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Happy Spooky Halloween Season! It’s mid October and if you’re like me, you’ve been binge watching horror movies all month. So, after about two weeks of nightmares and feeling like you’re being followed home from your local Insomnia Coffee shop, something we can all use is ~a bit of comfort~.  Good thing that here at the D-dub, we like to offer a cauldron of different categories of coffees - Monsters, Apocalypse, Ghosts, Slashers, Witches… oh wait, these are scary movie categories. I meant to say, Robust, Fruity, Nuanced, and you guessed it: Comforting - just what we need this time of year....

Here’s our foolproof way to make the best at home cold brew. We hope you like it! You will need:CoffeeFiltered waterScaleMason jar (32 oz.)(Paper) towelRubber bandMesh colanderStirring utensil Steps: 1. Grind 125g of your fave coffee on a medium-coarse grind. For this recipe, we used Colombia Luz Dary Polo. Throw it in a mason jar, add 600g of room temp filtered water, and stir. 2. Cover your mason jar with a (paper) towel and a rubber band. Let sit for 18-20 hours. 3. Place a pre-wet (paper) towel over a mesh colander and bowl. Remove the mason jar covering and...

Ethiopia Natural Checho Bitta Hey there dear reader. First off, thank you for reading :) Secondly, new coffee! But first, a Q4U: Do you remember the first time you tasted a natural processed Ethiopian coffee? Or, even better, the first time you tasted one of these fruity lil delights next to a more chocolatey or nutty lil delight - aka a more coffee-like coffee? For many coffee industry folk, experiences like this will go on to become a pivotal moment in their life and maybe even in their coffee career.  But y tho. Well heck, give this brand new Ethiopia...

Kenya Thuura Women Group Natural It’s a great day all around when we get to start playing with a new Kenya coffee here at the D-dub roastery. You know, we all have that thing in our lives - whether it’s a hobby (like skateboarding), a cute doggo (like my dog, Shredder), maybe a cat (like my li’l Jinx), or a beautiful old coffee roaster (like our Probat UG22).   (Pictured: Shredder sportin’ the D&W bandana) I’m talkin’ about that thing that’s not only amazing right off the bat, but the more time you spend with it, the more you learn...