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Arrival: Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Bar ATL
Imagine deplaning at ATL or waiting for your flight and finding a Batdorf & Bronson Dancing Goats Coffee Bar in the terminal. It could happen. Batdorf & Bronson has joined a coalition of 100% local restaurants and cafes bidding on the concessions contract at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. This opportunity fits neatly within our plans [...]
Batdorf Celebrates 25 Years 25 Seconds at a Time
MEET CREATIVE DIRECTOR CAROLYN SKYE We are celebrating our 25th anniversary by celebrating our employees, 25 seconds at a time. This week, meet Carolyn Skye. Carolyn has been with Batdorf & Bronson 24 years. Though she is currently our Creative Director, she has held several jobs with the company, including coffee roaster. As a roaster, she created [...]
BATDORF & BRONSON COFFEE ROASTERS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
August 2011 marks the beginning of a 25th anniversary celebration at Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters. For the next three months Batdorf will commemorate a commitment to extraordinary coffee, service and sustainability by visiting with employees. Visit this blog to find new interviews with or introductions to Batdorf employees through the end of the year. [...]
Great Things Come in Two Packages?
Many times I have told the story of how over my nine years as an employee at Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), the only company to deliver coffee to us every week, without fail, was Batdorf & Bronson. You could set your watch by the two bags that show up every week. SCAA has [...]
AMBUSH? Yes Please…
You arrive at the office and everything seems normal enough at first. You greet your co-workers, engage in some obligatory small talk and settle into your desk, but something seems…different. You glance over your shoulder several times. Are you being watched? Aren’t there usually birds singing or something? It’s too quiet. You scan the horizon, [...]
Coffee Kids
As a board member for Coffee Kids I was asked to make a few remarks at their annual reception Friday night as part of the SCAA Conference. This is what I said: I am something of a history buff in general and after 13 years in the coffee industry I like to think I’m an [...]
Quiet Cupping
I learned the rudiments of coffee cupping from Don Holly and Ted Lingle thirteen years ago. Along the way I have learned from some of the finest palates in the coffee industry. I have been fortunate, sitting at the cupping table with many of the most successful entrepreneurs and renowned cuppers and green buyers in [...]
Will Frith Takes 3rd Place At the First Northwest Brewer’s Cup
February 22, 2010 – Atlanta, GA Will Frith, a training and education expert for Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters in Olympia, WA, took third place in the first Northwest Regional Brewer’s Cup, a hand-brewing coffee competition that was part of the recent Northwest Regional Barista Championships held in Tacoma. As a trainer for Batdorf & [...]
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