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Origin Trip Report: Colombia

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Origin Trip Report: Colombia

Last week, our CEO and head of green coffee sourcing traveled to Colombia to connect with our producers at origin. Colombia is the world's third-largest producer of coffee, and each year we procure more coffee from Colombia than from any other country. Driving home the importance of maintaining healthy relationships with our producers—some of whom have become dear friends over many years of close partnership. Read the trip report from Oliver Stormshak, and look forward to another year of incredible coffees from Colombia! Embarking on a trip to the heartland of coffee production is an incredible opportunity for any coffee...

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Espresso Week: An Illustrated Guide to Better Espresso

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Espresso Week: An Illustrated Guide to Better Espresso

This week, we’re talking all things espresso! Because, as it turns out, getting the extraction of your dreams at your home bar isn’t as hard as you might think. Here at Olympia Coffee, we're still riding high on the excitement of our first-ever release from Brazil: Sweetheart Sítio Vista Linda, our single-origin espresso roast now hailing from the State of Espírito Santo. So, with fresh bags of Brazilian espresso in hand, we're here to share all the ways to get the best possible brew at home. To get all the juicy details, we solicited the help of our Director of...

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How to Cup Coffee, According to the U.S. Cup Tasting Champion

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How to Cup Coffee, According to the U.S. Cup Tasting Champion

This week, we're cheering on our resident cup tasting legend Jake Donaghy as he heads to the World Cup Tasting Championships in Athens, Greece! Jake's journey from Olympia Coffee roaster and green coffee buyer to U.S. Cup Tasting Champion has been a wild and exciting ride for us, to say the least. For those following along, you might be thinking, "Wow, what a pro!" You might also be thinking: "How can I get this kind of tasting experience for myself?" Or, possibly: "What's with all the slurping?" Whatever your questions, Jake's here to help answer them! In this quick video,...

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Origin Week: East Africa

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Origin Week: East Africa

Over the next few months, we'll be taking some time here and there to highlight coffee themes we find intriguing, informative, and inspiring—and, y'know, just straight-up fun. So, to start off: welcome to Origin Week, where we're focusing in on some of the countries and regions of origin that produce the coffees we love so much. Beginning, appropriately, with where coffee started: East Africa. Nestled among the picturesque landscapes and fertile soils of countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, and Burundi, the coffee of East Africa has earned a distinguished reputation for distinctive flavors and unparalleled quality. The region's centuries-old coffee industry...

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Stirring It Up, Part 2: A Competition-Crushing Coffee Cocktail

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Stirring It Up, Part 2: A Competition-Crushing Coffee Cocktail

Let's be clear: one does not simply walk into the Coffee in Good Spirits competition and come away a winner. To do that, our very own Sam Schroeder had to conjure up some seriously magical coffee cocktails. And none more fantastical than this one: a veritable unicorn of a drink, served up in an iridescent ice cream cone with a pearly bubble—a BUBBLE—on top. For competition, Sam called this cocktail the "Kenya Crush" and used our Ichamama AA, a coffee perfectly suited to deliver a balancing act of refreshing, grapefruit-like bitterness and floral stone-fruit sweetness. But any coffee of a...

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