A new study shows that drinking coffee helps to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's! Now if I could just remember where I set my coffee cup ...

Momentum Magazine did a fun (read as: cheesy & goofy) video that was entirely lighted by bicycle lights to draw attention to the need f...

This summer has passed (pretty much... feeling very fall-like these days), but I would be remiss if I didn't mention the newest trend in...

Kudos to the folks who maintain the Holdridge mountain bike trails out at Holly Rec Area... I was out there twice this week and they are a ...

Just finished loading two fermenters with some homebrew. The carboy on the left has an American wheat beer, which I have to admit I got a li...

Last night was the fundraiser for the Precision Concrete Mountain Bike team . Rouge Roastery donated some swag and sold some coffee. Bryan...

To honor Earth Day, I plan to bike to work, use CFL bulbs, recycle my paper and plastic waste, and clean up a local park. Pretty much every...

I find the challenge facing Starbucks to be fascinating. Declining sales, slowing growth of stores, and slumping stock prices. Starbucks ha...

This is a good awareness test... keep alert!

I recently "met" a local sustainable coffee writer and she has an excellent article on the cost of a cup of coffee . I have alway...

I have been hearing more and more recently about the relationship between birds and coffee (no I'm not talking about a bird variety of c...

I've been often asked "Hey, why are my beans all oily?" Well, there are a few reasons for this, but before I get to the scienc...

I almost completely forgot to mention in my last post about new products, we've got a limited edition ukulele designed by artist, Steve ...

I've already mentioned the coffee of the month that starting in March, but be on the lookout for some other new things kicking around t...

You know, I thought it was high time I give a shout out to one of my newest customers and friend... Jazzy Espresso Cafe at 212 E. Grand Rive...

Starting in March, I will begin to off a new variety of coffee every month (a coffee of the month!). Basically, each month, I'll be bri...

Today was the MMBA ( MI Mtn Bike Assoc ) expo today in Davisburg. Rouge Roastery was well represented with Trails-Edge brewing and giving...

I had someone ask me if I had any espresso machine recommendations. While I have to admit that I don't have a wide variety of experienc...

I've successful repaired the roaster and have roasted several batched to perfection. We're back!

Rouge Roastery is the proud sponsor of a new mountain bike race team, Team Precision Concrete Screeding . The team is made up of about 13 ri...

GAAH! The roaster is down! A a small fire broke out while roasting last night. But thanksto some quick thinking by Big Dave, it...

Happy 2008! Made any resolutions? I'm working on one, fun, stressful, challenging, freakin' huge, and ultimately rewarding, resolut...

Routiki and Rouge Roastery are wishing everyone a very happy holiday season and a wonderful 2008! Our holiday hours are: Closed 12/20 - 12/2...

I have been exploring ways to easily set up Beanmail - the Rouge Roastery e-newsletter. While there are a variety of services for this, man...

Just ordered some samples of some new coffees, including a couple "monsooned" coffees from Java and India. I also am trying a Ken...

Water is 99.9% of the contents of a cup of coffee. Because of this, (and other "basics of life", "ecosystem survival", ...

So, for those of you keeping track, I got married a couple weeks ago and Julie and I headed to Costa Rica for honeymoon. Costa Rica is a be...

Rouge Roastery is helping to sponsor its first biking event! The Tour de Troit on September 15, 2007. We'll be there makin' fresh P...

All signs point to Rouge Roastery moving to Berkley, Michigan (official move date TBD). I'm hesitant to call it "official" bec...

I consider myself a pretty savvy guy when it comes to getting info. I generally know where to look and who to talk to. However, I am compl...

After a bit of a delay, the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Organic is back! I picked up a Fair Trade variety this time to do my part to help (ok, so...

For those of you who may not be as familiar with Kona coffee, its a coffee from Hawaii that has a very unique and outstanding flavor. I...

It's been a long process from when I got the layouts and designs. There is a lot of work that goes into a website. Just doing the writ...

"Coffee drinkers have a substantially lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than people who abstain from the bever...

... and the Rouge Roastery came to the rescue of those bored with corporate coffee roasted sometime in the last year. How stale is your coff...