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Whiskey Rum-Barrel Aged Coffee

Combining a passion for great coffee and find aged spirits led us to the combination of flavors you don’t want to miss.  This mug of coffee drinks like a well-crafted...

Elections

everyone knew ethiopia halo bariti was going to win this weekend, and indeed, it won by double digits over every other candidate; but the race for second place proved to...

Coffee Seasons

the coffees that really pop, the coffees you want to be drinking on any given morning, are the coffees that are in season right then. even though we carry guatemala...

2016

part of the culture at happy mug is the desire to bring the geekiest, rarest, most amazing coffees of the world to the average coffee drinker without intimidating them with...

Roast Dates

probably the most common question i get, is how long ago the customer’s coffee was roasted.i have long insisted that scrawling a date on a label proves nothing. it tells...

Rainy Day And Phone Rings.

caller says they are on an epic road trip andwant directions to come find us. they walkin and i have french presses lined up.“austin was fun,” she says.“i love austin,”...

Moving Day

The new 1200 pound roaster arrived on an oversized pallet, without a pallet jack or liftgate or anything on the truck.  I rounded up 5 big guys and we pushed...

Coffee Deprivation

i walk into the new space this morning and my helper hands me a cup of coffee.  he has found the box with the electric water kettle, unpacked a french...

Moving Day

the plumber, electrician, and roofer are lined up.  we have been letting inventory dwindle and have been working feverishly to prepare the new space for our impending move.  on thursday...

Roses

we have acquired dried organic egyptian rose petals, and what a sensational flower a rose is!  adding a small amount of these petals into tea adds aroma that invokes images...

Guatemala Santa Isabel

We have an incredibly special microlot from Guatemala that I hope everyone gets to try.  It just arrived in the USA in March 2015 and is our first Central American...

Our Current Team

Matt – his customer service background in coffee shops and grocery stores has built an attitude of exceeding expectations of every customer — a passion for perfection in every package that...