Stumptown Coffee Roaster's Blog

Hospitality Stories: Flora Restaurant Group

This holiday season, Stumptown is taking some time to celebrate hospitality. We've asked a small group of our wholesale partners to give us some insights into what hospitality means to them, and how they go about creating a warm, welcoming environment in their unique spaces. Our first hospitality story comes from Flora Restaurant Group.

Coffee 101: What's Up With Roast?

Our coffee education team demystifies the roasting process, explaining the differences between light, medium, and dark roasts. Our goal is to roast each bean to its optimial expression of balance and sweetness.

Pour Over Showdown

Hand-poured filtered coffee has its own special place in our hearts and mugs. We go deep on our favorites to help you find one that gives you the best buzz for your buck.

Producer Spotlight

A look at ways our coffee partnerships go beyond producing great coffee to include collaborative efforts toward a more equitable and environmentally sustainable future for coffee-producing communities.

Onward and Upward with B Corp

Find out how we source and serve the best coffees in the world in a way that is good for the people involved and the planet - B Corp edition. Plus, a sneak peak at our sustainability goals for the years ahead.

Composting Coffee 101: Getting to the Ground Level

We caught up with Stumptown Cold Brew Operations Manager and home gardener, Tucker Leverton, to get down to the nitty-gritty of composting coffee at home.

Oatly: Is It Oat Milk or Oatmilk?

Take a look behind the cold brew curtain to discover why Stumptown Cold Brew with Oatly is not only delicious but also sustainable thanks to some sweet innovations from our partners at Oatly.

Morning Ritual: Kait Hurley

Kait Hurley is a digital entrepreneur, co-founder of the KAIT app, and creator of the Move + Meditate Method. We sat down with her to find out how she gets going every morning.

Notes on Direct Trade: Colombia El Jordan Impact Report

Ever wondered what “Direct Trade” actually means? Here at Stumptown, it means that we know our producers, we pay high prices for high quality, and we build sourcing relationships that last.

On the Wall: Vanessa Renwick

Filmmaker and visual artist Vanessa Renwick (of The Oregon Department of Kick Ass) presents *Out There*, a collection of large-scale archival pigment prints of her original paintings, at our [downtown Portland cafe](https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/pages/locations-portland-downtown). Vanessa is the first 2020 recipient of the Stumptown Artist Fellowship.

On the Path: Erik Keating

A day going to and fro with NYC production roaster, Erik Keating.

How to Perfect Your Pour Over

Pour overs may be having their day in the sun, but many of our favorites have been around for decades. Whether you’re a first-time Bee House brewer or a V60 master, brewing your best requires a few pro tips.

Cold Brew Concentrate

There’s a new cowboy out on the horizon. Cold Brew Concentrate is our new double strength buddy ready to power you through life’s greatest obstacles. What is it? Well bend an ear, sonny because we're gonna tell ya.

Skate Team: Chet Childress

Chet Childress is a special beast of a man. A nomadic human who seeks out the most special DIY skate spots, he's also a prolific artist that will use any surface he can get his hands on.

Skate Team: Elissa Steamer

Elissa Steamer is one of the all-time greats of skateboarding, period, and was the first woman to achieve pro skateboarder status. She’s a four-time X-Games gold medalist, and played a part in some of the most influential street skate videos of the 1990s and 2000s.

Stumptown is a B Corporation

Midway through 2018, Stumptown quietly became a certified B Corporation, a new kind of business model that balances purpose and profit. As a coffee roaster that started with one cafe in a small city and has expanded into a company with national reach, we came to the realization that we needed a framework to help mindfully grow our business.

Meet the Maker: Mississippi Records

Starting this week, mornings at all Stumptown cafes will be spent playing a curated selection of vinyl from Mississippi Records. We sat down with the record label’s originator Eric Isaacson and friend Gordon Ashworth, to talk about how the label got started and where it’s going.

Day Off: Austin Wahl

In the throes of summer things really start to pick up in little old Portland. People wake up, get out, and do amazing work out in our community. One of our old gold Stumptowners, Austin Wahl, used this hot summer energy to level up his creative side-project and organize his first art show

Flower of Flowers

Earlier this year we traveled with new friends from different creative backgrounds to Antigua, Guatemala. Our film, Flower of Flowers, tells the story of climate change, coffee, and those directly impacted by the changing environment.

Nitro Hair Bender Cold Brew

We are stoked to introduce you to NITRO HAIR BENDER!

Fresh New Bags

Hello world. We’ve got something new cooking over here at Stumptown and we want to tell you about it.

Cold Brewing FAQs With Our Cold Brew Expert

Our Cold Brew expert answers the questions we receive most frequently about brewing [Cold Brew](https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/collections/cold-brew) at home.

What is Cascara?

Everything you need to know about the lesser known part of the coffee fruit.

Studio Visit: Winston the Whale

We caught up with Dave, aka Winston the Whale at his studio in Portland, OR.

Studio Visit: Sam Larson

We met designer and illustrator Sam Larson after he sketched up one of our paper cups, and asked him to design one for us soon after. We recently sat down with him in his North Portland studio to talk about drawing on coffee cups and exploring the grand wild lands of the West.

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