Brew Journal

Brewing tips, coffee storage advice, and prairie coffee stories from Autumn Prairie Pumpkins in Newton, Kansas.

How to Make Pumpkin Spice Coffee at Home (Real Spices, No Syrup)

There is a morning, usually right about now, when the Kansas air forgets it is August. The wind goes soft, the light leans gold, and...

Some product launches get a press release. This one got a folding table at the farmers market, where the dark roast sold clean out. That...

There is a saucepan on our porch step most mornings in August. No filter, no basket, no plunger, no paper cone. Just a pot, water,...

Somewhere between the back door and the garden gate, coffee changes. People really do ask why does coffee taste better outside, and it is one...

The kettle goes on before the sun clears the tree line. That is the honest order of operations around here. Boots by the door, mug...

The tent was still wet with dew when the sky went from gray to gold. Late July on the Kansas prairie has a short, generous...

The kettle clicks off at ten past six. Out the kitchen window the pumpkin vines are still holding onto last night's cool, and the prairie...

The coffee maker gurgles before the sun clears the shelterbelt. It is late July in Kansas, and the mornings come in warm now, with that...

The question came up at the farmers market a few Saturdays back. A customer picked up a bag of Prairie Sunrise, turned it over, and...

The question came up at the kitchen counter this morning, the way it does in a lot of houses: how much coffee per cup, actually?...

The porch boards are already warm at six in the morning. July in Kansas does that. The sun comes up over the tree line, the...

By mid-July the Kansas heat does not really break until the sun gets low. The patch is quiet then. The vines have stopped complaining, the...

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