Spring 2025

Welcome to spring in Central Texas. The bluebonnets are gorgeous and if you love pollen then this is your time!

Along with a new season comes some new ideas and regulations that will change most industries in the U.S. and definitely the coffee industry.

The new tariff codes that have gone into effect will change the pricing of coffee and tea.  Brokers have already made the adjustments to reflect the higher prices as well as adjusting for the weather issues that continue to affect the coffee growing regions.

It is a bit of a bermuda triangle and still very up and down so as of now we are adjusting prices as they change.  

Right now, April 4, 2025, the coffees most affected with significant tariffs are Mexico, Indonesia and Nicaragua however, all coffees have a tariff attached now. At the same time, coffees globally are much higher in cost this year due to the weather conditions in Brazil and the coffee growing regions all over.

Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world with Vietnam coming in second.  If Brazil has a drought or shortage then the global price of coffee rises and this is what has happened.  Adding on the tariffs is an addition to the already extraordinary cost of coffee.

We continue to source the very best coffees available and look forward to sharing them with our community.  As we know more about what to expect this year we will share it.  I would love to have a crystal ball or some deep insight into what to expect but I don’t.  I do know that we continue to roast and serve the very best coffee.  Please let us know if you have questions or ideas!

Take care and remember to say hi to a stranger today.

Happy Holidays, Happy New Year!

We are excited to welcome 2025 this holiday season as we celebrate things to come.

In 2024 we said our final goodbye to our beloved, Austin, Texas authentic coffee roastery at 1400 East 4th Street.  We have had such a blast roasting, brewing and serving coffee to our coffee community out of this location for the last 30 years and it has been fun hearing folx’ tell their stories and memories as we close this one door and open three more!

Our new retail shop is up and running and we are so excited for everyone to see it!  There is both inside and outside seating, the staff that y’all know and love and it is very easy to get to with lots of parking.  

It was important for us to stay in the neighborhood that we love and we were very fortunate to find such an amazing location. Please stop by for some beans or a beverage or just to check it out!  The address is 3223 East 7th, east of the 7th street HEB.

Our roastery is busy roasting, packaging and shipping coffee Monday through Friday at our new wholesale/production location at 5815 Wilcab Rd.  We are really proud of this site!  It allows a dedicated place for our wholesale customers to pick up their larger orders, work with the sales staff and visit about our products as well.

Our service department now has their own site as well!  Located on Airport Blvd,  this location is for dropping off machines that need service.  It is a wonderfully large space that accommodates our service team really well.  If you have a machine to drop off or need a machine worked on at your location, please call 512-476-1437 to arrange the drop off or service appointment.

Rc and I have stepped back from the day to day at Coffee Traders now that we are well past the age of retirement.  We continue to participate in big vision projects and are planning on spending more time in Costa Rica this year.  We invested in new equipment for the coffee mill in Costa Rica in 2024 and we are looking forward to seeing how it works through the harvest season.  Always something new!

Thank you so much for supporting us during this time of change and giving suggestions and feedback to help us grow.  We wouldn’t want to do it without you all.  Have a great new year and see you at the shop!

We're Thankful for You

When RC founded Montana Coffee Traders in 1981, the vision was simple: to create a space where coffee and community come together. Beth and RC followed the same vision when starting Texas Coffee Traders in 1994.  Today, we are profoundly grateful to everyone whohas played a role in making Montana Coffee Traders and Texas Coffee Traders a positive part of their everyday lives.

We deeply appreciate the dedicated and passionate growers, producers, and all those along the coffee journey, from seed to cup. Your hard work starts the process that ends in every perfect cup of coffee.

We are grateful to the knowledgeable and hardworking Roastery and Production teams, whose commitment ensures that every bean is roasted, packaged, stocked, shipped or delivered with the utmost care. A special thank you goes to our retail teams in Whitefish, Kalispell, Colombia Falls and Austin, Texas.  Your dedication to the craft of coffee helps create the warm, welcoming spaces where our community comes together.

This year, we are particularly thankful for health, kindness, and authenticity. We wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude to you. We see you, and we thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours,

RC and  Beth Beall

Summer Update!

Hey y’all!  

It has been a minute since I have sat down and updated the Rc/Beth blog. We have been busy this year and fortunately we are busy with good things.

TCT has now officially moved the offices and roastery over to the new location at 5815 Wilcab, Austin, TX.  It was a very large move and the TCT folx were incredible while sorting, packing, and repurposing 26 years of stuff.  While all of this was going on the roasters were still roasting, coffee drinks, tea and beans were being sold in the retail shop and our deliveries were going out to cafes and shops where TCT coffee is sold.  It was a lot of work and Rc and I were blown away by the enthusiasm and support.  

Rc is still healing from the motorcycle accident so we watched the process through photos and facetime.  Bravo to the team!!  The new TCT coffeeshop/serviceshop on Airport hit a major roadblock during the process which we are still working on so we are still at the East 4th street location until we finish the project. We will let folx know as soon as we know when this will change.

As the days become hotter remember to drop by for a cold brew coffee!  Our summer drink menu offers the quenchers we are all needing in these 100+ days plus we are air conditioned!

Enjoy the rest of summer.  Watch out for the kiddos as they head back to school and if you are riding a motorized vehicle, please wear a helmet.  #wearahelmet

New Roaster!

