Crafting Blends at Caffenation: A Word on Mister LGB, Roast ED, and the Cape Town Blend

Say “Mexican food,” and you think Oaxaca. Say “Oaxaca,” and you get mezcal, mole, unforgettable cuisine—and yes, coffee.

What's a Geisha coffee, and why would we want to drink it? 

A few years ago, I started a blog series on key coffee origins but paused after covering Ethiopia, Kenya, and Guatemala. Now, I feel it's time to continue the journey and explor...

This year, I made my comeback to the cupping tables in Nairobi and Addis Ababa—and this time, I brought along a fellow coffee roaster, Joris. Joris has been part of the Caffenat...

It's no secret that decaffeinated coffee is gaining popularity by the hour. While we remain loyal to the Sugar Cane decaf Ethyl Acetate proces, we believe it's time to elevate t...

We are pleased to present the most beloved Caffenation coffees of last year, as voted on by our staff and owners.

Here we are with our annual Christmas coffees! This year, like last, we're proud to offer two exceptional washed lots. Instead of separate roasts for filter and espresso, these ...

Price increases are never welcome, but they’re often inevitable, with annual index rises typically around 2%. However, this year has seen an unprecedented spike i...

The two major global exchanges are ICE in New York (also known as the C market), which trades Arabica, and LIFFE in London for Robusta. The ICE and LIFFE set the price of coffee...

As we are part of this great coffee Transparency platform 'The Pledge' we like to explain what the Vision and Commitment is regarding transparency in our business.

As a coffee roastery we find that seasonality is one of the keys to a great fresh and consistent product. Approaching coffee as a fruit helps us understand how seasons work and ...

Ready for something new? At Caffenation we are launching drip bags in three colors, each representing a different origin or processing method. But how did we come up with the id...

Also interested in what Wouter has to say about his CT2 lever espresso machine? Then click on the link for our second You Tube podcast episode. Enjoy. 

When I was launching my coffee company in 2003 I needed a good name and concept.

Miss XX stands for 'Natural processed coffees', but there's more it now, so please welcome 'Funky Stuff'

After many years of making the Aeropress Championships more popular we think it's time for something new. Less Rules and More Fun were are main ambition, and the Camping Cup the...

When promoting around thirty single origin coffees every year and, as a lot of coffees resembling one another, it's hard not to loose track.  This raises some questions? Aren't...

Simple and fast foward, the TOP 5 coffees of the year (selected by all Caffenation staff).

After 6 months of Miss XX the pink colored bags are flying off the shelf and we can't follow buying and roasting new lots. Time for some more info on the upcoming lot called IDI...

'Time flies when you are having fun'! Yes it's five years already since we launched our Compostable Specialty coffee capsules.  A bit on the past, the current and the future.

In March of 2023 Jeff visited the farm of owner Grace Njoki Njage. 

For our 20th Anniversary we are picking up a 'Golden Oldie' by printing the original Mister LGB logo back on the info card. 

We think seasonality is an underestimated thing in coffee.

Very interesting video explaining what Specialty and Single Origin Coffee is all about, with some info on the price setting and advantages.

Blue is the newest baby in the Caffenation family. It's a bar we opened last weekend at Mechelsesteenweg 127 in Antwerp.

It's March and time to repolish our most beloved blends, the Roast ED and Mister LGB

Music has always been an important atmosphere maker in cafes, restaurants and coffee bars. And Caffenation is no exception to it.  That's why we decided to bring our music to t...

We have a yearly tradition to vote between all employees, the best coffees of the year. And there are two categories: Espresso & Filter.

After three misty years we are happy to orientate back on these two magnificent coffee countries, Rwanda and Burundi. 

With the end of the year coming, we all start drinking that bit more coffee. More work gets dropped on the agenda and has to be done, also for our girls Bogenna, Sofie and Nicky...

Et voila, an overview of our ambitions, in terms of coffee beans and blends, for the upcoming months.

Not the easiest of tasks to find coffee from an origin we never bought or roasted before. But we pulled it off and are glad to present you a first ever Caffenation Ugandan coffe...

Ready to follow us to the dark side?

In our Special Processing Series we are on the lookout for coffee processing techniques which are a bit different from the more traditional methods, resulting in surprising smel...

These days the term 'Specialty Coffee' is used by almost everybody in the coffee world. But what can be seen as Specialty Coffee and what's so special about it?

Every Mister LGB will be honored to a different group of people at Caffenation, starting of with the 'boykes' from the roastery, Mathias, Jeff and Giel.

Buying coffee is the nicest, but it's also the most difficult thing to do. At least as your aim is to buy the world's best coffees, .... for normal prices.  What are the world'...

Every year in February or March we are coffee tripping. Multiple good coffee countries to be visited, but Kenya stays our prime objective.

The new Mister LGB is called 3-WAY and new seasons ask for new origins although the winter months are less favourable for new harvests. Luckily we still have Peru. 

As a yearly tradition we have all Caffenation Barista's and Roasters vote for their favorite Filter and Espresso coffees of the past year and here are the results:

This week, the coffee market has the highest prices in about 10 years and it doesn't look like this increase will come to a quick stop soon.

Is transparency the shortest way to a more honest world? At Caffenation we think it is. 

As most Caffenation lovers know by now, we opening a new bar in Antwerp, our home town.  Under the working title KOCO we go for a Plant Based Coffee bar under the same roof as ...

When dividing coffees in different groups we sometimes discover certain ‘crazy’ beans that we prefer to catalogue by flavor. It’s not that the coffees have just one flavor, but ...

Blend building is one of the forgotten arts in coffee, and that's why i want to write a small post on it, together with the launch of our new seasonal LGB blend.

After blog posts on the subject in 2007, 2012, 2014 and 2017 i guess it's time for another chapter in the wonderfull world of iced coffee.   

When you cup so many specialty coffee lots as i do, you can't believe how many new stuff from all over the world pops up these days.   

The story behind the Mister LGB, our most popular coffee blend in regards of sales and reputation is pretty long, and the start takes us back to 2009.

The Roast ED is the oldest espresso blend at Caffenation, but of course there's a long story behind the name and content.