Forgoing the obligatory stories designed to appeal to your emotions so that you’ll connect better to what I am about to say; all I really want to say is this: Average price for (seriously) the best coffee in Long Beach that has been meticulously sourced and roasted, showing up ridiculously fresh to your door: $13.50 …
Awesome Business Part 1: The Bicycle Stand
Check out an interview with Evan and Nicole, owners and operators of The Bicycle Stand in Long Beach off of Broadway and Cherry here. Awesome people and you will find a treasure-trove of beautiful and awesome things for all your cycling needs at their shop. Awesome.
Free Bike Delivery!!
Short story: We are now offering free bike delivery in Long Beach!! Isn’t that awesome??! Get your coffee and enjoy! Want to know why? Well then read the diatribe below: So if you’ve perused our Coffee Queue section you may notice the part about us referencing Aloe Blacc’s “I Need a Dollar…” song on youtube. …
Rainforest Alliance Cupping
In keeping with our posting on certifications and fair-trade, I had the great fortune to participate in a Rainforest Alliance cupping last week. The event was coordinated by a gal named Maya Albanese, along with Andrea Valenzuela, Shawn Hamilton, Rocky Rhodes, Ted Vautrinot and a bunch of other super gifted and talented people. Rainforest Alliance …
Fairly Posted
After a recent email exchange with one of our customers about how Fair Trade affects our buying decisions here at RPR, I thought it might be good to do a posting on the subject of Fair Trade. Warning- I’m doing my best to synthesize a subject that is fairly complex and has no shortage of …
Who gets this wholesale account??
So apparently Peugeot has put together a “people-mover” concept car that, among other things, has an integrated coffee maker built into the back seat. Now, aside from money, the money, and the ridiculous amount of money this would probably cost- how awesome would it be to sip on your freshly pulled shot of espresso while …
Attention! This is the captain speaking…
My friends, This is a little last minute, but we’re going to be taking a little R&R this coming week. We’ll be out the roastery from Tuesday, August 2nd till Tuesday, August 9th. That’s right, a whole week. We know, it’s going to be rough, but if you get your order in before 8am on …
How does this look?
My first foray into image editing… One day I’ll be this good. Stay classy Long Beach… ~AP
Coming Soon…
Hey there everyone. We’re in the middle of re-vamping our subscription service so that we can make things as smooth as possible for the massive amounts of orders that you’ll want to place online. We’ll let you know when things are nice and shiny again. In the meantime, spy on some people at a relatively …
Second-Class Citizens of the Coffee World- Decaf!
Too often we forced to choose between a beautifully nuanced and flavorful cup of coffee…and decaf. This choice is compounded by the fact that if people are drinking decaf coffee, it’s usually because they like the taste of coffee! How sad is it then, that decaf drinkers are usually the ones who get the short …
