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The weekend of August 6th marked the first event put together by the Prairie Coffee Project (@prairiecoffee).  This organization is directed by Transcend Coffee, Fratello Coffee and Phil & Sebastian...

  It’s fast approaching this year’s Regional Barista Competition hosted at Fratello Coffee Roasters on Saturday. Our competitors, Chris Tellez and Jeremy Ho are in the final stages of preparing...

I find myself with some extra time in Bogota, so I thought I would try to articulate some of my present observations on coffee production here in Colombia. While I...

We’re so excited to be launch a new video series featuring what goes on behind the scenes here at Phil & Sebastian. For more information on our Roasterie, come by...

At the end of a great day spent with the Petersons at Esmeralda, we took the up-and-down 90-minute drive from Boquete to Volcan to visit a good friend, Carlos Aguirre...

After spending a good deal of time in the moderate climates of Costa Rica and Guatemala (due to the altitude), arriving in Panama City was a bit of a shock. ...

After visiting the West Valley, I returned to the exclusive office for a day of cupping—about 50 or so coffees from West Valley and Tarrazú.

If you’ve been to our Marda Loop location recently you might have noticed some new art on the wall opposite the espresso machine. It’s the story of one little coffee...

My 2nd day in Costa involved more cupping at the Exclusive office with 5 great folks from Maruyama, including the current Barista Champion of Japan, Mie Nakahara.

The title of this post may imply that I will studiously post everyday of this 25-day origin trip.  I’m not sure I can commit to that, but I’ll certainly try...

Recently, we had Telus TV visit us at the roasterie to interview Phil about the process of coffee from the green bean to the cup.

We’ve been told that when one door closes another door opens, and this gives us some consolation as we say goodbye to our market location and close a great chapter...