Kevin Sprague

Maybe it’s the big student population that needs all that late-night caffeine, but Boston has a pretty solid set of java joints. Each of these opened within the last year, adding a little extra buzz to the local coffee lover’s world.  Read more

For nearly two decades, Barrington Coffee Roasting Co. was largely confined to the Berkshires. Now their Boston invasion is continuing. Read more

    Talk to many coffee connoisseurs, and the comparison inevitably comes up: It’s a lot like wine. Coffee has tasting notes, just like wine. Wine types have tastings, coffee types have cuppings. Both groups smell aromas, swirl the liquid in a cup, and let it sit on your palate. Barrington Coffee Roasting Co. is starting […]

If you didn’t peer into their mugs, it might be hard to distinguish between a group of coffee gurus and beer aficionados slurping their beverages with furrowed brows as they waxed on about notes of citrus and smokiness. But over the last several years, these rival cults have turned their obsessive concern for fine beverages […]

BCRC was featured in the May issue of Martha’s Vineyard Times

We are thrilled that our Perci Red earned the number three spot in Coffee Review’s Top 30 Coffees of 2013! Coffee Review will review roughly 400 coffees this year. We are very proud to have earned a spot on this list. See the full list…  

Blind Assessment: Intoxicating, juicy, complete. Dark honey; dark rum; dark chocolate; complex, layered fruit, particularly pineapple and melon; narcissus-like flowers. Intense but juicy acidity; syrupy mouthfeel. Sweetly rich finish turns slightly drying but still flavor-saturated in the long. Notes: This exceptional coffee was selected as the #3 coffee in the Coffee Review Top 30 Coffees of 2013. […]

Blind Assessment: Delicate but rich; shimmeringly complex. Meyer lemon, jasmine, honey, walnut in aroma and cup. Crisply sweet acidity; silky mouthfeel. Surprisingly deep, flavor-saturated finish. Notes: Produced from trees of the rare Ethiopia-derived botanical variety Gesha (also spelled Geisha). With its elegantly elongated beans and distinctive floral and crisp, citrusy, often chocolaty cup, the Gesha variety continues […]

Origin– Ethiopia Region– Yirgacheffe Mill Location– Addis Ababa Altitude– 5741 to 6562′ Producer– Ninety Plus Coffee Varietal– Mixed heirloom varietals Process– Natural, sun dried on raised beds Roast– Light Black cherry aroma, juicy acidity rolls into elderberry, herbal tones of shiso, umame and rich dark chocolate liquor. This is the outspoken sister coffee of the Nekisse. […]

  Blind Assessment: Delicate, complex, lively. Distinct honey and crisply sweet cacao-nib with lavender-like flowers and an herby hint, cilantro perhaps, in aroma and cup. Lively, floral-toned acidity; very light but silky mouthfeel. Lavender in particular carries into a quietly rich finish. Notes: Ninety Plus is a distinguished boutique exporter and importer of innovative small-lot coffees from […]