By Valorie King, Owner & Coffee Maven

On Monday, 1/7/2019, I did a Facebook Live showing the two American drip coffee brewers we personally like to us, the Moccamaster by Technivorm and the 8-cup pourover-style brewer by Bonavita. Both use the stainless steel carafe to keep the coffee warm. 

One of the things I forgot to do when measuring the TDS (total dissolved solids) on the live video was to swirl the pots before testing the TDS. On Tuesday, 1/8/2019, I used only the Bonavita. I did remember to swirl the pot before checking the TDS. While I did lower the amount of coffee I used to lower the TDS measurement from 1.32, I did use a different coffee, 2018 Christmas Blend. I will be doing this again using the Rwanda Hingakawa as my consistent coffee so that I am only changing one variable at a time. 

Here is the video from Monday, 1/7/2019 for your viewing pleasure!

From today, 1/8/2019...It's too strong...but then again, I personally like my coffee strong! Next pot, less coffee.

Be sure to check out our Facebook page, @lamppostcoffee or Lamppost Coffee Roasters, for more videos! Now it's your turn, how do you like your coffee? Strong? Black? With cream? We'd love to hear from you...

By Valorie King, Owner & Coffee Maven

What are your coffee routines? In this video, I share our use of the American drip brewer, along with our evening and morning coffee routines.

Be sure to check out our Indiegogo campaign. We are in the final few days. If you haven't already, how about joining us on our coffee adventure?
https://igg.me/at/lamppostcoffee/x/19408991

Be sure to find us on Facebook, @lamppostcoffee. Like, comment or ask a question and share, share, share the post and the Indiegogo campagin!

By Valorie King,Owner & Coffee Maven

This week we wanted to introduce you to Glenstorm, our coffee roaster. We call him Glen for short. He got his name from one of my favorite literary characters. He actually looks like the centaur he is named after too! Here's a video introducing him to you! Enjoy!

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Roastmaster Jeff and I would love to have you partner with us in moving our coffee roaster, Glenstorm (Glen for short), from our garage to our new brick & mortar store front. This past week we also launched a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo (like Kickstarter but a different company). We are inviting you to be a part of the community that will prepare Glen's new roastery space as well as transport him from here to there. 

We have prepared some perks and rewards for different levels of financial partnership. You can watch our video and read about our campaign here. ​

One of the most common questions I am asked is, "How can I help you?" Physical help during the build out is limited to a small circle of people. However, here is what you can do:

• Participate in the campaign. Check out our story and watch our video. Then choose a perk/reward according to your budget.
• Share, share, share the campaign. Help us get the word out and make some noise about our project. You can also share this campaign on Facebook from our Facebook page (@lamppostcoffee). Or you can share from Indiegogo by clicking the Facebook icon near the "Back It" button in our campaign.
• Tell everyone you know about Lamppost Coffee Roasters and our project.
• And of course, buy & drink our coffee at home. You can order coffee our webstore!  

You can also send us encouraging words and cheer us on via email (info@lamppostcoffee.com) or by posting on our Facebook wall (@lamppostcoffee) or by  tagging us in a post on Instagram (@lamppostcoffee or @coffeemavenval). 

​Thank you for being a part of our coffee adventure!