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April 2010

Stockton Graham & Co. Roastmaster Brandon Riggs made a visit to Guatemala in February. These photos are from a trip to La Victoria Champila. If you missed the pictures he took while visiting La Cascada, where we source our current Guatemala single-origin, you can find them here. We’ll have more pics from Brandon’s trip coming [...]

Spring/Summer Monin Merch Kit now available

by Stockton Graham on April 7, 2010

in Blog, Seasonal

The Monin Merchandising Kits designed especially for the spring and summer months are shipping soon. With signature recipes like the Trail Mix Latte, Island Time Lemonade and Sun Kissed Latte, you will be sure to please your guests and increase seasonal sales! The Merchandising Kit includes: • 12 Signature Recipe Cards created by the Monin Beverage [...]

Local Marketing Area Target: Apartment Complexes

by Stockton Graham on April 6, 2010

in Blog, General, News

One of the areas with great customer generation potential are apartment complexes and other multi-family housing including condos, senior communities, student housing, etc. These areas are filled with an influx of new people who are searching for a third place café and meeting  place.  Apartments also have a lot of showings to potential new residents [...]

Our Roastmaster’s trip to Guatemala: La Cascada

by Stockton Graham on April 2, 2010

in Blog, Coffee, News

SGC Roastmaster Brandon Riggs recently returned from a trip to Guatemala. Over the course of seven days, Brandon traveled all over the country, cupping new crop varietals and visiting coffee farms. Along the way, he was able to take some really cool pictures.  Here are his photos from the Coban region: We’ll have more pictures [...]

NCA reports new coffee drinking trends

by Stockton Graham on April 1, 2010

in Blog, Coffee

At the National Coffee Association Conference held last week in California the first results of their 2010 National Coffee Drinking Trends Survey was released.  The good news was that US coffee consumption remained stable for the year, despite the recession.  56% of American adults consumed coffee during the past day, unchanged from 2008 and 2009. [...]