Chillin’ like a Maravillain

On August 22, 2009, In Coffee Education, By Luke

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 [...]

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Open July 4th

On July 3, 2009, In Coffee Education, By admin

We’ll be open Saturday July 4th from 8am-5pm*, our normal hours.  The asterisk is that if the Strip District turns into a ghost town before 5pm we may close up early.  For the record I think it will be quite busy, so while some of our neighbors will be closed we’ll be doin’ our thang.
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Post Competition Thanks and Thoughts

On February 10, 2009, In Coffee Education, By Luke

What a weekend.  Although “Team Pittsburgh” wasn’t able to overcome the competition superpowers of “Team DC“, there were a lot of solid performances by local baristas that really “brought home” the notion that this area has a lot of great shops as well as individuals that we should be proud of.  Over the past three [...]

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Single Origin and Micro Lot Espresso

On January 20, 2009, In Coffee Education, By admin

We’re happy to announce that we will be featuring some delicious new coffees  thanks to Intelligentsia’s Black Cat Project.  We’ll be rotating three new single origin and micro lot espressos either as a straight shot or as a macchiato.  We’ll also have the same in whole bean form if you want to take some home [...]

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Last Calls

On October 12, 2008, In Coffee Education, By admin

Intelligentsia has sold through their lot of Esmeralda, and we’re well into our last bag, so get down here and try it while we still have some available.
We’re going to be introducing some new coffees this week, so to make room on the menu we will be taking the Itzamna (Guatemala) and Flecha Roja (Costa [...]

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