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Winter blues got you down? Why not warm up with a coffee cocktail? We suggest one of Sam Schroeder's Coffee in Good Spirits concoctions—because nothing beats the winter chill like the thrill of mastering a competition-worthy cocktail, right?Meet the Coffee Sherry: a beautifully balanced and stunningly delicious coffee cocktail. Sam served this little number up at the Coffee in Good Spirits Championships. And he recently teamed up with Reyna (who, in 2024, is embarking upon her own Coffee in Good Spirits journey) to whip up a non-alcoholic version to serve at our Columbia City cafe. For a competition-crushing cocktail, it's...

Here at Olympia Coffee, we're on a mission to better our communities through excellent coffee and exceptional service. Place means a lot to us—as do the people who live, work, and play in these places. All the way from the farms at origin to our neighborhood coffee shops to the coffee on your kitchen countertop, it's our goal for Olympia Coffee to be a place of connection between quality coffee and a higher quality of life for all.That's why we're thrilled to connect a new community to our seed-to-cup story, proudly serving the neighborhood of downtown Seattle! Beginning later in...

Goodness deserves to be celebrated. And that's what the Good Food Foundation is all about: celebrating, connecting, and empowering passionate makers of tasty, authentic, responsible food and drink toward a re-imagined, revitalized American food culture. So it's our honor to be nominated this year as a finalist in the 2024 Good Food Awards with our beloved Little Buddy! And, to celebrate, we're offering 10% off this special blend through January 31, 2024 with code GOODLITTLEBUDDY.Here's what's so amazing about the Good Food Awards. When these folks talk about what's "good," they're not settling for some binary, this-or-that judgment call between...

Sam and Reyna have been in Taiwan for a week now: seeing the sights, eating the food (jealous), and drinking the tastiest of drinks (again, jealous). And—most importantly—they've been preparing for Sam's final showdown on the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship stage! Competition officially begins Friday, November 17th and runs through Monday the 20th. It's worth noting that Taiwan is a day ahead of us, time-wise. But we've done the math, and we're ready to share the competition excitement... with you!Please join us on Instagram Live where Reyna will be live-streaming Sam's performances each day. Here's the competition schedule...

For weeks now, one could peek through the windows of our Columbia City Training Lab and likely find Sam Schroeder bent intently over some coffee cocktail concoction. Usually, the Olympia Coffee co-founder—and winner of this year's U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Competition—would be joined by his coach and teammate Reyna Callejo. A fellow U.S. Coffee Champs competitor, flavor master, and dauntless perfectionist, Reyna is the ideal co-conspirator. Especially when the challenge is that of winning the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. Together, Sam and Reyna have spent these past weeks working through round after round of practice runs. They've...