We have been thinking about how we discuss the flavor and use of our coffee while we are at a farmer's market versus what we have presented for product descriptions on our store's static web pages.  Obviously, while we are at the market, we have the benefit of actually being there, answering questions, and give out freshly brewed samples (...all done as pour overs as the market is going on).  It's a vastly different ( ... and much more interactive ...) experience - and we have been trying to come up with ways that will improve the information for each product...

The last step in any on-line transaction is the check out.  It's the point that almost everyone dreads - we all like stuffing the cart, but we all hate seeing what the end result is going to really cost us once taxes and shipping are factored in.   So a bit of good news - we have dropped the shipping rates to make things better for you and simpler for us.  It's a win-win situation.  The new rates are: 1) USPS priority - orders up to $50 ship for a flat rate of $3. 2) USPS priority - orders from...

...there's a way. In short:  we are going to have a coffee grinder at the Schenectady Greenmarket now (powered by a 12V battery - science!).   The blah-blah-blah bit: Early morning coffee is a ritual.  Think of early tribes, long before the Romans, doing what ever they could to chase the moon from the sun during an eclipse in an attempt to bring light back to the world.  That's what morning coffee is like. As we talk to more people at the tastings, we have come to realize that, in general, morning coffee is also a trade between quality and...