The Empty Cup Awards

The Empty Cup Awards

The Empty Cup Awards

TV may be fake, but that doesn’t mean the cups need to be empty

Curse you, internet! 

Now that I've discovered the Empty Cup Awards, I’m not just going to be mentally critiquing the choice of coffee drunk on TV (really? she’s drinking that swill?!), I’m going to be watching for empty cups, too! 

LIMITED EDITION: Season Opener

As you may know, most of our coffees are blends. This time, to switch things up, we have a single origin* coffee made of wonderful beans from Brazil.

How clean is your grinder?

How clean is your grinder?

You'll be surprised the difference a clean grinder makes

Most of us don’t pay attention to this and don’t clean our grinder regularly. Over time, coffee oils and residue build up and can start to affect both the taste and performance of your grinder. Darker and oilier coffee beans are especially bad for gumming up your grinder. (Take note Globetrotter fiends!)   

The good news is that cleaning a grinder is quick and easy. Read on for our tips - and we've got you covered, whether your grinder is blade or burr. 

The First Sparkplug Coffee Sampler

The First Sparkplug Coffee Sampler

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tell me that you love them all

Not sure what you’re in the mood for? Are you reading through our coffee selections and thinking “they all sound good!”? Well there is a solution!

We created the Sparkplug Coffee Sampler so you can try them all. It puts together generous 200 g bags (almost 1/2 lb. for you old school peeps) of our 3 signature blends plus the current feature coffee. That’s 800 g of coffee altogether - almost 2 pounds and enough of each to get a good sense of how you like each one.