by Jennifer Pawlik | Oct 17, 2019 | Art, Coffee, News & Media
A Brand That Embraces Change One of my favorite things about working with Amavida Coffee is working in a culture that constantly embraces change with a team of people who are extremely creative and innovative. In the past year alone we’ve rebranded, remodeled 3 of our...
by Martin Trejo | Sep 11, 2019 | Coffee, Environmental Stewardship, From the Director of Coffee, Sourcing
Often times, I am faced with a hard nosed truth: most people just don’t care about where there coffee comes from. As Director of Coffee, someone whose job is literally to care about where coffee comes from, it can be a hard pill to swallow. But for many westerners,...
by Caroline Stephenson | Jul 30, 2019 | Cafes, Coffee, Community, Local
Let’s tawk local coffee along the Emerald Coast – For coffee lover’s from Panama City to Pensacola. Can I be honest with you for a minute? I am not from around here. I’m a coffee lover from a far away land, the big hunk of state that is Texas....
by Garrett Oden | Apr 19, 2019 | Coffee, Environmental Stewardship, Sourcing
In 2005, Amavida bought coffee from the Fondo Paez cooperative for the first time. In 2019, we bought coffee from the group for the fourteenth year, making this one of our longest-running coffee grower partnerships. It’s time you get to meet the Fondo Paez Cooperative...
by Garrett Oden | Mar 18, 2019 | Coffee, Community, Environmental Stewardship, Sourcing
At the time of writing, the “coffee market” price for a pound of coffee is sitting at $0.94. The price has been dangerously low for months now—a complex issue of global trade and economics—and it’s making it difficult for many farmers to even break even. Thankfully,...
by Garrett Oden | Feb 15, 2019 | Brewing, Cafe Design, Coffee
Meet A La Marzocco Work Of Art If you’re in any of our cafes, you know we love our La Marzocco Strada espresso machines. They’re powerful, efficient, and empower baristas to pull tasty, balanced shots. But there was one machine we just couldn’t get along with. The...
