Category Archive for ‘Blog’
Licensed to “Q”: Grading Coffee
A couple of weeks ago I traveled to the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America) lab in Long Beach, California to take the Q Grader certification course which is actually a rigorous 3-day exam comprised of 22 sections of content including sensory skills, olfactory, organic acids, sensory triangulation, coffee cupping, green coffee grading, roast identification,
Continue reading »Who’s Who: David Yake
Back after a brief hiatus that included a road trip to the Southwest and a stint managing a zip line company in Avalon, California, David Yake recently celebrated one year as business developer and sales representative extraordinaire. David has worked for Tony’s for a total of more than two years; you may remember him as
Continue reading »Jack’s Cyclocross Team: Powered by Tony’s
Guest author Jeff Cummings is the Team Captain for Jack’s Bicycle Team. So you take Fido or Fifi out to the dog park at Lake Padden one Wednesday evening and while you are parking your car, you notice a group of people on bikes out on the baseball field acting kind of strange. They are riding around
Continue reading »Customer Profile: Cloud City Coffee
Prior to 2002, the Maple Leaf neighborhood was as lonely as the last leaf on the tree. Then Cloud City Coffee came along and the bluebirds broke out in song. Cloud City is known for its friendly service and welcoming, laid-back feel. In recent years the café has expanded its food menu to include barbeque
Continue reading »Tony’s Now In Ballard
We are excited to announce that Tony’s has found a new Seattle space to host tastings and trainings! We’ve moved our coffee lab from the much-loved bat-cave in Northlake (boy, will we miss the wafting aroma of smoked salmon from Voula’s!) to our new digs in Ballard (or Whittier Heights, if you want to get
Continue reading »Salmon Work Party (Get Involved)
We are proud to support NSEA by providing Tony’s Coffee to the Spring Community Volunteer Work Parties at restoration sites throughout Whatcom County. These work parties will provide local community members with an opportunity to get involved with the restoration of the streams in their neighborhoods and to work cooperatively in the effort to restore
Continue reading »Tony’s Roasting Tours
Tony’s will host a Roasting Tour at our Bellingham facility on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 10 AM. Please call Tony’s at 1-800-448-8804 extension 100 to join the tour.
Continue reading »Gold Award from Northwest Clean Air Agency
Partners for Clean Air Awards are presented annually by the Northwest Clean Air Agency to business in Island, Skagit and Whatcom counties that are working to reduce emissions and improve air quality in our communities. Gold and Platinum awards are given to only those businesses that have consistently gone above and beyond of what is
Continue reading »WSDA Inspection
Tony’s earns a perfect score. Every year the Washington State Department of Agriculture stops by our roasting plant in Bellingham to perform a thorough inspection of our roasting facility. We pride ourselves on achieving high scores during these annual inspections, and this year our continued efforts at maintaining a sanitary work environment culminated in a
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