Blog — People Place Coffee
Our Espresso Bar is Forced to Close
Posted by James Helms on
We are deeply saddened to announce that Saturday December 31st 2022 Rocky Butte Espresso Bar (Espresso Bar No. 1) will be closing. This does not mean that Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters is closing entirely and there are better days ahead.
Hannah's Bio - Office Manager
Posted by Hannah Reedy on
Meet Hannah, the Office Manager for Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters. She has lived in Portland, Oregon all her life. Hannah doesn’t live in Rocky Butte but finds ways to live out “People, Place, Coffee” in her own neighborhood, and she loves supporting RBCR in its efforts to do the same in theirs.
Sourcing Coffee Direct From the Farm | Taking Care of People
Posted by James Helms on
Coffee farmers are most often underpaid. Paying farmers less than a subsistent wage for their coffee is an unethical business practice. It's exploitation. Paying farmers a living wage is one part of our core distinctive (that being people, place, coffee...). Buying direct from the farm is a way to ensure a living wage.
- Tags: Best practices, community cause, Farm, Inflation, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Product pricing, Specialty Coffee
We Set The Standard | Coffee & Community
Posted by James Helms on
The key to breaking the rules is not buying into the dominate narratives & practices that seem to dictate what life should be like, how we live our life together, how we treat customers, prospects and all other people and how we consume products and utilize services.
- Tags: Best practices, community cause, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Philosophy, Portland small business, Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters, Workweek
A Thirty Hour Workweek | Taking Care of People
Posted by James Helms on
The idea that technological advancement would somehow benefit the average worker did not consider human greed and the ever increasing edge of the adjacent possible. But technological advancement is in place to reshape how we work, further innovation around how a community invests in itself, how a community relieves the crushing burden of debt, how a community owns real property.
- Tags: community cause, family, Inflation, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Philosophy, Portland small business, Workweek