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650 Samples in Four Hours: Our First Lexington Cold Brew Coffee Festival

650 Samples in Four Hours: Our First Lexington Cold Brew Coffee Festival

We took our OG cold brew and a new Bourbon Maple Cream down I-75—and discovered that Carabello was already more at home in Lexington than we realized.

The Heart of Carabello Coffee: Our Core Values

In January 2024, Carabello’s leadership team [pictured above: our leadership team as of November 2025] met for a partial day offsite to, among othe...

Where To Find Our Coffee Around Cincinnati/NKY: Café Edition

If you're a regular reader of our blog, you might remember a similarly titled post last summer that highlighted restaurants who brew Carabello Coff...

We Love a Limited Release: Spring 2026!

Every so often we release some unique nano lot coffees that are the best of the best when it comes to Single Origins. Some of you might remember th...

A Carabello History of April Fools' Jokes

While it is not one of our company's core values, having fun and not taking ourselves too seriously is definitely at the heart of our company cultu...

Honduras 2026 Origin Trip: Meet Our Producers!

At the end of February, we led a fantastic trip to visit our direct relationship producers in Honduras. Accompanying us were two of our all-star b...

What's Happening With Coffee Prices in 2026?

Considering the state of coffee last year—which we talked about on the blog in February, 2025 and July, 2025—I, Justin, thought it might be a good ...

Coffee & Crafts: Meet Your Carabello Staff Art Teachers!

We launched our Coffee & Crafts classes last year in March 2025 with Printmaking, taught by Emily Carabello, and Collage/Multimedia, taught by ...

Coffee & Compassion in Tandem in 2025

For the past few Giving Tuesdays—the day following our busiest sale of the year on Black Friday/Cyber Monday—we have given 10% of our café and onli...

We Love Cincy: This Analog Menu is a Celebration of Cincinnati

Last year, while planning our Around the World menu at Analog—which includes drinks inspired by destinations like France, Italy, Japan, Türkiye, Pu...

Why Is The Price of Water-Process Decaf Surging?

Water-processed decaf is having a moment. Over the past 12-15 months, the price of water-processed decaf (what we use for our Decaf Organic Mexico...

Where To Find Our Coffee Around Cincinnati/NKY: Restaurant Edition

Craving Carabello Coffee on a Sunday when our café is closed? Or maybe on a weeknight post-8pm? There are a ton of options in the Cincinnati and No...

State of Coffee Update...And What's the Deal With Tariffs?

Back in February I shared some of the challenges we are facing this year as coffee prices have suddenly soared and what we were preparing to do to ...