Buyers Notebook: Los Delirios Nicaragua
As I write this, a collection of coffee giants is stalking the halls of our Chicago Roasting Works: George Howell, Susie Spindler, Paul Songer, Darrin Daniel and members […]
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Buyers Notebook: Los Delirios Nicaragua
As I write this, a collection of coffee giants is stalking the halls of our Chicago Roasting Works: George Howell, Susie Spindler, Paul Songer, Darrin Daniel and members […]
Bloom San Francisco 2017
There are so few outlets in the world of coffee dedicated to the exchange of ideas. Bloom, a young event run by the Barista Guild […]
Intelligentsia Watertown
We’ve landed and we’ve brought out Direct Trade coffees and the meticulous process of sourcing, roasting and brewing them to Watertown. We’ve opened a new […]
Buyer’s Notebook: La Tortuga Honduras
Our La Tortuga Honduras takes its name and inspiration from the moral of Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare: slow and steady wins […]
Buyer’s Notebook: Flecha Roja Costa Rica
The Intelli Sourcing Sessions podcast is back, and just in time: last week marked the start of a month-long run of delicious releases from our […]
An Ethiopian Sensory Expedition
Last week, Gesha Village Coffee Estate in Ethiopia auctioned off 21 nanolots from its 2016/17 harvest. Average scores for the best-scoring lots topped 91 points and prices […]
What’s in a name?
Our single-origin coffees are the very best we have to offer — clearly articulated flavors that deliver on the promise of traditional cultivars, embody the terroir of […]
El Boliviazo
Bolivian coffee sits in the long shadows cast by its mighty neighbors. It is bordered to the east by Brazil, a coffee colossus on whose every […]
The WCR Chekhov Program
We are pleased to announce today that we have joined the World Coffee Research “Chekhov” program and will contribute a half-cent per pound on all our […]
#coffeeisanimmigrant
This weekend, Intelligentsia is proud to stand up for the principles of equality, fairness, freedom and human rights. We believe the ban on immigrants from […]
Extraction Theory, and You!
“Extraction is a measure of the solubles yield. It is also expressed as a percentage, comparing the amount of coffee flavoring material in the beverage […]
Simran Sethi’s love letter to coffee
Simran Sethi is a sustainability celebrity. She has appeared on Ellen, Martha Stewart and Oprah as a sustainability expert and lectured on environmental issues in classrooms and […]