When you purchase shade grown coffee, you are supporting a sustainable product and helping to keep rainforests intact. Coffee that is grown in the shade is protected from harsh sun rays, and grows at a slower pace. This helps to keep the levels of acidity in the coffee at a minimum and produces beans with [...]
Archives for Matt’s Notes
It all starts with the dirt – By Jeremiah O’Hagan
This last week an article was written about Jeff, Dan, and their heart behind our company. Other than the fact they are uncle and nephew, not brothers, and a few other small things, It was exciting to get some exposure in the local paper. I’ve copied the entire article below, take a look and spread [...]
CICR’s Nicaragua Trip with Agros
A trip with Agros and a few of photos (above – seated on the right is David, our guide for the week) I’ve worked with Camano Island Coffee Roasters for the last two years, and am a huge advocate of CICR’s great coffee. Sorting photos with a french press on the coffee table can make [...]
Great Organic Iced Coffee Just in Time For Summer
Matt “Blog Master” CICR The weather here on Camano Island has been amazing. Our ‘usual’ clouds and infamous rainy Seattle weather has left and the sun is out! This means the weekends and evenings are being more and more filled with beaches and walks outside… and coffee of course. With the sun and the weather [...]
Coffee Testimonials and Referrals | A win-win!
Hello Blogosphere and CICR fans, I would like to tell you about one of the great honors that we receive by working here at Camano Island Coffee. These are really just little incentives that remind us people appreciate what we are a part of. From time to time we receive testimonials from customers that go [...]
Loving and Brewing the Perfect Cup of Coffee
Coffee Lovers around the globe… If you are reading this, I can only assume you are drinking CICR coffee… and rightfully so; you and I both know this coffee really is the best! How do you enjoy it? Daily, I sit amidst the rich coffee aromas here at the Roaster Building on Camano Island. I [...]
Changing Appearances to Reflect the Inner Purpose
We’ve been working really hard on making our image match our purpose. There are so many great reasons to buy our coffee and we find that sometimes we lose our purpose AND our customers’ attention when trying to relay that message to them. Sure, we have organic, fairly traded, shade grown, top 1% of the [...]
Coffee 101 – Shade Grown Coffee
So, if you’ve been here before.. again, welcome to CICR’s Blog! I, for one, am very excited about it! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Matt, the person behind the design and layout of our blog. I hope you like it! I am relatively new to my job as CICR’s “blog master” and as [...]
