This is the first of three posts on the Bridgeport Coffee trip to Costa Rica in March 2017 by Mike Pilkington, president and founder of Bridgeport Coffee. See Part 2 (Science) or Part 3 (Terrazú). Costa Rica is a relatively small Central American country, bordering Nicaragua in the...
Contrary to popular belief, drinking a coffee that was roasted today is not necessarily better than a coffee that was roasted a week or even one, two or three months ago. Chasing "freshness" in roasted coffee will make you crazy and will also not guarantee you the best...
The road from San Salvador to Santa Ana is diverse. The capital's streets quickly give way to a highway that is full of people walking to bus stops where brightly colored busses take them across the country. In the summer of 2015 a bus strike...
Coffee producers must defend their crops against climate change, biological threats, and volatile markets. For 8 years we have been importing our Mexico El Triunfo beans from these producers, who are preparing for the future of coffee with a special nursery...
Just in time for the hot weather...
Cyclists and nature lovers, rejoice! There's an exciting new park coming to the South Side of Chicago — a world-class venue for bicycle recreation that will reclaim industrial land and return it to a natural state. The 278-acre Big Marsh park will be transformed into...
Great news for Spring! The very first of the 2015 coffee harvest shipments has arrived at our roastery in Bridgeport — Mexico El Triunfo single-origin beans with a flavor profile of medium body and dark chocolate. 2015 Mexico — freshly roasted today One of many sacks of organic...
The fifth and last of our series of images from El Salvador, below are some shots from Procafe when we visited in February...
Visiting Cooperativa Cuzcachapa in El Salvador was a special pleasure for our team. Here we sampled some of the coffees that will be arriving in our shops sometime this spring, and experienced the excellence of coffee production as practiced by some of the most attentive and...
Watch our founder Mike Pilkington in Farm to Mug, telling the story of Bridgeport Coffee on WTTW. “When we first opened, we vented out the basement window at the coffee shop, and I roasted all the coffee that we served at the shop, one pound at...