Dear Coffee Traders family,

We're thrilled to share some exciting updates with you regarding our upcoming roastery move and a slight shift in our roasting process. For years, we've relied on our trusty Sivetz roast machines, renowned for their consistency and unique fluidized-air bed roasting method. However, as part of our commitment to sustainability, we're transitioning a majority of our roasting to Loring air roasters. While this new roaster operates differently from our Sivetz machines, it offers improved energy efficiency, consistency, and still removes chaff during the roasting process.

It's important to note that despite this change, our dedication to crafting exceptional coffee remains unchanged. The Loring roaster still primarily utilizes convective heat, ensuring uniformity in roast profiles and preserving the distinct flavor characteristics you've come to love. While you may notice a lighter coloration in each profile due to the transition, rest assured that our team is dedicated to maintaining the quality and consistency you expect. We're here to support you through this transition and look forward to exploring new roast offerings as we embrace this exciting journey together. Thank you for your continued support, and we can't wait to share what the future holds!

Cheers,

Beth, Rc, & the Bean Team

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

From our family to yours, we wish you a joyful and healthy 2024.  There are so many changes coming up for Texas Coffee Traders this year!  

We went into 2023 with high hopes that our renovation and move to our new location would be a whole lot sooner than what actually happened. It has taken a while but we are excited that our building is finally finished, the power is on, the roasters installed and we  plan to be moved over to the new home in early 2024.  Fingers crossed!

The new TCT retail shop will open shortly after that and then we hope to take a break from construction for a while. We are truly excited to show off the new spaces.

Rc and I are still taking a step back from day to day operations at TCT and MCT.  Rc has progressed so much over the last 20 months.  Brain healing is a slow process but he is nailing it!  Our hope for 2024 is that we can ease back into more participation.  

We are forever grateful to the Coffee Traders community for giving us the opportunity to take a break and work on recovery.  Giving us the grace to just disappear, literally, while they were continuing to grow the businesses, contribute to our communities and support each other in the process has been a blessing we recognize and are deeply grateful for.

Thanks to family, friends, colleagues and our community.  Here’s to the New Year!

Beth and Rc

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  2023 is going to be a big year at Coffee Traders!

We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and having time to enjoy family and friends.  The cold weather in Austin helped create a wonderful opportunity to just stay inside, drink fresh roasted coffee and visit!

This year is going to be a year of changes for Texas Coffee Traders and we are looking forward to it.  In the next few months construction of our new roasting facility will be complete and we will be moving our current roasting and production departments to 5815 Wilcab Road,

At the same time we should have all the permits and inspections completed at our new retail and service shop on Airport Blvd. so that we can move those departments in at that site.  It is such a great space!

Big moves and lots of change!  

It is exciting to look forward to 2023 as a year of growth for Coffee Traders and we are busy finishing up the last details so that we will be ready to welcome you all to our new sites.  We have loved every minute of our time on East 4th.  The neighborhood has been our home for 25 years and we have so many stories and history tied to our building and area and it isn’t without sadness that we are moving our location.  Along with that however is a genuine excitement to create new stories and history.

We hope you all join in!

On a personal note, Rc is now settled in at home and recovering.  Christmas weekend was a lot of fun with family dropping by and being able to enjoy all of it from home instead of the hospital.  What a gift!

Thank you everyone for the continued love and support and we truly look forward to 2023 as a transformative year.  Happy 2023!

Beth and Rc

Winter is Here

Finally, it arrives!  In Whitefish, Montana today the high will be 24 degrees F.  There is snow and the town is all lit up for the holidays.  Here in Austin, TX. the temperatures this week will range from 61 to 81 degrees which means no snow but the town is still very lit.  😀

We are still very much open at our 4th Street location and look forward to helping y’all with fresh roasted coffees and coffee brewing accessories or methods for gifting.  This time of year I always keep a couple of lbs of coffee ready to give to neighbors and friends who drop by.

We now anticipate opening our new retail location after the first of the year unless there is a permitting miracle that happens.  The permits are happening but the process is slow.  It is an amazing space and we are eager to share it with everyone.

Rc has been discharged from the hospital at last and is home and healing.  It has been such a gift to have him back home, not attached to any tubes and progressing daily.  We are so grateful to everyone who has helped him get this far and are excited for this next year.  If any of us ever doubted his tenacity to get better, this event and his approach to healing  has cleared up any questions.

He works at improving every day, cracks jokes along the way and is always asking us how we are doing.  His memory is still pretty off and on so memory and motor skills are our focus these days.  It just takes time.

We wish everyone a peaceful, joyful holiday season. Please remember to have fun but if you drink, don’t drive and if you are the designated driver, drink coffee!

June 9, 2022

Hey all,

Oh my goodness, it is seriously hot folx! Cold brew and iced teas are the drink choices these days though there are those of us who stay true to that hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning.

With the extraordinary hot weather we are having, TCT is making all efforts to limit the time our roasters are in the roasting room so there is a chance that not all of our coffees will be on the shelves all the time. We appreciate everyone understanding the plan not to "roast the roaster".

Rc continues to recover. He was in Dell Seton again this week for his last procedure, knock on wood, and should return to rehab next week to continue his recovery work. His prognosis remains very positive. It just takes time.

Thanks again to everyone who has reached out. The prayers and positive wishes make a huge difference and we truly appreciate all the support.

Enjoy the summer and we look forward to seeing you all at the shop!

Beth and Rc