We are thrilled to share that our very own Karen Weckerly, owner and roaster at Coroco Coffee Roaster Collective, was recently featured in a blog by Rent.com! The article focuses on creating the perfect home coffee bar, no matter where you live. "Creating a coffee bar at home is a great way to elevate your daily coffee experience and add a personal touch to your kitchen or living space, even in a rental. Whether you're renting a home in Portland, OR, buying a home in Burlington, VT, or searching for an apartment in New York City, NY, having a dedicated space for your...

Being part of my coffee friends' and fans’ coffee journey is one of the best parts of my career. I like to think that at COROCO we make specialty coffee accessible for everyone. So when a customer called with a question about their coffee tasting unflavorful at home, I was excited to have that conversation and help them achieve the desired results. In this case, it was a fun “show & tell” of how finely coffee needs to be ground for drip preparation.   I hadn’t had the chance to play with my set of Kruve sifters in a while,...

Learn about Coroco Coffee Roaster Collective, a Sycamore IL coffee roaster led by Q Grader Karen Weckerly. Retail and wholesale coffee roasted with precision.

A Guest Blog By Chef Rudy Galindo   This week, we’re so excited to have Chef Rudy Galindo join us as our Guest Blogger! Chef Rudy has been a local, private chef in Northern Illinois since 2015, and is a 2002 graduate of the Cooking Hospitality Institute of Chicago. He approaches food in three ways: flavor, technique, and artistry - which he believes is the perfect combination to let food entice all of the senses. He’s the author of Comfort Rustic Recipes, and enjoys sharing his love of elevated comfort foods and the farm-to-table food experience with his clients across...

Cold brew coffee is great — it has all the caffeinating and cooling properties of an iced coffee, but it's brewed without any heat. Coffee grounds are soaked in cool water for several hours at a time to extract the rich coffee taste without the bitterness or acidity. The only downside? Cold brew takes time, about 8 hours to be exact!   The good news is that you can make it at home in your French Press— here's how.   How to Make Cold Brew Coffee in a French Press   Cold Brew Recipe   6 oz. coffee (About 3/4...

  Coroco Coffee Roaster Collective is proud to be a female-owned company. Led by Karen Weckerly, we seek to empower women both as roasters and producers. Many of our coffees assist in the development of woman-led family cooperatives. Fair Trade Cooperatives are a business system designed to help producers achieve better trading conditions to benefit small-scale farmers and workers. Cooperatives are made up of farmers that produce the coffee. These small community associations are democratically structured to allow the producers to participate in decision-making, support each other, and determine how funds will be used from the Cooperative within the community....