Going Fishing

Going Fishing

The time has come for us here at Fat Puppy Coffee Roasters to open our online store.  Much work remains; coffee blends to create, test shots of espresso to pull, great decaf to source, and the list goes on.  At some point you have to “fish or cut bait”,...
Coffee Beans Delivered

Coffee Beans Delivered

Thursday morning I got a call from my wife, “I am staring at a pallet of beans”, I heard through my phone.  Wait, what?  The beans were delivered already?  It was only 7:55am that morning.  I had just gotten to work and the beans were there already? I...
Green Coffee Is on the Way

Green Coffee Is on the Way

Today was a big step for us at Fat Puppy Coffee Roasters.  We made our first green coffee order. This is the point where the proverbial rubber meets the road. For months we have been planning and working for the day when we fire up the coffee roaster for that first...
“You are good to go” – Part 2

“You are good to go” – Part 2

In my previous post, “You are good to go” – Part 1, I gave a partial history describing how we got started in specialty coffee. I hope you found it entertaining enough to come back and see what followed. I think we were about to start a road-trip....
“You are good to go” – Part 1

“You are good to go” – Part 1

We are actually in business. Now what? That was the question I asked my wife after the Pa Department of Agriculture inspector said, “You are good to go.” Maybe that was foolish for me to ask after all the time, money, and effort it took to get to that...