9&10 News was here at Higher Grounds today for seven live Michigan This Morning segments to talk all things coffee, from exploring the cupping process to using coffee grounds in cooking. Here's the recipe for our coffee + spice steak rub! Coffee + Spice Steak Rub Note: This rub works for steaks or slow-roasting...
We recently wrapped up sales of our summer coffee blend, Coast, which is a partnership with Norte! Youth Cycling, raising funds for their super awesome bike-themed after-school program, the Bike Más Project. This year, sales of Coast generated a $2,039 donation to the BMP from Higher Grounds. Norte's program director,...
Photo credit: Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi for The New York Times // We may be just a small group of people doing our best to craft delicious coffee here in northern Michigan, but the impact of our sustainable trading model reverberates beyond our region. Our purpose is to cultivate human potential...
Coffee roasting is a delicate art and a complex science. Over the past decade plus, we’ve grown from two people using a borrowed roaster and packaging coffee in a basement into a full-blown roaster-retailer with a team of 20 who work tirelessly to share our farming partners’ exceptional coffee with the...
Author's note: I traveled to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in May of this year, to participate in the third annual Saveur du Kivu and visit with Higher Grounds' producer partners at the Muungano coffee farmers cooperative. road |rōd| noun 1. a wide way leading from one place to another, especially...
