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Discover stories from our coffee journey, brewing tips, and insights from the world of specialty coffee.
Cold Brew Methods for Bulk Brewing
Cold brew often gets a bad rap, but we’re here to defend it! It’s often treated like its day-old coffee from the fridge, but cold brew is so much more than that. With some attention to detail and quality coffee grounds, cold brews can have beautiful flavors and complexity.
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Home Espresso Class Recap – Spring 2025
We aim to host a few educational events each year. For our spring event, we held a Home Espresso Class. As part of our mission to have excellent coffee, customer service, and education, we love to host events that are educational, while also being a casual opportunity to interact with our customers! Dialing In Espresso This
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Coffee News: The C Market’s Impact on Specialty Coffee
If you’ve been keeping up with the coffee industry, you’ve probably heard about rising market prices. One major headline in 2025 is the surge in C market prices, which have reached record highs this year. So, what does this mean for the specialty coffee world, and for you as the customer? Let’s talk about it!
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Co-Fermentation – Is It Cheating?
Let’s talk about co-fermentation: the process, the purpose, and the controversy. But before we tackle that, what is co-fermentation? Like other processes (natural, washed, honey, etc.), co-fermentation is a way to create flavor. In this process, the producer introduces an external element such as fruit or spices during the fermentation phase to infuse natural flavor
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Cafe Rental
Host Your Next Event at Baba Java Coffee Looking for a warm, welcoming space to gather? Rent our cozy cafe for your next meeting, celebration, or intimate get-together — and let us handle the coffee. The Details Venue rental: $150 per hour, with a two-hour minimum. Additional hours are $100 each. Coffee service: Fresh coffee from our carafes is $35 for a three-liter carafe, complete with all...
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Evolved Q Course & Testing
About the Evolved Q Course: The Evolved Q Course is a six-day intensive course in which learners will learn and be evaluated on cupping and coffee assessment skills. Upon passing this course, learners will be certified Evolved Q Graders with SCA and will be better equipped to assess and evaluate coffee in a professional setting. This course is a deep dive into coffee quality and value assessmen...
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Father’s Day Gift Guide – 11 Ideas for Your Baba
Father’s Day is right around the corner, on June 15th! We have you covered for excellent gifts that he is sure to love. We take Father’s Day very seriously around here. Baba Java Coffee gets its name “Baba”, meaning father in many languages, because it was founded by father-son duo Nathan and Joshua Parvin.
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Summer Menu 2026
Three Summer drinks are hitting the cafes on June 1st. Two returning favorites, and one brand new drink!Served at all three locations– Enjoy them in cafe or order curbside on the Joe app.
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S4 E9: Brad the Baba Boss
Brad shares his full coffee journey from living in Oman and discovering specialty coffee, to importing beans, navigating early business challenges (including a memorable “smoked meat” coffee incident and the Toro Toro club dinner), and eventually moving back to Alabama to help launch Baba Java.
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S4 E8: Global CoffeeU with Halez & Justin
Josh and Rachel Parvin host a special global edition of CoffeeU! They sit down with two key members of the Baba Java International team: Halez (Fujairah, UAE) and Justin (working across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf).
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S4 E7: Camp Musician and Cafe Manager, Grant Austin
Nathan and Brad sit down with Grant Austin, manager of Baba Java’s original Hoover cafe. Grant shares his journey from growing up in Alabama, training as a machinist, to stepping into coffee full-time. He talks about transitioning from Meadowbrook (under Jayson) to managing Hoover, the challenges of running a busy cafe, and what makes Hoover special, from long-time regulars to its broad custome...
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CoffeeU S4 E6: Jayson's Employee Highlight
In this episode of CoffeeU, Nathan and Brad sit down with Jayson Dobelstein, manager of Baba Java’s Meadowbrook cafe. Jayson shares his remarkable journey from growing up in Birmingham, to living in Bolivia, Peru, and Ethiopia, to returning stateside and starting Double Stone Handywork as a contractor and remodeler.
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