Summer has arrived (officially, at least), and with it comes our new Blend 2 Summer. Even though we're no longer kids, summer still has a bit of freedom. Summer means going to bed later. The smell of grass...
Specialty Coffee: Where will being so geeky lead us?
It's been a month full of events and thoughts. And we're not even talking about the upcoming World Barista Championship, yet everyone is waiting to see what will happen there in Amsterdam, who will be in the finals...
Searching for the Unicorn: Espresso and Filter Roasts
…is there really a significant difference between them, or is dividing roasts this way more of a remnant of the past? I was trying to buy coffee from a Spanish roaster this morning, and I found that division again. What…
Cold Brew Miracle
Imagine. You're a specialty coffee lover and you buy a 250g bag for 10 euros. How would you make this coffee? Would you use 40 grams, wait 24 hours, and have enough concentrate to make 2-3 cups, or could you make…
“Out of control” – or the desperation of the coffee roaster
We all know that once you try Specialty Coffee, properly made, it's impossible to go back to drinking commercial coffee the same way you did before. You enter a new world of different varieties and origins, and this world is…
Blend 1 Spring!
Crafting a blend is a major challenge. Especially for a specialty roaster focused on micro-lots and highlighting the uniqueness of each coffee. For San Agustín, the blend is our calling card. We want it to be GALIBIER,…
Coffee Devices We Hate: Bialetti Moka Pot (and Why We're Wrong)
Just to give you an idea of the direction this post is going, I'm drinking Moka Pot coffee right now as I write these words (and also listening to Queen's 1981 Montreal concert, but…
Specialty coffee enters new markets
Call it what you will: betraying the ideals of the specialty coffee community, a lack of passion, just a general bad temper, but I'll be blatantly honest with you (as I've always been doing here, anyway). It simply mesmerizes me HOW…
Roasting Specialty Coffee: All the information is here. Now what?
I'd like to talk here—or rather, start talking here—let's put it this way—start talking about what's been on my mind these past few weeks. Share it with you and start a conversation. It won't be about…
"Bad Advice": Cata
When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was Bad Advice, basically reverse psychology for kids :), where the author gave you ideas on how to do the craziest things that would annoy your parents the most: for example,…