Hey Folks, Taking a first trip to a coffee growing country and seeing the processes first hand is a rite of passage these days for anyone serious about understanding the coffee industry. The labor and love, landscapes and lifestyles, the culture and currents that flow via not just the commercial aspects of agriculture, but the… {read more}
Interning at Portland Roasting
By Tara Brown, guest blogger + intern extraordinaire When I met with Stephanie, the green coffee buyer at Portland Roasting, last winter to prepare for the trip I took to Guatemala in Spring 2011 (which I wrote a bit about here), I remember asking her conspiratorially whether cupping and scoring coffees was a real thing or… {read more}
Coffee + Beer = Outstanding!
What exciting things have we been up to lately at Portland Roasting? Oh you know just helping the Laurelwood brewers to choose coffee for their Organic Espresso Stout of course! You will be excited to know that the Organic Espresso Stout is completed and you can have a pint of it at Laurelwood Brewery. This… {read more}
Coming Soon…
Just yesterday I was lucky enough to check out the continuing construction at our soon-to-be-open second store at the Oregon Convention Center. It was a bit dusty of course but the magic is starting to shine through. The counters are in place, display cases are beginning to come together, and the finishing wooden touches are… {read more}
Check out this article on our licensed retail program!
Check out the article written about our licensed retail program that launched with the opening of our first cafe in the Oregon Convention Center. Portland Roasting Launches Brand Licensing Program Portland, Ore. – Portland Roasting Coffee Company officially launched its brand licensing program this month with the opening of its first ever Portland Roasting Café,… {read more}
Our First Cafe is Open and Thriving!
Over a year ago we received a phone call…someone was looking around for a new partner in the coffee industry. Usually these phone calls are fairly standard…a coffee shop or restaurant is looking for a change so they start calling local roasters in search of a company that they can get excited about doing business… {read more}
Thanksgiving, for you
I just want to say how truly thankful I am for all of our wholesale customers. Yes, it is my job to help serve the needs of our customers, but I feel very lucky that we work with so many great accounts. We have such a wide variety, from small accounts with one or two… {read more}
What’s the Science? Elevation.
Hey Folks, I’ve been thinking a lot about altitude and it’s effect on coffee, so I decided to look around to find out more about it and share what I found. One of the main things I’ve been led to believe about higher altitudes is that sweeter, denser coffee comes from these areas and that… {read more}
Portland Roasting featured in Main Ingredient Magazine
Main Ingredient, a publication of the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, showcases Portland Roasting in their November issue. The following is the introduction of the article which was also featured as their cover story. COFFEE CAPITAL Portland Area Specialty Roasters Opening Eyes Worldwide by Kirk Richardson All the stars have aligned this morning, and we’re… {read more}
Camp Pull-A-Shot, or how (almost) failing a test can be the best thing that ever happened to you.
“…and that’s what Camp Pull-A-Shot is. It’s a few days with baristas from all over the country and beyond, gathered to learn where we’re at with coffee and espresso, and to see where we’re going. It’s an intensive time of BGA and SCAA labs, as well as the BGA Certification program, as well as great,… {read more}
