Journal

Earlier this year our Director of Coffee travelled to Nicaragua. He spent a week with one of our newest coffee-relationships, Cooperativa Las Victorias, and then headed to Matalgapa to judge the Cup of Excellence (COE) competition during International Week.  We convinced our good friends at Idle Hands Roasting Co. and Relevant Coffee to bid on one of the winning COE lots with us (this did not take much convincing, since the coffees were all incredible), and next thing we know, we won the 15th place winning lot. This natural processed maracaturra lot was produced by Martha Albir from Finca Picona,...

Nayarit (“Nigh-arr-eet”) is the state in Mexico where we source about 16% of our green coffee these days, specifically through the producer organization Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNay for short). GTNay coffees have become a consistent (and beloved) component in our Bonfire Blend and Tortoiseshell Blend for the past year or so, and we wanted to share what we’ve learned about this organization, the region, the folks in Mexico making all this happen, and why their coffees are so important to us at Dapper & Wise.  This relationship began when our Director of Coffee got selected to do a production internship...

Photo: Jasmine Chavez   July marks our 12th year of doin things. Roasting coffee, buying coffee, sharing coffee, and other coffee stuffs. There’s no way we’re doing this alone, so we wanted to take a moment to shout out everyone who’s made these 12 years possible.  From the producers who grow the coffee, to the roastery team who turns it brown and the Insomnia baristas who turn it liquidy, and of course to our customers who’ve been supporting us along the way (whether you sip our bevies in our cafes, brew up our beans at home, or choose us to...

We learned a lot working with Café Orígenes, and we thought that we should share our experience, and lessons learned, with you. This year, we bought two of our new favorite coffees from this cooperative: A single farm lot produced by coop members Ermitaño Huillca Quispe and his wife Dora Robles Olave, along with a larger community lot, which we'll be using in a couple of our dark roast blends, Stag Espresso Blend and Bonfire Blend.  These coffees means a lot to us, for several reasons. They're delicious, come from a cooperative with a mission, vision and values that align closely...