News — coffee

Our YouTube channel is the place for us to share our coffee knowledge and one of our viewers, Ahmet, called us out to roast coffee in a pan. And we answered!

Check it out here!

The passing of Halloween also marks the unofficial arrival of the Holiday Season. It's a great time of year when we get to spend time with our families and the memories created are always cherished ones.

But one of the greatest challenges of the holiday season is gift-giving and finding just the right gift to convey everything about your relationship, the sentiment between you and the recipient, something that is reflective of who they are and their own personal tastes. Everyone knows what it's like to receive a gift that just didn't show much thought - and it's always bit...

Splitting a Vanilla Tahitensis bean.

Most people don't know this but at Spro, we are committed to using great ingredients when making even the components of the products we offer you. One of the most important ingredients we use in the bakery is Vanilla Extract. 

Almost a year ago, we started a project making our own Vanilla Extract. This was in response to the continued increase in the cost of Vanilla. In 2017, a couple of serious cyclones hit Madagascar and nearly wiped out their production that year. In case you didn't know, Madagascar produces...

Our luscious Iced Mocha is ready for you now.

Few things in the world evoke as much passion as chocolate. When paired with coffee and milk, the mocha is a lasting miracle. The flavors of the coffee, milk and chocolate are beyond complimentary. They are in unison.

When we first started out oh, so many years ago, our mocha was one of simplicity. We learned mocha making at the old Hines Public Market Coffee in Seattle, Washington. Their mochas were classic: espresso, milk and Hershey's Dark Syrup. You'd think that one should use the regular Hershey's Syrup, but...