Rosso Journal

Are all paper filters made equal? We know that filtering your coffee makes a difference. By using different filter materials like metal mesh filters, cloth filters or paper filters you can get...

Are you a Calgary based artist? Interested in an opportunity to showcase your work? Perhaps you know a local artist who's looking to get some recognition?  We’re currently searching for...

Original journal entry written March 19th, 2018. Additional content added below on April 25th, 2019. Listen to Cole talk about Barista Competition  March 19, 2018 - This year marked my eighth year...

The mountain with the highest altitude in Costa Rica is Chirripo at 3820 meters, sitting in the Chirripo National Park. Supposedly, you can see the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean from...

I arrived in Costa Rica incredibly early on Sunday. My flight out of Guatemala was at 6:00am, meaning we needed to wake up at 2:30 to get to the airport...

Our first time to Huehuetenango [way-way-te-nang-go] was amazing. We’d heard so many stories from other coffee professionals about Huehuetenango, about the crazy drive that weaves its way throughout the mountains...

Today we visited the beautiful Hacienda Carmona de Pulcal and Buena Vista, two farms in Guatemala we've purchased from for numerous years and both of which are currently available on...

It’s pouring rain and we’ve just left La Palma y El Tucan, to head to Bogota for a few days before leaving for Guatemala. This is our third visit to...

On Friday, September 7th, a group of Rosso team members traveled out to Hamilton, Ontario to compete in the National AeroPress Championship. We're so proud of both Ian and Paul...

On Sunday, August 5th, I landed in Sao Paulo, incredibly early in the morning. There, waiting at the airport, were three guys I regard as coffee legends: Lex Wennecker, Mathieu...

This is the second visit we've had to the legendary coffee farm, La Palma y El Tucan. *We'll refer to them as LPyET for the remainder of this posting. Both...

In 2011, we wanted to gain more control over our coffee menu and ultimately gain a deeper understanding of our industry. The natural transition was to get into roasting coffee...