TRAVELS TO SOURCE

In the last month or so, I am sure that some of you may be tired of hearing about the Gombe Coffee Project in Tanzania. We are so proud of the work that Sustainable Harvest has been doing with the Kanyovu Coop that we are telling everyone that will listen. Well, now you do not… Continue Reading

PTs Coffee Roasting Co. is proud to announce we purchased, along with a group of roasters from the United States, Lot #2 in the Nicaraguan Cup of Excellence auction held May 29, 2008. You will be able to pre-purchase this coffee soon.   Lot#: 2 Ethel McEwan / Maria Ligia Mierisch McEwan – La Gloria / Limoncillo Farm: – “La Gloria… Continue Reading

PTs Coffee Roasting Co. is proud to announce we led a group of roasters from around the United States  and El Salvador to purchase Finca La Lainez – Lot #6 - in the Cup of Excellence auction held June 5, 2008. In the process we assisted, San Salvador based cafe and roaster, Viva Espresso to become pioneers as the first El… Continue Reading

PTs Coffee Roasting Co. is proud to announce we have purchased a wonderful coffee in the auction for El Salvador Cup of Excellence. Along with other members of our group, we purchased lot #6 in the auction that just concluded on the internet site www.cupofexcellence.org. If you’ve never visited this site, I encourage you to tour the site and see… Continue Reading

In a previous blog post we introduced you to a new offering and Direct Trade Coffee from Tanzania – Gombe Coffee Project, Kanyovu Coop.The project is now in it’s second year, is endorsed by the Jane Goodall Institute and we have the first harvest coffee available through PTs Coffee. But more recently we’ve been receiving updates… Continue Reading

Two auctions are complete and we bought some of the best out of both! First, our friends in Panama, the Peterson family, held their first ever “Private Auction” for Hacienda La Esmeralda Special. This coffee has become so popular that the family took an unusual step to determine value of the Geisha variety coffee. They… Continue Reading

Now that the 2008 Esmeralda Especial auction is over, we are accepting pre-orders on this spectacular coffee. We expect the coffee to arrive in early July and will ship it as soon as it arrives. Last year, our roast of this unique coffee received a record high rating of 97 from Ken Davids at Coffee… Continue Reading

Many of you are familiar with the outstanding coffee we have offered the last several years, Hacienda Esmeralda Special, they are holding their very own private auction of their Geisha variety coffee today. This is the same coffee that last year sold for a world record $130/lb. This year, instead of just auctioning off a… Continue Reading

The Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us. We hope everyone has a safe and eventful weekend of BBQ’n and fun! We will be having a staff BBQ on Sunday night to celebrate the great coffee harvest and successful run at the United States Barista Competition in 2008. Steaks and BOCA (vegetarian) burgers are on… Continue Reading