Coffee 101

CRAFTING COFFEE BLENDS AT CREMA Let’s talk about blends.   At Crema, many of our coffees are single origin, meaning all of the beans in that bag of coffee came from one farm or small geographical area. But, some of our best-selling offerings are blends — a combination of single origin coffees — and we’d like to give them their time in the spotlight.   Blending coffees gives our head roaster, Winston, the chance to be creative with how different coffees can complement each other. We love that they give us a consistent and reliable profile that tastes great in...

A BRIEF GUIDE ON HOW MUCH COFFEE TO BUY Figuring out how much coffee to buy at once doesn't have to be a guessing game or feel like math homework. (But, shout out to all the math teachers out there who we’re sure wouldn’t assign any more homework than what’s necessary. ) We crunched the numbers so you don't have to. We based these estimates assuming one 12-ounce cup of coffee per person per day using a 25 gram dose — what we recommend for most brewing methods. (Not sure how much coffee to use for your preferred method? Take...

It's a question we get a lot.   And the answer is...yes? Sort of? I mean, technically it isn't? But, like, technically it is?   As you can tell, we are very eloquently equipped to address this complex issue. So we enlisted the help of Edwin Martinez, the owner of Finca Vista Hermosa in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Our friendship with Edwin dates to 2010, when he became the first farmer we ever bought coffee from.   "Organic," like any other title, carries a lot of weight, and, perhaps, a lot of false assumptions. It is perhaps a better exercise to move past...

A majority of the coffee we bring you throughout the year is processed using the ever-faithful fully washed method, which makes incredible coffee, don’t get us wrong. But from time to time, we sprinkle a coffee that’s a little different into the mix. Allow us to elaborate: What is Honey Process? Believe it or not, it has nothing to do with bees, hives, or actual honey of any kind. The word “honey” refers to the sticky mucilage (think the inside of a grape, but less fruit) that surrounds coffee seeds. Every coffee begins as seeds inside a coffee cherry, which...