OK, wow, we totally hyped up our from-origin blog posting, and ended up having very little time with access to computers. Apologies to those who checked every day and came away disappointed (which is hopefully limited to one or two people... sorry mom and dad!). All four of us came...
Victrola Coffee Roasters
¡Bienvenido a Huehuetenango!
¡Hola amigos de cafe! Well, here we are, writing to you from an internet cafe in Huehuetenango. We´ve had quite the trip to get here.... on the plane all day yesterday; on the van most of today. Not that we´re complaining! Heck, we´re in Guatemala, for goodness sakes! So, we...
Experience the flava... organically!
Now that our grinders are up and running, we're bringing back the ability for the baristi at 15th to pour you more than our regular Streamline and Deco Decaf espressos. Cool! And right now, we've got our organic espresso, Triborough, in the hopper. A little sweeter and lighter-bodied than...
Victrola goes to Guatemala!
I asked Mark today if he was excited about departing for Guatemala next week, and this is the reaction he gave to the camera. He is madly excited! As he should be! For the first time ever, Victrola is going to origin. As a small roaster, we have relied heavily...
...and now the Yemen is here!
Check out the beautiful variation of color with these green beans! We've been doing a lot of research with Yemen coffee (hey, we've never gotten it before, so we need to know what we're dealing with, here), and there's definitely a few reasons for what you see. You'll look at...