The Resupply Blog

TL;DR Spectre is a dark espresso roast from Aerial Resupply Coffee, a veteran-owned roastery in Charlottesville, VA. Across 154 verified reviews it averages 4.92 out of 5, the highest-rated roast in the lineup. Buyers call it rich, bold, and smooth,...

Robusta vs. Arabica: What's the Actual Difference? TL;DR Arabica has better flavor: more complex, less bitter, with natural sweetness and higher acidity. Robusta has roughly double the caffeine and a harsher, more bitter taste. Specialty coffee uses Arabica. Cheap commercial...

TL;DR Fire Watch is a Colombian medium roast from Aerial Resupply Coffee, a veteran-owned roastery in Charlottesville, VA. Across 134 verified buyer reviews it averages 4.85 out of 5. Drinkers describe it as smooth, balanced, low in bitterness, and built...

Is Decaf Coffee Actually Caffeine-Free? (No. Here's Why.) TL;DR No. Decaf coffee is not caffeine-free. The FDA allows coffee to be labeled "decaf" once 97% of caffeine is removed — which leaves 2–15mg per 8oz cup depending on the decaffeination...

Coffee vs. Tea: An Honest Comparison (With a Declared Winner) TL;DR Coffee delivers more caffeine faster, with greater flavor complexity and broader preparation options. Tea offers L-theanine for smoother sustained energy and lower acidity. Both have legitimate health benefits. For...

Pour Over Coffee: The Complete Brewing Guide TL;DR Pour over coffee is a manual brewing method where you pour hot water over ground coffee in a filter, controlling the speed and saturation yourself. It brews in 3–4 minutes, produces a...

The Coffee to Water Ratio Guide That Actually Makes a Difference TL;DR The golden ratio for coffee to water is 1:15 to 1:17 — 1 gram of coffee per 15 to 17 grams of water. Most people under-dose because they...

Why Does Coffee Taste Bitter? (And How to Fix It) TL;DR Coffee tastes bitter because of over-extraction, which is caused by water that's too hot, a grind that's too fine, or a roast that's unforgiving of brewing errors. Fix the...

The Veteran Coffee Subscription That Doesn't Have to Tell You It's Veteran-Owned A lot of companies tell you they support veterans. Some of them are even telling the truth. The ones who are usually don't need to say it as...

    Aerial Resupply Coffee has entered an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Austin Von Letkemann — U.S. Army Intelligence Officer, 12-year veteran, father of four daughters, and the guy behind MandatoryFunDay, one of the most widely followed military content platforms...

At a Pentagon press briefing on April 8, 2026, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine gave reporters a by-the-numbers look at what kept American forces running through 38 days of combat in Operation Epic Fury. More than 6...

The Marine Corps doesn't have a coffee problem. They have a standard. It's dark, it's aggressive, and it's named after motor oil. Meet 15W40.

Black Rifle Coffee was founded by veterans. That's a fact. But "veteran founded" and "veteran owned" are two different things — and the difference comes down to corporate structure, federal law, and 114 million shares of publicly traded stock. Here's the honest answer, sourced directly from SEC filings and the SBA's own certification requirements.

Black Rifle went public. Their DTC revenue dropped. Yours didn't have to go with it. Here's what a veteran coffee subscription looks like when the founder still owns it, still roasts it, and still has something to prove.

I'm a veteran, a former Black Rifle Coffee customer, and I built a competing coffee company. That makes me either the least qualified person to write this review, or the most. What they built was real. What they became is a different story — and if you've been feeling like something changed, you're not imagining it.

Nobody goes to a combat zone for the coffee. But everyone who's been there has a coffee story. Here's the unofficial field manual for surviving deployment on whatever caffeine you could scrounge — ranked from the bottom of the barrel to the stuff that made you briefly forget where you were.

Charlottesville's coffee scene is the real deal. But in a city with two national defense activities and a significant veteran population, there's exactly one veteran-owned coffee brand operating here. One.

One veteran. Five hundred dollars. Three weeks. No presale, no announcement, no safety net. Just a question nobody could answer and a decision to answer it.

"Specialty coffee shop" is on every sign and every bag. Most of them don't deserve the label. Here's how to tell the difference.

There's a veteran-owned roaster in Charlottesville doing wholesale, white label, and co-packing for cafes and businesses across the greater Albemarle area. Most people don't know it exists yet.

Civilian coffee culture has gotten out of hand. The 12-modifier orders. The $400 pour-over setups. The complaints about "astringency." A veteran's field assessment of what went wrong — and how to fix it.