the broad goal to make sure each customer gets a quality inspected cup. Doing this on a regular basis also develops your palette to recognize tasting notes and spot defects and irregularities. I’m definitely new to this side of coffee, but now that we’ve learned how to cup, I’ve downloaded my tasters wheel and am ready to do this more...

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