Company History
The town where Higher Grounds first started roasting coffee
What is Leland?
The peaceful activist movement associated with our partners at the Yachil cooperative
What is Zapatista?
The top selling product on our website in 2018
What is Highland Humanity blend?
The coffee brewer we sell that has the smallest paper filter
What is the Aeropress?
The activity Karin takes time off for each November
What is deer hunting?
The year Chris traveled to Mexico for his internship studying the commercialization of coffee there
What is 2001?
The country and cooperative from which we purchase the highest volume of coffee annually
What is Peru Pangoa?
The coffeemaker designed by German chemist Peter Schlumbohm
What is a Chemex?
The ideal range of temperature for brewing coffee
What is 195-205 degrees Fahrenheit?
The rock band whose name resembles that of Sara's cantankerous cat
Who is Lynyrd Skynyrd?
The name of Higher Grounds' first coffee blend
What is Highland Humanity?
The country and cooperative that produces a coffee we feature annually for its unique strawberry jam acidity
Peru Norandino
The country of origin for the coffee used in a collaboration caramel with Food For Thought
What is DR Congo?
The aptly-named brewing device Jennifer recommends for customers trying single-cup brewing for the first time
What is the Clever?
The name of the state senator for whom Josh served as chief of staff
Who is Gary Peters?
The Mexican village where a massacre occurred in 2007, inspiring the formation of Maya Vinic, our first producer partner
What is Acteal?
The South American cooperative mainly comprised of indigenous Nasa people
What is Fondo Paez?
The company who manufactured our private label Palestinian olive oil
What is Canaan Fair Trade?
The name for the handheld unit that locks into an espresso machine's grouphead
What is a portafilter?
Where Lana lived before moving to Traverse City
What is New York City?
Emily Zakem, daughter of longtime HG customer Maggie Zakem, was a founding staff member at HG and held what position?
What is coffee roaster?
The cooperative which Miriam Perez, Rodolfo Penalba, and Oscar and Melvin Alonso are members of
What is COMSA?
Altiplano, Spanish for "plateau," is a company that imports fair trade goods that we used to sell in our Coffee Bar from this country
What is Guatemala?
Even though a coffee bean is approximately 35% soluble, ideal extraction happens between this percentage range.
What is 18-22%?
The two giant adventures Dan Mills undertook when he left Traverse City a couple years ago