• Call to Artists

    Call to Artists

    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 12 artists that we plan to feature monthly through 2020 at...

  • Barista Competition

    Barista Competition

    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 of barista competition. Up until yesterday, at the Eastern Regional...

  • Imperio Rojo, Chirripo

    Imperio Rojo, Chirripo

    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 the peak. On one of these visits we'll save some...

  • Tarrazu, Costa Rica

    Tarrazu, Costa Rica

    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 on time. Dave and I flew to San Jose, and...

  • Huehuetenango

    Huehuetenango

    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 from Guatemala City all the way north to Huehuetenango City....

  • Antigua

    Antigua

    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 our menu. Pulcal is a 1000 hectare farm that’s located on...