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Treating everyone on the coffee supply chain well: Our first Authenticity Report

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We are on a mission to promote authenticity, transparency, and sustainability throughout the coffee supply chain. In that vein, we are proud to be publishing our first annual Authenticity Report. This report synthesizes data regarding our direct and relationship trade coffee and our efforts to create a professional work environment […]

Join Our Team as a Roastery Operations Specialist

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At Seattle Coffee Works we are looking for a new ROASTERY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST The mission of the Roastery Operations Specialist is to enable outstanding coffee experiences by expediting freshly roasted artisan coffee to our cafe, mail-order, and wholesale customers in a timely, accurate and professional manner. Status: Hourly, part-time. Wage: $13 […]

Guatemala 2016-A Firsthand Account of the Trip-Part four

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We arrived at Finca Rosma after three days of visiting coffee farms. After a two hour drive in a rickety van up a narrow mountain road, we finally arrived at a town square at the top of the mountain. It was other-wordly and completely empty. We visited the local store, […]

Guatemala 2016-A Firsthand Account of the Trip-Part Three

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Finca Nueva Armenia Visiting Guatemala Finca Nueva Armenia was eye opening to the potentials of environmentally conscious coffee farming. Jorge & Javier Recinos, both environmental engineers were amazing hosts and walked us through their entire facility. Among many features of the farm we had the opportunity to see their nursery, […]

TDS or Total BS?

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Wine, Coffee, and Science Wine is a 300 billion dollar a year industry. From farming to consumption, coopers, oenologists, viticulturists, sommeliers, and countless others have devoted their lives to studying wine to an exact science, all for the purpose of improving quality and taste. Throughout history, championed as one of […]

A Tribute to Don Heleodoro Villatoro

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Yesterday, we heard the news that Don Heleodoro de Jesús Villatoro Lopez, the founder of Finca La Esperanza, passed away this weekend. Our condolences go to his family and friends, especially his wife Helena de Jesús Castillo Rosinos and their twelve children. Don Heleodoro has inspired many of us at […]

Guatemala 2016-A Firsthand Account of the Trip-Part Two

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Guatemala La Esperanza: The farm of Guatemala La Esperanza is unlike any place I had been before. After a two hour ride in the back of a truck with eight of my trip-mates we finally arrived at the center of the village Hoja Blanca, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, in which Guatemala La […]

Yirgacheffe Washing Stations Destroyed

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  Even before the flight to Ethiopia for this season’s visit to our coffee partners there, I was apprehensive about the country’s current political situation. Ethiopia has long been governed by an authoritarian regime providing stability to an otherwise unstable region (Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan and Yemen are all directly neighboring […]