Archive - Build With Spencer

Craft Coffee's Favorite Brew Method: The Pour-over

What I love about this brew method, the Artbean recipe and some of my tips on dialing in

Mar 8 • Spencer

Testing product, meeting customers, and learning how popups fit within the business

Mar 3 • Spencer

February 2026

Our sourcing and roasting process

Where we get our beans, where we roast, and where you can learn how to roast!

Feb 23 • Spencer

How We Find the Artists We Work With

How coffee, physical space, and community shape the creatives we show

Feb 17 • Spencer

Why We Didn’t Want To Be Just Another Coffee Brand

How our career paths became the foundation of Artbean

Feb 9 • Spencer

When Growth Is Unclear, We Chose Content

Stay lean, mean and profitable

Feb 2 • Spencer

January 2026

Building Artbean Coffee Roasters: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 3)

Years 5 & 6 (2024 & 2025)

Jan 26 • Spencer

Building Artbean Coffee Roasters: The Single Decision That Changed Our Lives (Part 2)

Years 3 & 4 (2022 & 2023)

Jan 20 • Spencer

Building Artbean Coffee Roasters - Let Go From Job In 2020, Let's Start A Business - (Part 1)

Years 1 & 2 (2020 & 2021)

Jan 16 • Spencer

Welcome to the Build With Spencer Substack!

Follow along as we run our NYC coffee shop, in real time

Jan 13 • Spencer

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