One Night in Portland: A Coffeelandia Story Food carts. Local beer. Local bands. And naked bike riders! Just a typical Friday night in Southeast Portland, right? In a way… It started as such a simple idea: see how much Portland culture we could fit into one night. SCAA was coming and the town would be… {read more}
Our trainer, Nathanael May, talks about his induction into the wild world of barista judging: For a certain species of barista, this is a special time of year. In addition to seeing the emergence of the first tender shoots of spring, January, February and March represent the heart of the Regional Barista Competition season, culminating… {read more}
Last Tuesday we had a fantastic latte art competition at OSU. Java Stop, E-cafe and Java II all participated in the event. Let’s back up to December 2011. Nathanael and I went down to OSU for a friendly check in at the cafes. A few of the students talked to us about how they would… {read more}
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}
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}
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}
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 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}
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}
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}
