It’s almost hard to believe, and yet here we are, launching our e-commerce platform as a legitimate coffee roasting business. We couldn’t have dreamed, when we first dipped our toes into the proverbial ocean that is specialty coffee, that it would one day lead us here. But now, looking back, it’s hard to imagine it leading anywhere else. Our coffee story isn’t particularly unique, when I take a step back to examine it closely. Like …
We’ve spent a great deal of time, over the past several weeks/months, examining the ways in which we want Whink’s to have an impact, not only on specialty coffee and our customers, but on the many causes and movements for a better tomorrow to which we, as people and as a company, are wholly committed. Kayla and I have aways considered ourselves to be active, informed, and engaged citizens, and so building a company that …
I broke curfew a few times in high school. Nothing nefarious, by any stretch of the imagination, but the kind of curfew-breaking you come to expect from your average teenager. You know how it goes. You’re hanging at a friends house, maybe you’re playing some video games or having a few innocent drinks (gasp!). You’re in the moment and before you know it it’s 1am. Uh-oh. Time to roll. You get home and maybe your …
Coffee has made a tremendous journey to make its way into our cup, and while much of that journey is basically obvious to us (i.e. growing, harvesting, shipping, roasting, and brewing), some of the nuances of that process go unappreciated by the average coffee consumer, even some of the more discerning ones. In this post, I’ll touch on one of those behind-the-scenes processes, one that coffee professionals worldwide use to perfect their craft, bringing you …
Well hey there, everybody! My sincerest apologies for the hiatus, but we’ve got big news to share: Kayla and I bought a house!!! This being our first home, we spent a great deal of time navigating the buying process, but are happy to have finally landed on a place that feels like home. Er, I guess to be more precise, it will look like home, once we’ve finished giving it the TLC it desperately needs. …
As the title suggests, this post will be the first in a short series on water and how it effects our favorite brewed beverage. Given the average cup of coffee is roughly 95% water, a few short blog posts are the least we can do. The real work comes from you, the home barista, the discerning consumer of coffee, as you experiment with endless array of water preparation options in the never-ending search to dial-in …
