✱ The Journal · Issue no. 14

Notes from the roastery floor.

A slow publication. Essays about the trade, travel logs from the origins, and the occasional love letter to a machine called Mabel. New pieces appear when we have something worth saying.

Mar 12, 2026 · 6 min read

Mabel, the 1978 Probat we refused to replace.

The quote came back at $42,000 for a new loring smart roaster. We printed it, pinned it to the wall, and kept roasting.
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Feb 18, 2026 · 9 min read

Why we rest green beans for three weeks before roasting.

It costs us a climate-controlled room and three weeks of carrying cost per lot. Here's why we still do it, even when no one's watching.
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Nov 04, 2025 · 12 min read

Visiting Kochere, Ethiopia — notes from a harvest week.

Seven days of driving in the highlands, cupping fifty lots, and learning what "terroir" really means from a woman named Tsegaye.
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✱ Letters, infrequently

"We send a journal to subscribers four times a year. Print. Actual paper. One long essay, two short ones, and a recipe"