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Northbound Roasters
The Journal

Notes from the roastery.

Brewing guides, sourcing trips, and the occasional opinion. Updated every other week.

Pour-over brewing guide
Brewing Guides

How to brew a great pour-over.

The single best home-brewing method, in our opinion. We’ll walk you through the V60, ratios, water temperature, and a 4:6 method that produces a consistently bright cup.

May 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Ethiopian coffee farm visit
Sourcing

How we source: a year in Ethiopia.

A field report from our spring visit to the Konga Cooperative in Yirgacheffe — how we work with the lead farmer Tariku Yadessa, what we paid per pound this harvest, and why we keep coming back.

May 14, 2026 · 12 min read
Espresso pulling shot
Brewing Guides

A simple espresso dial-in process.

Espresso at home doesn’t need to be intimidating. A practical, repeatable process for dialing in any new bag in under thirty minutes — the same one our staff use.

April 30, 2026 · 8 min read
Cold brew jug
Brewing Guides

Cold brew, four ways.

A side-by-side test of immersion, slow-drip, Toddy, and Hario Mizudashi cold brews using the same coffee. Verdict, ratios, and brewing times for each method.

April 16, 2026 · 10 min read
2025 transparency report
Transparency

The 2025 transparency report.

Our annual breakdown of what we paid every cooperative, by lot, in dollars per pound. With commentary on what changed at the farm gate and why we made the buying decisions we did.

April 2, 2026 · 14 min read
Caring for your beans
Care Guides

Storing coffee at home.

Three myths about coffee storage we’d like to gently retire — plus the simple rule that will keep your beans tasting like the day they left the roastery.

March 19, 2026 · 5 min read
Newsletter

Letters from the bench.

One email every other week. New harvests, brewing notes, the occasional opinion. No marketing, ever. Two-click unsubscribe.