Common Knowledge

Walk into any café, grocery aisle, or roastery and you’ll notice an immediate divide: some bags marked “espresso,” others simply “coffee.” It’s a small detail that sparks a familiar question what’s the actual difference? Despite what the labels imply, it...

Freshness is one of coffee’s most underappreciated variables—and one of the most critical. While roasted coffee doesn’t “expire” in the conventional sense, it does undergo a gradual loss of vibrancy and complexity the moment it leaves the roaster. During the...

Common Room Roasters is moving to Long Beach, CA.  After 6 wonderful and eventful years in Newport Beach, it’s time to move the CRR headquarters to a new roasting facility, Tasting Room and Pro-Shop.  Since the pandemic, our business has...

There’s an understated kind of power in brewing your own coffee. No performance, no pretense—just you, the process, and a few deliberate choices that set the tone for your day. It’s ritualistic. A quiet reminder that even the simplest moments...