A nice, short video giving an overview of how espresso is made at intelligentsia.
When I was a teenager, I caddied at Latrobe Country Club. In hindsight, this was probably the perfect first job for me as nearly 20 years later I’m managing a retail coffee business. The job was very physical- imagine being 14 and carrying around two 30-40lb golf bags for up to 5 hours. The job [...]
21st Street is proud to offer a new single origin espresso- Finca La Tina, Honduras. You may know this coffee from the La Tortuga mark- yes this is the same coffee we enjoyed so much until it recently sold out.
Intelligentsia has set aside some of this coffee for the Black Cat Project, and what we [...]
Late posting this, but we have the espresso roast of our Direct Trade Itzamna coffee, from Finca Maravilla. ”Espresso” roast doesn’t necessarily mean it’s “dark” or “darker”, but the time/temperature profile of the roast is different than the production roast we brew for filter coffees. This is done to highlight certain flavors that would really shine [...]
The Black Cat Project brings us another Single Origin Espresso- this time from the Kurimi, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe project. This coffee was stunningly great when brewed, and now we have a chance to taste it pulled as an espresso shot. The roast profile is a little different than the brewed version, to mellow certain flavors that [...]
