Third Wave Coffee Tours

09/18/2024

https://www.americantheatre.org/2024/09/11/coffee-chronicles/

A playwright travels to his parents’ home country and plants the seeds for a new play with Hero Theatre’s Nuestro Planeta project.

06/19/2024

Texas A&M University launches US’ first academic coffee certificate. The new standalone Coffee Processing and Quality certification is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge to become coffee professionals. (College Station, Texas, US)

New Coffee Processing and Quality certificate from Texas A&M will prepare students to be competent professionals in the growing coffee industry.

02/24/2024

Had a fantastic time leading coffee tours today for the Roaster’s Summit. Thank you Roseline and Coava for hosting our groups today!

01/24/2024

Drink for good!

01/10/2024

We’re excited to be participating in Travel Oregon’s winter campaign “Find your Guide.” Come on a tour and get your very own limited edition playing card!

12/01/2023

Nice combo to order. A One and One!

11/27/2023

SAVE 20% when you book your COFFEE TOUR or purchase GIFT CARDS now.

10/10/2023

Starting off our Streetcar Coffee Tour at NEVER with a sample of their YAMZ Latte. Quite delicious!

10/10/2023

I visited my college roommate in Copenhagen and we went specialty coffee shop hopping. These pics are from La Cabra, which I became familiar with thanks to sourcing it for their multi-roaster cafe a couple months ago. We did a comparative tasting of a natural and honey-processed coffee. And of course we couldn’t pass up the cardamom bun. 🇩🇰

09/22/2023

Completely geeking out that I finally got to try the low-caf varietal ARAMOSA at The Barn in Berlin. It has approximately 1/3 the caffeine content of other Arabica varietals. Their beans were a naturally processed Brazilian and perfectly roasted. Ideal for a little afternoon pick-me-up! 🤩

09/21/2023

Please send me all your favorite specialty coffee spots in Berlin!

07/20/2023

If you book a tour before the end of the month you’ll be in for a real treat! We have guest tour guide K.A.Keener from NYC Undergrounds sharing her coffee knowledge during our mid-week tours. I’m excited for everyone to meet K!!! 💫
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07/09/2023

Finally had the chance to check out Good Coffee’s Cafe and Roastery in Troutdale. Gorgeous space! Loved being able to grab an iced horchata latte for the day trip to Hood River with college friends.

06/10/2023

Loved leading a tour for the USA Super Fam from Australia and New Zealand!

06/10/2023

Coffee Tour Time! ☕️🤎

05/27/2023

Where are you drinking coffee this holiday weekend?

05/09/2023

https://www.saveur.com/culture/portland-coffee-culture-diversity/

Portland’s specialty roasters are diversifying the city’s coffee—by spotlighting the undervalued bean-growing regions of their native countries.

04/11/2023

This is such a loss for Downtown Portland! Completely get it, but I’m truly gutted. 💔

It is with a heavy heart that we share the following message:

We have decided to permanently close our downtown Portland cafe (1171 SW Jefferson St). with the last full day of operation being this Thursday, April 13.

The team members at this cafe have been on the front line enduring extreme violence and criminal activity on an almost daily basis for the last few years– crime and violence that is only increasing in frequency and severity. From theft, to physical displays of violence, threats of harm, break-ins, window smashing, and repeated traumatic in-cafe incidents where both staff and patrons feel unsafe.

We have brought all the resources to bear that we have access to: doubling up on shifts, locking one entrance, de-escalation training, hazard pay, and heightened management oversight. This has proven to not be a temporary situation—and it is not a situation we can manage. Most importantly, it is not a situation where we can thrive. We cannot continue operation here as we cannot ensure the safety of our team and customers. Our neighboring businesses have seen it, too – and we’ve watched them close one by one over the past few years. Sadly, we now join them.

We opened this cafe in the summer of 2017 and poured our very heart and soul into the design and build-out of this beautiful and unique space. Our retail team has done us proud in every single way and we have the deepest gratitude for the unparalleled hospitality and service that made this cafe shine in downtown Portland. To our team: thank you for everything you have done to make this cafe a wonderful place to work and be and for your bravery and work ethic navigating the daily challenges of working in this part of downtown Portland.

While this is incredibly hard, we know it is the right decision. We’re thankful for the many years of patronage and support from our wonderful customers and look forward to serving you at our other Portland locations.

03/11/2023

Excellent video on where specialty coffee comes from.

Single-origin specialty coffee can cost over $30 per pound, more than five times the average price of 1 pound of ground coffee in the US. “Specialty” is the ...

03/01/2023

Did you know Oatmilk is now Stumptown’s default milk? Pretty cool. They said over 50% of customers were asking for Oatmilk in their espresso drinks, so they made the switch (of course you can still ask for dairy).

02/27/2023

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/02/coffee-caffeine-happiness-health-benefits/673158/

All hail the miracle bean.

02/14/2023

So happy to see Phoung won this coveted $150 per cup coffee! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person! 👏👏👏

“It tastes like heaven,” Phuong Tran told KOIN 6 News. “It tastes like I would say if I were to, when I die and go to heaven, I imagine what coffee would taste like in heaven. It …

02/14/2023

A little coffee love on Valentine’s Day. ❤️☺️

01/24/2023

Who wants to share a cup?! 🤩

Does that include oat milk?

12/09/2022

Holiday Macchiato!