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By Andy, Co-Owner and Roaster, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Wells Branch, Austin TX Every bag I roast gets a date stamped on it. Not a “best by” date, but the actual day it came off the drum. That’s the number that matters when you’re trying to buy artisan coffee beans online and actually get something […]
By Mary, Co-Owner, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Wells Branch, Austin TX I get asked a lot about how we choose the coffees we carry. The honest answer is that it’s part research, part relationship, and part stubbornness. We don’t lock ourselves into a farm just because we’ve worked with them before. If a harvest doesn’t […]
By Andy & Mary, Co-Owners, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Austin, TX When you buy ethical coffee beans online, you’re making a choice that extends well past the cup. The supply chain behind specialty coffee is long, and the decisions made at every step, from how a farmer is compensated to how the beans are processed […]
By Andy & Mary, Co-Owners, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Austin, TX If you’ve ever finished a bag of grocery store coffee and thought “that was fine, I guess,” you already know something is missing. The question most people don’t ask is why. The answer usually comes down to freshness, and freshness comes down to whether […]
By Andy & Mary, Co-Owners, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Austin, TX People ask us all the time how we landed on our blends. The honest answer is: a lot of bad cups. When you order coffee beans online from us today, what you’re tasting is the result of months of testing, cupping, adjusting, and starting […]
Walk into any grocery store, and the coffee aisle looks well-stocked. Dozens of options, different roast levels, and various origins are listed on the front. It looks like a choice. But most of what’s on that shelf has one thing in common: you have no idea when it was roasted. That gap between what coffee […]
By Andy, Co-Owner & Roaster, Armadillo Coffee Roasters, Small-batch specialty roaster in Austin, TX | 85+ grade coffee, roasted fresh every week Coffee is often the last thing a guest orders and the first thing they remember. A meal can be excellent, service can be warm, and the atmosphere can be exactly right, but a […]
By Andy & Mary, Co-Owners, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Small-batch specialty roaster in Austin, TX | 85+ grade coffee, roasted fresh every week Mary and I started Armadillo Coffee Roasters because we were tired of hunting for the best coffee beans in Austin that actually tasted like coffee should. You know the drill: buy a […]
By Mary, Co-Owner, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Small-batch specialty roaster in Austin, TX | Roasting 85+ grade coffee weekly I stood in the coffee aisle at the grocery store last month. Not to buy, just to look. Row after row of shiny bags, “best by” dates six months out, words like “premium” and “gourmet” printed […]
By Andy, Co-Owner, Armadillo Coffee Roasters | Small-batch specialty roaster in Austin, TX | Roasting 85+ grade coffee weekly I used to make terrible coffee at home. Not because I didn’t care—I cared plenty, but because I was following all the wrong rules. I’d buy pre-ground beans from the grocery store, dump them in a […]
