Our Ethos (Yes, We Have One, and It's Better Than Yours)

I am Bartholomew Crumblewick-Pour, and I have not tasted a "good cup of coffee" since 2011, because once you understand coffee, you understand that "good" is a prison built by people who put creamer in things.

I founded The Daily Grind™ after a transformative experience at a cupping in Reykjavík, where I cried in front of strangers and a man named Søren told me my palate was "promising but spiritually congested." I've spent every day since trying to prove him wrong, and also right.

I do not own a microwave. I do not "grab a coffee." I commune. I have opinions about water hardness that have ended romantic relationships. I once returned a $9 pour-over because the barista "clearly didn't believe in it." I was, as always, correct.

“If your coffee doesn't make you slightly uncomfortable, you are not drinking coffee. You are drinking permission.”

This blog exists to document the world's finest, rarest, and most aggressively over-described coffees. Everything here is real. None of it is for you. That's not gatekeeping — gatekeeping implies there's a gate. There's a moat. With artisanal alligators.