The Connected Coffee Blog

Podcast: Discussing The Del Fuego Project with Taya Brown

November 21, 2018

Posted in Coffee, News, Sustainability

This is the second podcast in a quick series about Briggo’s support of The Del Fuego Project (listen to our first podcast with Briggo’s founder here). During the months of October and November Briggo is donating 10 cents of every cup sold directly to Del Fuego. This money will help to aid, empower, and educate the smallholder coffee farmers in Yepocapa, Guatemala.

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Podcast: Discussing The Del Fuego Project with Briggo Founder

October 31, 2018

Posted in Coffee, News, Sustainability

Briggo is donating 10 cents of every cup sold this month directly to The Del Fuego Project. For anyone who doesn’t know, The Del Fuego Project is a non-profit organization based in Yepocapa, Guatemala. Their focus is on the education and empowerment of smallholder coffee farmers that have been affected by the Coffee Leaf Rust epidemic and the recent volcanic eruption in June of this year.

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Briggo Keeps Austin’s Airport Caffeinated During Austin Water Crisis

October 30, 2018

Posted in Coffee, News

As many of you know, Austin made it through a historic boil water notice that lasted nearly a week. Due to the immense rainfall and flooding in the central Texas area, residents of the City of Austin were instructed to boil water used for drinking, cooking, and making ice. As it became clear this notice was going to be in effect for more than just a day or two, local Austinites got to work finding solutions to keep the city running.

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Briggo Supports The Del Fuego Project

October 2, 2018

Posted in Coffee, News

Connected Coffee stands for more than just a good cup of coffee in the morning. When Briggo was founded, creating opportunities from farm to cup quickly became one of the main pillars of our company’s culture and focus. For this reason, Briggo is dedicating 10 cents of every cup sold in the month of October to support The Del Fuego Project in aiding, educating, and empowering smallholder coffee farmers in the Yepocapa region of Guatemala.

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Briggo’s SXSW 2018 Recap

March 20, 2018

Posted in Coffee, Events

The Briggo team has been grinding extra hard this month with a worldwide unveiling of our Connected Coffee Experience at the annual SXSW Festival in our backyard of Austin, Texas! “Go big or go home” right? Well, we definitely went big… nine days, two Briggo Coffee Haus activations, thousands of new faces, and a crazy amount of fun!

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Connecting to Origin

February 12, 2018

Posted in Coffee

Here at Briggo, we are constantly in the pursuit of doing right by the planet and by those who choose to indulge in our Connected Coffee Experience. We firmly believe in giving full visibility and control to the consumer. This means giving full insight into the origin of our whole-bean coffee blend, all the way to the Briggo app users have on their phone.

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COFFEE 101: TASTE

November 22, 2017

Posted in Coffee

Our sense of taste is arguably the most primal and enjoyable of the five human senses. What we eat and drink gives us sustenance, joy, pleasure, and a sense of being. Tasting and enjoying coffee is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years.

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IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT BLEND

October 3, 2017

Posted in Coffee

What makes a perfect cup of coffee? Some might debate over the temperature, brewing technique, or shout out their favorite coffee shop. If you ask Scott McMartin, he would say it all starts with the perfect coffee bean. With over two decades of experience in the coffee industry, McMartin knows a thing or two about beans.

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