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18 Jobs, and This is the Best One I've Ever Had

December 23, 2016

by Doug Wray, I’ve worked at Coffee Labs Roasters at two times in my life as a roaster, and as a barista with a break of about 6 years in between...

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Meet the Producers 2016

October 24, 2016

Last Month, Coffee Producers Rony & Roger Herrera and Francisco Javier from Nicaragua came to New York to visit Coffee Labs and see how their c...

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How Online Review Sites Affect Small Businesses

August 16, 2016

Coffee Labs is sometimes asked about our opinion of Yelp and other online review sites and how we deal with their impact on our business. We've alw...

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Specialty Coffee Association of America Event, Atlanta 2016

May 23, 2016

By Andrew Campbell Last month, part of the coffee labs team including Mike and Alicia travelled down to Atlanta for the Specialty Coffee Associatio...

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The Overlooked Dangers in Coffee Sourcing

March 31, 2016

Over the past several months and years, our blog has been focused on the positive side of our trips to origin. It’s been about the great people we ...

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Coffee Labs' Collaborations with Local Businesses

February 02, 2016

At Coffee Labs, we believe the world is our community. The farmers and growers we work with around the world seem just as close to us as our wholes...

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Coffee Is My Soul

December 16, 2015

Coffee is in my soul. Coffee is community. To me, coffee is the entire world coming together in a single cup. As many of you may be aware, Mike has...

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Direct Trade with Thrive Coffee Farmers

October 29, 2015

For the past few years, Coffee Labs has been proud to work with an organization called Thrive Supply, a division of Thrive Farmers. They are both o...

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An Outsider's Perspective on Coffee

September 08, 2015

By Andrew Campbell If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a person who enjoys coffee enough to want to learn more about it. When I first starte...

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La Palma Y El Tucan July 2015

July 17, 2015

It’s been a hot start to the summer for us at Coffee Labs, and it seems like we never stop traveling. Alicia was in Ireland for two weeks, we both ...

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Jefferson on making great coffee

June 24, 2015

Jefferson is one of the most recognizable faces here at coffee labs. He has been working here for about nine years, and has gone from knowing absol...

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Finca Orellana, Honduras 2015

May 20, 2015

It’s mid April 2015, and once again I find myself in Honduras. I’m outside the airport, waiting for coffee farmer and friend of mine Bryan Orellana...

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