Journal

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker We have been playing with the new Acaia scale and iPhone app to make our morning cup of coffee. ..

Photo by Wayne Corbett Jim Koenigsaecker giving David Staley, a ride home after David's bike broke down on the 2014 Distinguished Gentleman's Ride in Northern California. A gentleman never leaves a man behind. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker I went to the Annex in Northern California this morning to pick up a shipment green coffee. On any given day about 600,000 bags of the finest coffees are stored at the Annex making it one of the largest coffee repositories in the world. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker I am in the process of restoring a 1953 Steib LS 200 and attaching it to my 1961 BMW R50S. It is very much a work in progress, but, you will be able to check it out on our next Coffee Run this Saturday, September 13th. We will meet at the coffee bar at 8 a.m., and hit the road at 9 a.m. We will also be serving some of the great coffee I found in East Africa earlier this year. Please spread the word and join us. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker We have roasted up some of the coffee I found in Kenya earlier this year and it is now available in the shop. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Jesse Clark of Portland Roasting working on one of the Probats in the roasting tent at the 14th-annual Roasters Guild Retreat in Stevenson, Washington. Guild members explored the finer points of coffee roasting during the three-day event. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Jim Koenigsaecker is roasting some of the coffee he found in Kenya. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Laila Ghambari serves Pete Licata a cappuccino during the final round of the 2014 U.S. Barista Championship in Seattle. Laila went on to win the competition and will now represent the U.S. in the World Barista Championship in Rimini, Italy. Pete Licata won the U.S. and world barista championships last year. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Scout Coffee Company has just opened in San Luis Obispo, California. ..

Photo by Daniel Magu Jim Koenigsaecker cupping African coffees in the Doormans Coffee lab in Nairobi, Kenya. ..