In August, I received a delightful email from an enthusiastic coffee loving customer. Verlyn has been our customer since 2006 and enjoys taking our single-origin coffees and creating his own blends at home. His endeavor at the time he wrote to me was developing a blend similar to our true Mocha Java coffee. To quote: (more…)

As we all know Memorial Day is this Monday, and that means summer is here! It’s the perfect time for BBQs, picnics, cookouts, and lots of other outdoor fun-in-the-sun activities, including enjoying a nice cup of Smoked Coffee.
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Since many of our employees at CBD are food obsessed we though what better way to celebrate that then a cook off! There was only 1 rule for this contest-the recipe had to have either coffee or tea in it. With $50 up for grabs in two categories, people went to work on creating recipes.
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Every week on Friday our employees get to take home a free 1-lb bag of coffee or 5-oz bag of tea. I thought I would investigate on what they took home last week and why they like it.
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It has been a long winter here in Jersey with record amounts of snow. As much as I love the snow I have to admit that I am very excited that the warmer weather is almost here. New Jersey, especially along the Delaware River where we are located, is absolutely breathtaking when covered in pristine fresh snow… but seriously, I’m ready for green grass, blue skies and all the colors of spring flowers. My car’s sunroof has not been used in forever and I long for the ability to leave my heavy winter coat at home and forget it exists until next year.
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“The equipment you use makes no difference. It’s the quality of the coffee beans that matters. Get yourself an inexpensive drip coffee maker at Wal-mart, use the metal filter (paper filters absorb some of the good compounds from the dripping coffee) and get brewing! As long as you are using fresh, quality coffee beans, your brewed coffee will taste fabulous.” – Anonymous

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When was the last time your boss hired someone to come in and entertain you while you worked? Never, I bet. Well, our boss is cooler than your boss, ’cause we totally had a DJ in our warehouse last Friday!
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It was brought to my attention yesterday that two of our employees here at CBD look like Muppets!

This is how it went down…
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For those of you that don’t know, today is Take Your Dog to Work Day! So, in honor of the holiday this post will be all about the dogs of CBD. We love our pets here at CBD; in fact employees are encouraged to bring their dogs into work on any given day!
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We have always enjoyed the benefits of having a iced tea maker until recently when something went horribly awry. Yesterday our beloved ice tea pitcher developed a mysterious crack along its side, deeming it unusable. Needless to say we were outraged! And a large scale “who done it” occurred! Well, after like ten minutes of us accusing others we got over it… kinda.
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