Roastery Log
Coffee of the Week: Shadow Play
"We refer to Shadow Play as one of our two house coffees, in other words, a steady-as-she-goes daily drinker that will always walk that line where origin character begins to give over to roast flavor."
Coffee of the Week: Riripa, Ethiopia
This week we rolled out a new Ethiopian coffee from producers located around the community of Riripa in the Nansebo woreda of the West Arsi Zone. Some of this might sound familiar...
Coffee of the Week: Shadow Play
Happy Friday All! As we sent out the last of the Yulissa Chambi from Bolivia this week, we are excited to be featuring an incredibly sweet version of Shadow Play as coffee...
Coffee of the Week: Certified Organic Conscientious Objector
Happy Friday everyone, Next week we will be serving Conscientious Objector in all of our locations as Coffee of the Week. "Conch" as we call it around the roastery, has been pretty...
It's Getting Hot in Here!
Highwire has always favored the complexity and brightness of iced coffee made in a flash brewed style. Besides being delicious, it is quick and easy to make. With the arrival...
Coffee of the Week: The Core
This week we feature The Core; a blend we use for espresso every day, and sometimes for drip coffee to showcase its versatility. Steve discusses his sourcing for this blend and how feedback between our baristas and roasters helps hone the roasting to deliver a consistently enjoyable cup.
Huye Mountain Natural, Rwanda
We're excited about the return of one of last year's favorites. A natural processed coffee from Rwanda called Huye Mountain.
Highwire’s New Look & Feel: But Why?
While many folks have told us how much they love the new look and feel of our logo, merch, and packaging, the change has left some of our best and...
Are Highwire's new bags compostable?
Compostability of our packaging has always been important at Highwire. Some people have (understandably) complained that our new packaging does not say it is compostable and therefore must not be....
Benjamin Paz, Honduras
This week's coffee is a very special one to me because it delicious, first of all, but also because it represents the realization of a plan between friends more than...
A New Look Website. It fixes some old problems, and creates some new ones.
In 2020, Rich and I learned a lot about how to run many aspects of our business that used to be run by other, more capable, people. In 2021, the...