Archive for the ‘Coffee Education’ Category

Podcast, Episode 4: Relationship Coffee

    Batdorf & Bronson Podcast: Relationship Coffee  Download: Batdorf and Bronson Podcast: Relationship Coffee (4.4 mb) Bob Benck, Batdorf & Bronson’s Green Coffee Buyer discusses the ways Relationship Coffee connects producers to consumers and consumers to coffee’s supply chain. Central America’s harvest is underway and Bob recently returned from Finca El Valle in Antigua, [...]

Coffee Ambush at tbs/TCM/TNT in Atlanta!

Last week, I Coffee Ambushed Turner Broadcasting’s TCM and TNT studios here in Atlanta, with the help of Chandler Rentz and Dan Mueller. We brewed up our Papua New Guinea Baroida and it was really spectacular all morning. Here’s the video, enjoy! http://vimeo.com/35165139

Podcast, Episode 3: Barista Competition

    Batdorf & Bronson Podcast: Barista Competition  Download: Batdorf and Bronson Podcast: Barista Competition (6.2 mb) Join Batdorf & Bronson Barista Competitors Chandler Rentz and Emily Jackson as they discuss: Preparing for Barista Competiton The business case for supporting baristas who want to compete How competition improves quality and customer service Their experiences as [...]

We Coffee Ambushed Adult Swim!

Yesterday, we had the chance to Coffee Ambush our good friends over at Adult Swim. Customers of ours for many years, and great supporters, there was much love for the coffee flowing. Dut Goodman from Dancing Goats Coffee Bar assisted me, brewing Chemexes, and Garrett Kuk took photos and video. It was so much stinking [...]

Podcast, Episode 2: Training and Education

Our Training and Education team creates lasting relationships and adds value to your business. Crafting delicious coffee and excellent espresso requires training, practice, and patience. We offer wholesale customers a variety of courses to keep baristas focused on quality and efficiency. Courses are conducted at our Roasting and Training facilities in Olympia, WA and Atlanta, [...]

Coca-Cola gets Coffee Ambushed in Atlanta!

Coffee Ambush at Coca-Cola. The video is above. This Coffee Ambush finds us at Coca-Cola here in Atlanta. Coca-Cola has several offices here in Atlanta, and the one I was at handles bottler relations, as well as some of their internet work. I brewed our Guatemala Finca El Valle in one of their breakrooms, as [...]

Ask the brew-ista

Attention all coffee afficianados! We will be offering a “ask the brew-ista”, question and answer session at the downtown Olympia location Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters at 516 Capitol Way South. The Q&A session is every thursday from 3-6pm. If you are looking for guidance on buying new home brewing equipment, your brewing technique, or looking to try [...]

Behind The Bar: Espresso lab, at Dancing Goats Coffee Bar in Atlanta.

So, I’ve had the idea in my head for a while to do a behind the bar lab for customers of our Dancing Goats shop, so they could see what a barista does to make espresso, what espresso is, and what it’s not, and just what a good barista does on a daily basis to [...]

Sunday Cupping Notes

Today’s Sunday cupping featured Mike Strumpf and Jinnie Cho from the Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Co.  There is no denying that the process of decaffeination does involve a degree of stress to the bean, the goal is to make that process as gentle as possible to preserve the unique qualities of each coffee. That is [...]

A Visit with Swiss Water

Join us on October 16th for an informative session on demystifying decaffeinated coffee. This public cupping session will be led by Mike Strumpf and Jinnie Cho visiting us from Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company in Burnaby, British Columbia.  What is caffeine? What is the history of decaf? What are some common myths about decaf? What is [...]