Guests: Fabian Ferrada, Founder of Apis Coffee
Based: Castle Rock, CO
Online: https://apiscoffee.com/ • @apiscoffeeroasters
What they drink: Agood cappuccino or pour over, but will start with an espresso to dial in his tastes profile to the shop.
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PODCASTHON: RAINFOREST ALLIANCE
We’re participating, or at least trying to participate in Podcasthon, a global charity awareness podcasting event. This episode is dedicated to the Rainforest alliance. Click the link to our fundraising page below.
By partnering with farmers, businesses, government entities and more, the Rainforest Alliance seeks to mitigate the effects of climate change and support forest communities. The communities that are impacted are often in coffee producing countries and their mission overlaps with the needs of many coffee farmers.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE POD
Some mornings, Fabian was driving for an hour to get coffee. With a little push from his wife, he began looking for a more efficient (if not economical!) way to get his roasted coffee beans. After doing some research, he ended up purchasing a commercial coffee roaster from Mill City Roasters.
His first coffee memory involved the Chilean teatime, or onces. Onces* is a reference to the British tradition of elevenses, or tea at eleven o’clock. According to this post on Atlas Obscura, it may also be a veiled reference to aguardiente, a type of alcohol that early Chilean miners would slip into their tea to help them during the challenging workday. *Once is Spanish for eleven.
Shout out to Pedro!
Fabian got obsessed with brewing espresso-based drinks. It was his wife who told him to stop complaining about his semi-regular coffee commute to find specialty beans. “Start roasting yourself!” He also credits her with bringing Mill City Roasters to his attention as a possible roasting machine company with education opportunities.
He took his time to learn about the machine he ended up purchasing first, just to get to a point of comfort before making such a big investment.
Apis roasts under cottage laws in Colorado.
Beekeeping is a family hobby. Apis is the genus name for the honey bee. The name leads into the future of the brand, the growth of their coffee and honey efforts, plus the honey and coffee taste good mixed together.
Question: Who are the good specialty coffee roasters in eastern Colorado? Feel free to “@” me. I need to know.
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