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In this post, we hear from Olympia Coffee's very own roaster and green coffee buyer Jake Donaghy, who recently traveled to Mexico to visit several of its coffee farms, meet the farmers, and eat all the mole he could find. Thanks for sharing with us, Jake! The sound of blaring trumpets and banda, the smell of hot coals, the crowing of roosters at hours so early it’s late; handmade tortillas, warm hospitality, and slang so wonderful and impossibly ridiculous it could only be from one place. I was back. I was in Mexico. In the earlier days of the pandemic,...

It's been an exciting month so far for us at Olympia Coffee! Not only are we launching our brand-new SMS coffee drops, but we're kicking them off with some seriously crave-worthy coffees from an outstanding farm in Hawai'i. This morning, we released a couple of exciting super-micro lots (are nano lots a thing?) from Maunawili, an innovative research farm on the island of Oahu. And– because we believe coffee would be nothing without the people and the passion that produce it— we'd love to give you even more of a taste of the phenomenal work being done in Hawaiian coffee....

Reflecting back upon the year we had in 2021, it's safe to say that we here at Olympia Coffee had our resilience, determination, and commitment tested yet again. Yet we are proud to have pulled through another unpredictable year and stayed true to our core mission: to improve the quality of life of our farmers and staff by providing quality service to our community. We release our Coffee Transparency Report every year in an effort to be as transparent as possible in how we do business within our industry and within our communities. This 2022 report reflects data gathered from...

Decaf coffee is for coffee lovers. And Olympia Coffee's Decaf Asterisk is the decaf of coffee lovers’ dreams. Hold on, you might be thinking. Don’t coffee lovers go all doe-eyed for super-rare reserve lots and 100-hour anaerobic honey-processed beans from the highest-altitude coffee-growing hinterlands? Sure, some do, yes. But, most of all, coffee lovers love to drink coffee— not because it’s rare, but because it’s delicious.So when the day wears on and you want that perfect cup of warm and comforting delight… Decaf Asterisk wins the day. It’s been a customer favorite for years running, and with its smooth and...

Olympia Coffee and Moonrise Bakery are proud to announce that we have just been certified as a Living Wage for Coffee Employer! And not only that, but we've been awarded the highest tier, Living Wage Leading Plus. In our mission to improve the quality of life for our staff, our coffee producers, and and our communities, this independent certification is a huge step towards the kind of transparency and accountability we believe in and advocate for.