Carabello Coffee

State of Coffee Update...And What's the Deal With Tariffs?

State of Coffee Update...And What's the Deal With Tariffs?

Back in February I shared some of the challenges we are facing this year as coffee prices have suddenly soared and what we were preparing to do to ...

Summer Porch Hangs 2.0

2025 Blend Update: Summer Porch Hangs is back! Last year was the first year for this fruity summer Seasonal Blend and it's back for its second seas...

Back to Nicaragua 2025: Justin & Shannon's Trip to Origin

Lead Roaster Shannon Savage and I (Justin) just returned from five days in Nicaragua, where we visited all of our direct relationship producers. Be...

A New Season for Analog with Cassidy Howard

If you aren’t familiar with our Analog Coffee Bar, it is a separate bar in our Newport cafe that focuses on incorporating craft cocktail technique...

Coffee Prices Hit 48-Year High in 2025...What's Going On?

On January 29, 2025, many sources reported that coffee prices hit an "all time high" or "record highs" at $3.60 a pound. As of the final proofing o...

Winter Warmer Special Dark: Behind the Scenes of our Newest Seasonal Coffee

For the last four years, our winter Seasonal Blend has been Winter Song. While we've loved the blend, this year we wanted something new—a coffee th...

Cold Coffee Brewing (+ Recipes!)

As summer starts to wind down, thoughts naturally turn to warmer beverages—but don't put away the ice yet! We're actually big fans of cold coffee a...

Carabello Crew Attends Specialty Coffee EXPO in Chicago

This April, five of us traveled to Chicago to participate in our Industry’s annual Specialty Coffee Association EXPO, a world-wide gathering of cof...

A Brief History of Coffee

All new hires at Carabello Coffee go through a multi-part "Intro to Coffee" training, beginning with a detailed "History of Coffee." Coffee has bee...

Flamingo Bingo: A Tropical Oasis in the Middle of March

For the first time since I started writing blogs here at Carabello I got to experience an event firsthand. As soon as we started planning Flamingo ...

2024 Honduras Sourcing Trip Recap

As I sit down to write this recap of our most recent coffee sourcing visit to Honduras, my heart is full. I am truly blessed to be able to spend s...

Coffee cherries drying in front of the Costa Rican Mountains

2024 Costa Rica Trip Recap: Pura Vida at its Best!

It’s not every day you get to go on a trip that truly changes your perspective, or at least adds to it in a way that significantly changes how you ...

A Romantic Valentine's Day Event at Carabello Coffee

Our Valentine’s Day Event is Carabello Coffee’s OG event—the first ever event we created and our longest running. It has consistently sold out with...