The Drawdown

Dispatches on specialty coffee, structural integrity, and the communities built around both. The Drawdown is the thought leadership publication of Pillar & Press Studio.

Featured Posts

Finca La Patria

Mar 3, 2026

Mexico's coffee has been called emerging for years. It was never new — just overlooked. Finca La Patria asks us what else we've been too slow to name.


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Heart Eyes

Mar 5, 2026

A Valentine’s Day blend, featuring fruit-forward coffees from Costa Rica and Panama, roasted to highlight sweetness, warmth, and all the feel-good vibes.

Honduras Sagastume

Mar 4, 2026

A hundred years of tending the same land. On what the Sagastume family and doubleshot's decade-long partnership teach us about building something that lasts.

Finca La Patria

Mar 3, 2026

Mexico's coffee has been called emerging for years. It was never new — just overlooked. Finca La Patria asks us what else we've been too slow to name.

HACHI - TANI (谷)

Mar 1, 2026

Diego Bermudez grows it, roasts it, and narrates it — from the same hillside. On what happens when the farmer holds the story.