Roastery Log

This week we are featuring one of Highwire's two 'house' blends, Tightrope, which we see as an inflection point between coffee origin characteristic and the balancing sweetness that comes from...

This coming week will be an exciting across all Highwire locations as we will be serving a very special coffee, a returning favorite from a producer named Gumercido Ventura. 

Bauhaus, the darkest coffee in our year-round line-up, will be featured as our coffee of the week in all Highwire locations starting this coming Monday.  With Bauhaus, we have embraced our...

Starting Monday, Highwire will feature our newest single origin offering in all of our retail stores. This coffee comes from the community of Santiago Atitlán in the Mexican state of...

"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."

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...

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...

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...

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...

First fresh crop Ethiopia of 2023 hits Highwire's menu.

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.

We're excited about the return of one of last year's favorites. A natural processed coffee from Rwanda called Huye Mountain.