Brew Journal

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

Is Dark Roast Stronger Than Light Roast? A Kansas Morning Answer

The question came up on the porch this week, two bags of coffee on the step between us and the pumpkin vines already glowing in...

The kettle clicks off at five forty. Outside, the patch is still gray and the vines are holding last night's dew like they are not...

There is a jar on my counter that has watched a lot of sunrises come up over the prairie. Some mornings, while the kettle ticks...

The kettle ticks toward a boil. Outside, the patch is still gray with dew, and the vines are waiting for the sun to find them....

There is a moment every July morning, right after the garden walk and just before the day gets loud, when the whole kitchen smells like...

There is a small ritual at the start of every Kansas morning here. The kettle ticks. The light comes up slow and gold over the...

There is a morning in late June when you walk out to the patch and realize the pumpkins have stopped asking permission. Last week they...

There is a moment in late June when the patch stops being a row of hopeful little plants and becomes something with appetite. The vines...

There is a morning in late June when the garden splits in two. I noticed it again this week, coffee in hand, standing where the...

There is a particular kind of June morning when the coffee tastes like a decision.Want the answer for your own garden? Our frost date tool...

There is a particular quiet to a Kansas garden in the middle of June. The vines have found their stride. They reach now, leaf over...

The porch thermometer read seventy-four when I stepped outside this morning, coffee warm in my hand and the grass still cool against my boots. By...

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