Great Coffee for Great Athletes

When you work hard at what you love it shows; and the athletes that participated in the Methow Valley SuperTour on Jan. 16th & 17th put on quite a show. The excitement was infectious and the competition was inspiring to say the least.

The Methow Valley hosted this venue with it's usual flare, complete with amazing spectators, cash prizes and local coffee and beer for the podium athletes instead of the usual champagne and flowers.
We consider it an honor to have had our coffee in the hands of these amazing athletes and wish them the best as they continue to train hard, compete and obtain the goals they have set for themselves.

It is our goal to share great coffee with the world one pound at a time and hope all the athletes enjoy the hard work and good intentions behind every sip.

Life's an Adventure...drink it up!

Bob & Lori

New seasonal blend & coffee cups now available

Our new ceramic coffee cups have arrived just in time for the holiday season. If you're looking for a great gift for that special person that won't break the bank account we suggest giving them one of our new ceramic cups with our awesome logo; another great addition to our "Deer gear" line up of t-shirts and travel mugs. Pair that ceramic cup with a pound of our delicious coffee and you have a gift every coffee lover will appreciate and enjoy over and over again.

Also, after numerous requests for a holiday blend we decided to create something a little better...a Winter Festival Blend! **Available as a limited release throughout the winter season (not just the holidays) the Winter Festival blend is a "rich, magical" blend of coffees created to compliment all the savory foods as well as festive activities of the winter season. This coffee is so unique and delicious we thought it deserved a different look, a bright new package, something you don't have to wrap...the gift that keeps on giving sip after sip or pot after pot...so be on the lookout for the bright gold one pound package of Winter Festival coffee on the local grocery shelves. We guarantee it will be a great addition to your gift list, your party list, your dinner list or your "treat yourself list" and true to our committment to our consumers and our environment...this coffee like all our others is both 100% Organic and Fair Trade certified. During the hustle and bustle of this holiday season we wish you a season full of great tasting coffe and lots of Joy, Peace and Love...

Life is an adventure and like our delicious coffee, should be savored...."Drink it up".

3rd Qtr Photo Contest Winners on..."Coffee Rock"

Congratulations!

Peter & Therese Ohlson are the winners of the 3rd Qtr Backcountry Coffee Roasters photo contest. Peter & Therese submitted several great photos and it was difficult to decide which one we liked the most but we kept coming back to this one over and over. A free pound of coffee is their reward for taking such an awesome photo and even though much of the clarity is lost on this blog you can definitely tell it was taken in the backcountry near the Methow Valley.

We thank them for entering our contest and being such wonderful customers; and we understand why they looked forward to getting out of their sleeping bags and climbing up on "Coffee Rock" to enjoy their morning brew...this is a fine example of why we chose the tagline..."Inspired by Nature"...and why we are committed to roasting only 100% certified organic coffee.

Life is good and the Ethiopia "Sidamo" is even better at Backcountry Coffee Roasters

Great coffee is what we strive to produce at Backcountry Coffee Roasters and all the daily work that is involved in sourcing, roasting, cupping and ultimately packaging great coffee is truly a labor of love. And often we team up with Mother Nature to produce an exceptional coffee that you just have to taste to believe and today that coffee is our Ethiopia "Sidamo"!!

It is a bold, African coffee that shines with flavor. It is thick and rich on your palate, has a wonderful mixed berry aroma and an amazing sweet aftertaste...simply delicious. The only thing I can think of that would make it more decadent would be to make a Cuban Espresso with it and add a dollop of whip cream...Mmm.

Available at our roasting shop, through our online store and at the Red Apple Market in Winthrop.

Life is a sweet adventure...drink it up!!

Winthrop, Twisp, Methow Valley Coffee Roaster

Methow Valley Visitors!!

If you have recently visited the wonderful Methow Valley

and found yourself craving more of the delicious

Backcountry Coffee Roasters fresh coffee this blog post is

for you.

There are a lot of great things here in Winthrop & Twisp

and it is difficult to remember all the names, places and treasures you discovered while you were here. So we want

to make it easy to find more of our delicious coffee.

You can visit our website and purchase directly from us or you can take a look at the links supported on our blog and find a location close to home. When you do make a return

trip to the Methow Valley you can purchase our coffee at the Red Apple Market in Winthrop or at Hanks in Twisp or just stop by and visit us at our Retail/Roasting shop on Twisp River Rd. Our doors are always open and delicious fresh coffee is always being roasted. See you soon!

Photo contest winner!!

"World's best coffee in our favorite cup! Moab, UT~ Spring 2009"
Anita & Shane Myers

Here is the direct quote and winning photo submitted by Winthrop residents Anita & Shane Myers that was taken on their spring trip to Moab, Utah.

Delicious coffee being enjoyed in the great outdoors...one of life's wonderful pleasures that everyone should experience on regular basis.

LIfe's an adventure...drink it up!

Shane and Anita did!

New T-shirts in stock

We just received a new batch of freshly printed t-shirts. These shirts are awesome and they will go fast. They were printed locally in the Methow Valley by the artist who created our logo (Mary Sharman). We have several colors in stock in both a men's style and women's style. The women's shirts come in a long sleeve, short sleeve and sleeveless cut and they are very flattering. The men's style are made with Organic/Fair Trade cotton that is made with a thick, soft cotton similar to the quality of the t-shirts Patagonia sells. We even found the supplier through a Patagonia link.

We have brown, orange, green, white, maroon and navy blue. They are available at our retail/roasting shop in Twisp (across from NCNB Bank) and at the Sunday Artisan Market in Winthrop in the park by the barn.

Don't wait too long because these will fly off the shelf.