drink a better story.
drink a better story.
Thanks for stopping by our blog! Here you’ll find stories about our award-winning coffee beans, roasting, sourcing, farmers, who we are, and more. What does it mean to drink a better story? Read on & you’ll see!
What is Coffee Review?
Some of our coffees recently received high scores on Coffee Review! You may have seen our happy announcement about these scores, but what is Coffee Review?
What is Co-Fermented Coffee?
You may have heard the term “co-fermented” bandied about in recent years in reference to some specialty coffees, but what does it mean exactly? How are these coffees made? How does co-fermentation alter the taste? Let’s break it down!
Employee Spotlight: Barista Vincent
Welcome to the newest edition of our employee spotlight series!
What are Tasting Notes in Coffee?
If you’ve been around specialty coffee for any amount of time you’ve probably heard someone talking about tasting notes. What are they exactly? And who determines what tasting notes are written on bags of coffee beans? And are they even real or is it just a barista buzz word?
Coffee Roast Levels & How They Affect Taste
The terms light, medium, and dark roast may sound very familiar to you, but have you ever wondered exactly what they mean? How they change the taste of your coffee? Or even if they alter the caffeine level in the beans? Then this blog post is for you! We’re talking coffee roast levels.
Coffee Subscription Boxes Explained
Coffee subscription boxes may seem like magic— delicious coffee, curated to your tastes, arrives effortlessly at your front door, right on schedule— but there’s a little more to them! We’re going to break it down for you.
When is the Best Time to Drink Coffee past the roast date?
If you’ve ever wondered what that roast date on your coffee means or if it even affects the taste of the coffee, you’re not alone! We get questions about roast dates and coffee freshness a lot in our cafe, so we thought we’d break it down in a blog post.
All About Coffee Subscriptions!
We offer several different types of coffee subscriptions here at BonLife. This blog post breaks down our different subscription offerings and answers your questions about all things coffee subscriptions.
Golden Bean: Behind the Scenes at Our Favorite Coffee Competition.
In an earlier blog post we talked about the awards we have won and why we keep striving to be the best coffee roaster out there. You may have read that one and wondered what those competitions we attend are like. What do we do there besides win awards? Where are they? Who competes? Today, we’re going to to give you a behind the scenes look into our favorite competition: Golden Bean North America.
Coffee Processing Methods: What do They Mean?
Have you ever bought a bag of specialty coffee (like our award-winning beans!) and wondered what it means when it says “process: washed”? Or maybe you know that you love when a coffee says “process: natural” on the bag but you’re still not sure what the differences between all the coffee processing methods are exactly? Let’s dig into the differences between coffee processing methods and how they affect the taste of your beans!
The Story Behind All Those Awards.
If you’ve followed BonLife Coffee Roasters for a while or stopped by our cafe, you may have noticed that we’ve won a few awards along the course of our ten and half years of business. Ever wondered what the story is behind all of those awards? Read on to find out!
How Do We Cup Our Coffees?
Ahh the art of coffee cupping! It’s one of the most important steps of roasting specialty coffee. Join us for a little behind-the-scenes blog tour of a BonLife Coffee Roasters cupping. Read to the end for a step-by-step guid on how to do a coffee cupping at home.
Who is Bonlife?
Hi there, it’s nice to meet you! Whether you’ve just stumbled across our website or you’ve been a BonLife fan for years now, we’re excited to share with you our backstory! So grab a mug of your favorite coffee, get cozy, and read on for the tale of how BonLife Coffee Roasters started and why we decided we wanted to change the coffee world.