Brew Guides & Education

Swiss Water Process Deep Dive

Swiss Water Process Deep Dive

   
January 13, 2024 — Zara Snitman
Disnel Ramirez - Producer Deep Dive

Disnel Ramirez - Producer Deep Dive

Disnel Ramirez has worked with Semilla Coffee importers for the past two years, but his extended family has been working with the importing company since 2019. At this time, only...
November 15, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Producer Deep Dive - Rwanda

Producer Deep Dive - Rwanda

Brendan Adams started Semilla Coffee in 2019 with the goal of helping small coffee producers get into specialty coffee. He sourced this coffee through Baho, a Rwandan exporting company. Here...
September 22, 2023 — Zara Snitman
What is Defect Coffee?

What is Defect Coffee?

Defect coffee often consists of “quakers”, which are typically identified by their light colour due to lack of the sugars in the unroasted bean. During the roasting process, coffee turns...
August 24, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Processing Deep Dive: Catur Coffee Company

Processing Deep Dive: Catur Coffee Company

Catur is a collaborative project between So So Good Coffee Company, an Indonesian coffee sourcing consultancy; Dr. Ian tan Taufik, and Mikael Jasin, a two-time Indonesian Barista Champion. Catur uses the innovative process of...
July 28, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Processing Deep Dive: Pulped Natural

Processing Deep Dive: Pulped Natural

Pulped natural processing is somewhere between washed and naturally processed coffees. It’s a unique method that imparts specific flavours and textures. Let’s dive briefly into these methods to get a...
June 02, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Producer Deep Dive: Don Byron Corrales

Producer Deep Dive: Don Byron Corrales

Coffee farming has been in Don Byron's family for generations. His grandfather, Fausto Corrales Benitez, owned a coffee and pine tree farm in Nicaragua named La Montañita (Little Mountain) near...
April 03, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Kapé Coffee and Philippine Specialty Coffee

Kapé Coffee and Philippine Specialty Coffee

Kapé Coffee is a social venture run by Iona Fresnoza and her partner Paulo. The project was born out of a desire to stay connected to their homeland. It began...
March 29, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Producer Deep Dive: Fredy Nahun Vasquez

Producer Deep Dive: Fredy Nahun Vasquez

After tasting Fredy’s coffees we talked more with Brendan Adams, the founder of Semilla, and we heard more about Fredy’s story and his experience with coffee. In 2021, his coffees were blended into...
January 13, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Frank Torres and 100-hour Anaerobic Natural Fermentation

Frank Torres and 100-hour Anaerobic Natural Fermentation

Frank Torres’ farm, Finca La Indonesia, is located in La Union, Nariño, a small town in western Colombia. This farm has been in the Torres family for over 40 years. Torres now oversees...
January 11, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Sourcing Coffee with Drew Johnson, the owner of Bows Coffee Roasters

Sourcing Coffee with Drew Johnson, the owner of Bows Coffee Roasters

Drew Johnson, the owner of Bows Coffee Roasters, has been working in the coffee industry for a long time. Johnson worked for a number of different roasters before opening his own roastery in 2011....
November 15, 2022 — Zara Snitman
Catur and their Experimental Processing: Inoculation

Catur and their Experimental Processing: Inoculation

Catur is a collaborative project between So So Good Coffee Company, an Indonesian coffee sourcing consultancy; Dr. Iantan Taufik, B. Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. and Mikael Jasin, a two-time Indonesian Barista Champion.  Catur uses the...
October 24, 2022 — Zara Snitman