2019 Marfa Lights Festival
Legendary Mystery Lights Enchant Visitors Year-Round. Each year, we celebrate with a Marfa Lights Festival, one of the most popular annual events in Marfa with live music, food and a parade. You can see Marfa Lights pictures on the Marfa Lights website and can read more about the Marfa Lights...
Give Back of the Month – Casa Hogar Orphanage
Coffee of the Month, Mexico Chiapas, benefiting Casa Hogar Orphanage in Ojinaga, Mexico (just across the border from Presidio, TX 60 miles from BBCR. Every Month we select a new coffee blend for “Coffee Of The Month”. A generous percentage from the sales of that blend goes to one of our...
Art, Outdoors, Shopping, Festivals and Coffee!
MARFA, TEXAS – ART, OUTDOOR ADVENTURES, ECLECTIC SHOPPING, MUSIC FESTIVALS AND THE BEST COFFEE THIS SIDE OF THE RIO GRAND! As you walk through town, you’ll encounter numerous Marfa art galleries inviting you in to discover local, national and international talent. There’s great depth in the type of exhibits you’ll...
50 Years Of Movie Magic In Marfa, Texas
Not only is Marfa home to Big Bend Coffee Roasters – It also has a rich movie history. Marfa is a tiny town in West Texas with just 2,000 residents, about 60 miles from the Mexican border and nearly three hours by car from El Paso. But it’s been the...
A Taste of Big Bend
Author: Big bend Galleries & Artists. Joe Williams, the founder of Big Bend Coffee Roasters, likes his coffee smooth. “I don’t want my espressos bitter,” he said. Which is why the company manually roasts their beans to have low acidity for a smooth, flavorful cup. Big Bend Coffee Roaster’s advertising is...
Marfa Myths
Marfa Myths is an annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program founded in 2014 by nonprofit contemporary arts foundation Ballroom Marfa and Brooklyn-based music label Mexican Summer. “the [Marfa Myths] festival is perhaps the most extreme example in a recent trend toward intimate, meticulously curated music events” – NY Times In...
Coffee Brewing
Brewing coffee is as much of an art as it is a science. The history of coffee brewing equipment is rich, and methods of brewing are culturally dependent. Of the thousands of coffee machines and coffee brewing devices invented since the advent of coffee consumption, only a few have...
Heartwrenching Love Story in a Coffee Shop
Man…I was 21 when I met her. I saw her across the room and didn’t nobody have to tell me who she was. I said to my friend ‘there goes my wife’, and the rest is history. That girl was something else, man. Every single day, I’d go to work for 12...
BBCR Supports Night Skies Initiative
Big Bend Coffee Roasters has made a special blend to help with raising funds for The McDonald Observatory. A percentage of sales of their “NIGHT SKIES” blend will go directly to help fund this initiative. McDonald Observatory is working with neighbors in the region to help protect our dark night...
Coffee Fun Facts
Coffee Fun Facts: Legend has it that Ethiopian shepherds first noticed the effects of caffeine when they saw their goats appearing to become “frisky” and “dance” after eating coffee berries. Originally coffee was eaten. African tribes combined coffee berries with fat to create energy balls. Coffee beans are actually the pit of a berry, which makes...
