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We're a coffee roasting company based out of Bellingham, WA.

05/18/2026

For pour over coffee, are smaller doses better? We explored some of the benefits of lowering your dose for consistency, speed, cost, and lowering waste.

Skill is a major factor of consistency in brewing, but we can also achieve consistency by doing less. A smaller dose means we spend less time pouring water, shorter brew time, and less room for mistakes. Skills is still necessary, but by minimizing our interaction with coffee we limit the potential of making mistakes.

Smaller doses in pour overs comes with many other benefits too. You bring down the cost in a cafe, make serving coffee faster, and if there is waste, you lower the overall loss.

What do you think? Are smaller doses better?

05/02/2026

Albeiro Ramirez - Colombia, Antioquia
Varietal: Chiroso
Process: Washed
Reminds us of: Gooseberry, Peach, Orange
Recommended Brew Method: Filter
Identifier: Modern

This coffee is absolutely lovely. Fruit forward, complex, transforms all the way until it cools, and clean. We love coffees that can have nuance, fruit, and be clean, and that’s exactly what Albeiro’s chiroso offers.
It reminds us of gooseberry, peach, and orange.

04/30/2026

For those who want to consistently drink coffee at its peak.

Vacuum sealing and freezing coffee dramatically slows down its aging. Freezing is almost like a time capsule for food. It stops food from going bad and preserves its current state very well.
Pair that with vacuum sealing, and now you’re protecting the coffee from oxygen which is the primary cause of coffee going stale over time.
Storage in general is a huge component to preserving coffee flavor and this allows you to do it for a very long time.

So why not just drink all your coffee at its peak and forget about going through all the hassle? It saves you from the risk of running out of ready-to-brew coffee.
If you’re drinking a decent amount of coffee at home, and trying to rest coffee to its peak, this method of storing helps you build a reserve that is always available. At peak flavor.

Extra? Maybe.
But so is obsessing over brewing parameters, water minerals, burrs, and TDS readings.

04/28/2026

Ultra light roasted coffee require a different approach. For a long time, typical pour over brewing practices were hotter temps and finer grind size. That might not yield the best results for ultra light roasts.

Jacob from gets best results when dropping the temperature, grinding coarser, and increasing pulses, flow rate, and agitations.

Next time you have an ultra light roasted coffee in front of you, give this a try if you haven’t already. You might find yourself enjoying your brews a little more.

04/27/2026

A Coffee that taste like spring - Linarco Rodriguez gesha
Soft, delicate, peach, strawberry, and hint of bergamot.

Available online at the link in our bio.

04/15/2026

Your water changes your perception of acidity, therefore, it’s important to adjust that perception based off of roast level which can impact the intensity of acidity.

This is a small clip from our podcast conversation with Dr. Christopher Hendon, a scientist who is one of the authors behind Water For Coffee.

Listen to the full episode on the Coffee Roaster Warm Up Sessions podcast ( EP 232 )

04/04/2026

Linarco Rodriguez - Colombia, Huila
Varietal: Gesha
Process: White Honey
Reminds us of: Peach, Strawberry, and Cranberry
Recommended Brew Method: Filter
Identifier: Eternal

Our first coffee from Linarco Rodriguez, a third-generation farmer that placed 2nd in the CoE in 2019. It’s an absolute stunner. Mouthwatering, fruity, berries, and this pleasant tart sweetness that reminds us of cranberry.

We weren’t planning on dropping a follow up gesha to the Wilder Lazo, but we couldn’t resist with this one.
For your own good, you need to order this.

*we went a bit lighter than our standard filter roast on this one*

04/02/2026

In coffee, you’re probably hearing more and more about ultra light roasts. It’s gaining popularity and there’s a lot to talk about.
To learn more about it, we invited Jacob from on the podcast to talk about it. Airworks is a coffee subscription service, sourcing ultra light roasts from roasters around the world.

Ultra light roasts focus on minimizing roast and accentuated clarity and florality. Although attaching an agtron number doesn’t do the topic justice, it’s oftentimes coffees roasted lighter than your typical light roasts. That’s where the name comes from”ultra light” comes into play.

Listen to the episode on the Coffee Roaster Warm Up Sessions podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple.

03/31/2026

So many things have been evolving here at Mirror. It’s an incredible 2026 so far. We’re doing our best to keep up, be more efficient, roast better, source better, and everything else we can do on our end to make your coffee more enjoyable.

We’ve roasted more coffee so far this year than ever before and we’re super grateful for that.
I know the online store is looking a little bare. We ran into a few hiccups paired with some high volume orders.

New gesha is dropping soon and new coffees are in route to the roastery.
If you need coffee right now, the Ildefonso bourbon aji is a fantastic coffee. Just delicious.

Anyway, thank you. If you’re still reading, we appreciate you ❤️

03/26/2026

Not your typical product drop. The Lazo gesha sold out before we even got to an official announcement on IG. A beautiful natural processed gesha that had tons of fruit, florals, and punch to it.

03/12/2026

These are the roast levels you should buy according to your preferred flavor profile.
Now I understand that this is a very rough, simplified version of a complex topic, however, from our experience, this is a rough estimate of what to expect from each roast level.

Can you have fruity medium roasts? Definitely.
Can you have chocolatey light roasts? Definitely.

Without getting into the weeds, this is a simple rule of thumb you could use if you’re unsure of which coffees you should buy.

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