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Holiday Coffee Dunkers with Orange-Clove Custard
If you love coffee and enjoy experimenting with new dessert recipes, this holiday coffee dessert will quickly become a favorite. I recently created this recipe for Yuletide coffee dunkers with orange-clove coffee custard , and the combination of spices, coffee, and creamy custard was unforgettable. This recipe uses coffee in two delightful ways: very finely ground coffee in the dunkers themselves and strong brewed coffee in the custard sauce. It’s a perfect treat for Christma

Melanie - Golden Ember Coffee
Dec 19, 20254 min read


All Beans Brew Different
All coffee beans brew differently. “What do you mean?” 👀 It’s not just Arabica vs Robusta. Every coffee has its own personality, and it starts long before it hits your grinder — with the origin, altitude, soil, and processing. From high-elevation farms in the mountains to fields closer to sea level…from the rugged highlands of Ethiopia to the wide, sun-soaked farms of Brazil …from dense, rocky soils to sprawling, fertile fields…each coffee is already becoming itself befor

Melanie - Golden Ember Coffee
Nov 24, 20254 min read


Coffee Cupping Meets Cocktails: Decaf After Dark (My First of Many)
For the last stretch, I’ve been a bit quiet at markets—not because I disappeared, but because I was deep into a remodeling project for my other business. In between the sawdust and coffee roasts, an idea kept warming in the back of my mind: an in-home, winter-friendly night that kicks off with a cozy decaf tasting and wraps up with tiny mystery cocktails that somehow feel like tradition the first time you try them. Today, it’s finally ready. Coffee & Cocktails is my first of

Melanie - Golden Ember Coffee
Nov 17, 20254 min read
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