Swanky New Coffees

First up is Congo.

That's in Africa, for those of you not up on your geography. This coffee is roasted medium to dark, and has a heavy syrupy body. It kind of reminds me of Sumatra, except with a bigger bite. Some other flavor notes: sweet, spice, winey, oak.

Some Congo facts:

It sits smack in the middle of Africa, and was founded as a Belgian colony in 1908. They called it The Republic of Congo. It gained its independence in 1960. However, a colonel, who led a coup in 1965 and declared himself the president, changed the country's name to Zaire. (by the way, when I was in fifth grade, I wrote a research paper about Zaire.) In 1997 the regime was toppled, and the name changed back to the original Republic of Congo.

Our other new coffee is Ethiopia Natural Sidamo.

This coffee is delightful. It's organically-grown by 300 smallholder farmers. It's processed naturally using a sundried process. Some of the tasting notes: lemon/lime skittles, blueberry, sparkling acidity, sweet.

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Within the last year or so, facebook opened up its network to include those of us who WEREN'T born in the 80's or 90's. Now it's filled with 30-somethings trying not to feel old.

So, of course.. Mark and I quickly hopped on the bandwagon once all our friends had joined. If you too are among the newest crop of facebook users like me and Mark are, then why not join our fan page? Heck even if you've been on since its inception, we'll let you join too.

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A little bit of Internet buzz

So recently we began designing our own stickers and getting them printed at Sticker Giant. They are fast, and the friendly folks who work there will CALL you if there is any possibility of a problem.

For example, the font we chose for our coffee bag stickers was really hard to read when printed at the size we wanted. They called and suggested we tighten up the copy and make it bigger or choose a new font.

What other place would do that? I know of some places that will just print what you send without regard to how the finished product will look!

Sticker Giant ended up making a video to showcase some recent clients' work they've printed and included a tidbit about little ole' us.

Take a look here!

Making News

Wildfire Coffee.. getting the thumbs up from The Paisano, the student newspaper at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

They said we were fun and funky!

Read the entire story here.

Don't ask me why the picture of Rey's awesome latte art on their webpage is sideways.

It'll PUMP youuuu up!

PUMPKIN is back!!!

Pumpkin Spice will get you in the Autumn mood. Add it to a mocha for a seasonal twist on an old favorite. Or sip on a Wildfire original: Pumpkin pie a la mode latte topped with homemade whipped cream.