Coffee is a fruit. This may seem obvious to you if you have ever seen a coffee plant, but many think of coffee as a brown liquid. It often tastes burnt and oily, not at all like a fruit! At Seattle Coffee Works, we embrace coffee’s botanical roots. Originally uncovered on the Ethiopian Plateau,...

Treating everyone on the coffee supply chain well: Our first Authenticity Report We are on a mission to promote authenticity, transparency, and sustainability throughout the coffee supply chain. In that vein, we are proud to be publishing our first annual Authenticity Report. This report...

Maybe you’ve always wondered about what coffee is. Today we’re here to give you a first overview of how coffee comes to be from tree to roasted coffee beans. Read on for a short 101 on coffee processing, how it’s done and how it affects the flavors in your cup. Our focus is on Honey Processed...

As we have engaged more and more heavily in finding Direct Trade farm partners, we wanted to find a way to call out coffees which are ethically sourced but do not clear the bar of “Direct Trade” in our rigorous definition (see Sebastian’s previous blog post for details.) We decided to give those...