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Our Summer 2026 Gold Dot Seasonal Cups are complete.
Each cup is made from Red Velvet clay marbled with warm buff clay, creating sediment-like layers reminiscent of weathered desert strata. For the rim and interior, I blend the clay with a black stain, creating a darker clay body beneath the glaze.
Every cup is trimmed by hand, fired to 1,400°F, sanded, fired again to 1,840°F, glazed, and glaze fired to 2,200°F. The interior is finished with an Oribe glaze that transforms into a deep jade green over the dark clay. It's such a beautiful color that I haven't been able to capture it accurately in a photograph.
With this season's design, Mitra and I were inspired by the raw beauty of the desert. The unglazed exterior is balanced by a cool, glassy interior that offers a visual respite from the heat.
This cup is equally at home with your morning coffee, but it may truly shine filled with a late afternoon affogato on a sun-soaked summer afternoon.
Our Beans...Thoughtfully Sourced. Carefully Selected. Exceptionally Roasted.
At Gold Dot Roasting, we source coffees through partners who value strong relationships with the farmers and communities that produce them. We look for coffees with character, whether a beautifully balanced blend or a standout single origin that reflects the place where it was grown.
Every coffee we offer is fully traceable and professionally evaluated using the 100 point cupping scale. We select only coffees scoring 85 points or higher, then roast each one to highlight its unique qualities. The result is coffee chosen with care and roasted to bring out the very best in every bean.
Our ceramics are designed and made by Rocky Lewycky, with decades of experience in studio practice and higher-education teaching. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the country and is held in private collections.
