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Clean Water For All
Farmers & CooperativesClean Water For All by Paul Katzeff Chapter 1 Since my last report (Feb.19, 2020) was six months ago at the beginning of this clean water project with the Namanyonyi Community of Shalom Interfaith Cooperative we have made...
THE WAY OF THE BEE BOLD ALLIANCE
Bee Bold AllianceTHE WAY OF THE BEE BOLD ALLIANCE The Goal of the Bee Bold Alliance is to Unite Pollinator Protectors to support Biodiversity and Food Security for future generations. The How: Here are four ways for you to be part of the solution...
Pollinator Protectors Unite for National Pollinator Week
Bee Bold Alliance Pollinator Protectors Unite National Pollinator Week June 22 - 28TH, 2020 For Pollinator Week we are launching our Pollinator Protector Pledge. We understand the link of pollinators to a healthy ecosystem, and we are doing our...
Mocha Java – A Classic Blend Taken to New Heights
From the RoasteryMocha Java - A Classic Blend Taken to New Heights Our Mocha Java blend celebrates the rich history of this classic coffee combination. Back in the 1400s to 1600s, the majority of Europe’s coffee intake came out of the Red Sea, from...
Flor de Jinotega – Two Decades in the Making
Farmers & CooperativesFlor de Jinotega —Two Decades in the Making by Paul Katzeff The story of how Flor de Jinotega got its name begins back in 1985, thirty-five years ago. Unknown to me back then, this coffee we now call Flor de Jinotega was...
Nicaragua 2020 trip report
Farmers & CooperativesNicaragua in March - Everything starts to change: cupping coffees during a crisis by Jonah Katzeff As I reflect back on the past several weeks in my life, I feel extremely grateful to be back in my office overlooking the...
Grinding Coffee at Home
Coffee 101 Grinding Coffee at Home Grinding coffee at home is an excellent way to improve your coffee experience. The fresher your coffee is when you brew it, the better it is going to taste. To help you get the most flavor out of your coffee...
COVID-19 Precautions at Thanksgiving Coffee
AnnouncementWhat we are doing to keep our employees and customers safe We take health and well being very seriously, and have been ahead of the curve when it comes to responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Thanksgiving Coffee implemented these new...
Introducing the Bee Bold Alliance
Bee Bold AllianceA Regenerative Ecology Network Right now, bees are dying worldwide at an alarming rate. Why should you care? Because bees and other pollinators are an essential link in the food chain—our food chain. The Bee Bold Alliance is a...
How is it Done, Magic of Honey
Bee Bold AllianceHow is it Done? The Magic of Honey There is special magic found in the miraculous process of honey. The dedication and unique skills called upon in these extraordinary pollinators is a true wonder. This golden "ambrosia" of...
Ancient History of Pollination
Bee Bold AllianceAncient History of Pollination “Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower,But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.For to...
The Coffee that Gives Thanks
Giving ThanksYou probably know this already. There is a common misconception about our company name where people think that it means we are all about the holiday in November. We like turkey and family gatherings just fine, but our name means...
Delicious Peace Coffee
Farmers & CooperativesDelicious Peace Coffee by Paul Katzeff Delicious Peace Coffee is produced in Uganda by 250 coffee farmers of Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths who work together in their newly reformed cooperative after the last one they...
New website design for 2020!
Our New Website and Online Store Now LIVE!Notice anything different around here? Check out our hot new website design, fresh for 2020! We have a lot of coffee know-how and delicious content to share with you, and our new website makes it easier...
Coffee Processing: Dry versus Wet
Coffee 101 There are countless variables that contribute to the complex flavors of your favorite coffee before it even reaches your cup. Many people know that the country of origin, coffee tree varietal, and roast color have an immediate impact,...
How to Store Your Coffee
Coffee 101How to store your coffee to keep it fresh and as tasty as the day it was received: Staling is caused, in order of most harmful to least harmful Exposure to air (Oxidization) Exposure to heat Exposure to moisture Exposure to light AIR...
Springtime for SongBirds
Coffee 101The best coffee is grown the traditional way— slowly, under a canopy of shade from taller native hardwood trees. Shade-grown coffees are carefully tended, harvested, and processed by people who know and love coffee, and who depend on it...
Whale Run 2019
EventsCoffee and Movement Athletes have long appreciated the many helpful properties of coffee. As a pre-race ritual, a hot cup of coffee gets the blood flowing and puts a spring in your step. After a hard workout, the capillary dilation...
This is Shade-Grown Coffee
Sustainability Shade Coffee looks like this: grown under the canopy of indigenous trees. The white barked taller trees are commonly known in Central America as “Inga”. They are great for coffee because they not only provide shade for the trees but...
Mocha Java – 92 Points!
From the RoasteryCoffee Review – February 2019Blind Assessment: Deep, chocolaty, cleanly fruit-toned. Dark chocolate, cedar, black cherry, magnolia, molasses in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart structure with gentle, rounded acidity. Consolidates to...
The Roastmaster’s Select 50th Edition
From the RoasteryIn late 2014, Roastmaster Jacob Long was touring the Thanksgiving Coffeewarehouse with a new employee, Brand Manager Marchelo Bresciani. Educating him on various green coffees stacked high on pallets, Jacob told Marchelo where the...
Flores Green Dragon
From the RoasteryEvery month, members of our Roastmaster’s Select Club have the opportunity to sample fresh and unique micro lot coffees from all around the world. In 2018 we were proud to showcase a diversity of coffee flavors from Ecuador,...
What is Espresso?
Coffee 101Es·pres·so – /eˈspresˌō/noun: espresso; plural noun: espressos; noun: expresso; plural noun:1. strong black coffee made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans.from Italian (caffè) espresso, literally ‘pressed out (coffee)’. The...
Winner! 2019 Good Food Awards
From the RoasteryThanksgiving Coffee’s Upsetter Espresso has been named a Winner of the 2019 Good Food Awards! Each January, the Good Food Foundation organizes a three-day weekend to meet, celebrate, taste and buy from the nearly 200 Good Food...
The Upsetter
From the Roastery“Behind the controls of the roasting machine, the roaster checks gauges, fiddles with knobs and valves, and works to perfect each and every roast. We’ve named our Upsetter Espresso after Lee “Scratch” Perry, known as “The...
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