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Fair trade is a global movement that is growing in popularity to provide equality for everyone when business transactions occur, primarily the term comes from third world countries getting a fair price for their products, these products can range from coffee to clothes to even resources to make ice cream. This has benefited both parties of trade, as workers from third world countries can claim more money for their work, while companies that work with them still have an amazing product while also doing some intrinsic good for the world. As fair trade grows in popularity, larger companies are beginning...

In our first blog of 2021 we shared that we would be adding seasonal roasts to our coffee collection. We sampled four new roasts, Honduras, Brazil, Sumatra, and Rwanda. Each of these origin beans had different textures and flavors to set them apart from not only each other but our staple roasts as well. As for the types of coffee, Rwanda was a light roast, Honduras and Brazil were medium roasts, and Sumatra is a dark roast blend. Going into this project we wanted our spring roast to mean something more than just a cup of coffee, we wanted it...

This Valentine’s Day, Blugold Roast wants to help get you a gift for your special person. We will be holding a buy one to give on special with any of our amazing roasts from now until February 10th. In each package we will provide a personal note that you can customize and give to your special someone for Valentines Day. This can be done in your cart at the “add a note to order” underneath the item you are purchasing.  So however you spend your Valentine’s day, make it memorable with a hot mug of our prized Blugold Roast.

Blugold Roast was created back in 2016 with the intent to help students build actual business skills for a real operational company. Not only was this used as a way for students to gain actual business knowledge in low risk scenarios, Blugold Roast was also created for a good cause. In the development stages of the business, it was decided to make sure all our products were fair-trade, organic, and carbon negative. Blugold Roast has always stood for more than profit, creating a positive change is written into the DNA of our company.  Tyler and Nills began to grow BGR...

2020 was a difficult year for all of us, including us here at Blugold Roast. Like all rough years, it has also given us time and perspective to make some big changes in the new year. Simply put, we are excited to tackle 2021 and to continue to grow our coffee. The first major change will be an update to our visual brand. We have not updated our website and visual brand since our founding almost 5 years ago. A lot has changed in the last 5 years, and we are due for an update. In the coming weeks keep...