67: Paul Gallegos at Cutbow Coffee

Cutbow Coffee at first glance is a cafe with a roastery, in Albuquerque. In this episode we dig deep. This roastery is years in the making. Paul Gallegos opened Cutbow Coffee to share his love and dedication to coffee roasting. Roasting, education and sharing are clearly at the core of this one man, and the fantastic team at Cutbow Coffee.

Paul worked for Alfred Peet, who started US’s obsession with amazing coffee. Paul Gallegos learned directly from Alfred Peet, Jerry Baldwin and Jim Reynolds. Paul Gallegos carries that great appreciation for the education Alfred Peet and Jim Reynolds gave him — all the fine nuances of green beans, roasting, and tweaking. Paul Gallegos has adopted the habit of coffee education for Cutbow Coffee that began in Berkeley, CA. The team at Cutbow understand that underlying mission. You’ll hear Paul Gallegos share so many aspects of running his roastery, including how he chose the name for his cafe, how he’s connected with the community, and how the pandemic has made their business more focused on quality, education and pure enjoyment of the ritual of drinking a cup of coffee. Also discussed was online shop and his sisters’ web skills, fish, respect for elders, an old Ford truck, and more. Our conversation is rich with history and delightful with the love one feels for this delightful drink called coffee

Ready to buy a bag (or three) of beans? Here is their online shop. My purchase took 35 seconds.

Paul mentions his early morning photos he posts of New Mexico’s beautiful sunrises. Follow their IG to remind you of good coffee and beautiful sunrises.