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Trees budding, flowers blossoming, creatures in full creaturing mode—It's SPRINGTIME, ladies and gentlemen! I don't know about you, but the weather has absolutely no bearing on my coffee consumption…

Nestled in the heart of the Blackland Prairies is the little town of Commerce, Texas, one of the smallest college towns in the whole state. Even with Texas A&M University-Commerce more than…

In efforts to help you find more avenues to enjoy our coffee and to introduce you to some of our best wholesale clients, we'd like to continue regaling you of our wholesale clients' adventures wi…

It is said that a few hundred years ago (sources dispute whether it was the 16th or 17th century), Baba Budan, now considered a Sufi saint, was unhappy with the Arab hold on coffee as a commodi…

As nutritional fads come and go, certain buzzwords get thrown around quite a bit. Sometimes those buzzwords end up sticking in our modern lexicon, becoming as commonplace as any other word. I'm sure,…

Aside from introducing you to our new Limited Editions, we feel it would be tragic to let some of the stories behind some of our mainstay coffees to go unheard. Of course, everyone loves a good story!…

As the New Year gains momentum, we’re starting a new series we'd like to call "Where to Go to Find Our Joe." Our goal is to help you find more avenues to enjoy our coffee by introducing you to some of…

We knew it was coming, but we had no idea it would be so quick! When we first announced our Limited Edition Ethiopia Gedeb, it was warm here in Texas. We had a ton of fun experimenting with cold br…

If you’ve ever ordered coffee from our website, you may have noticed an optional checkbox to donate a dollar for every pound of coffee you order to Food 4 Farmers. “What is this ‘Food 4 Farmers’,”…

It is a question often asked when someone is looking for a new coffee and they need some advice: What’s a good coffee low in acidity? Whether the request is initiated by your doctor’s advice or you…

 Holiday parties, get-togethers with friends and family, with all the hustle and bustle of the season it’s easy to let some of the finer points of entertaining fall to the wayside, like…

This holiday season, we thought we’d get festive and funky with another raffle! What are the holidays good for if not indulging in some of the finer things in life? So, this December, we’ll be holdin…

T’is the season for gift giving! Chances are you’re reading this because either you have an undying love and devotion to coffee, or you’re close to someone who does. With so many gift-givin…

By no means is he new to ACR, but he is officially our new Head Roaster. Vincent Bathea is quite the jack-of-all-trades around here. Always going above and beyond for the company and for our cust…

Meet our new Flavor Specialist, Austin Sparrow. Hailing from Richardson, TX, he’s been a barista for the past 3 years, but he came to us thirsting for more. He’s looking to expand his knowledge on eve…

You’ve got your coffee beans stored in an air-tight container; you know they were just roasted 3 days ago; you’ve got your burr grinder waiting in the wings. It’s time to get down to it! You look…

We hear it all the time, “How should I store my coffee?” What we normally tell folks is to store it as airtight as possible, away from drastic temperature variations, away from light, and certainly…

We, at ACR, love the discovery of new, interesting coffees. Our Limited Edition series is where this passion is most readily apparent. As always, we try to keep things moving and shaking, so this…

Crisp fall mornings, new school year in full swing, leaves starting to change, scarves, decorations, football—as we approach the last few remaining months of the year, ACR is gearing up for full-on…

Out of the blue, a good friend in the business contacted us a couple of months back with an offer on a roaster he no longer wished to keep. He thought well enough of our humble company to make us…