193 Meserole Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11222
383 7th Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11215
13 Essex St
New York, NY 10002
224 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Current Coffee Selections From Our Roastery
Grapefruit, Lemongrass, Honeysuckle, Molasses.
The Desarrollo Co-op is made up of 82 coffee growers producing a combined total of 1000 bags per year with their farm size averaging 3 hectares each. The coffee is processed employing the traditional Colombian method – each farmer fully-washes and dries their coffee before it leaves the farm. Because of the use of plantain and various other shade trees, these coffees are assured of a lengthy maturation period which results in complex and delicate cup profile.
Grown at 1600-1800 masl. Caturra, Bourbon, Typica and Común varietals. Vacuum-sealed at origin.
Order this coffee online here.
Jose Ider Zapata is a small-hold farmer with over 25 years of coffee farming experience. On his 3 hectare farm, Jose, his wife and two children process the ripe cherries they harvest in their own micro mill using the traditional washed method.
Caturra & Bourbon. Grown at 1650 masl. Washed & sun dried. Vacuum-sealed.
Peaches & cream, caramel, key lime.
Maple Sugar, Cedar, Red Plum.
Catuai & Bourbon. Grown at 1370 masl. Pulped natural. Shipped in GrainPro.
This coffee opens with amazing aromatics similar to strawberry jam and honeysuckle flower. In the cup we taste Assam tea, strawberry, cane sugar and rhubarb.
Mundo Nuevo. Grown at 1800 masl. Fully washed.
We met Gustavo Alfaro for the first time last year. His family has lived and farmed in Huehuetenango for four generations – they were the second family to settle in the region. This year, Gustavo took over
management of the farm. He has long-term focused goals and understands the necessity of good management and good treatment of his employees. It also happens that his coffee tastes great!
You can order this coffee online here.
Multiple producers – small holders El Indio and Rio Negro. Swiss Water Processed.
Milk chocolate, caramel, kumquat.
Our signature house blend that develops and changes seasonally.
Current components are:
Cafundo, Brazil
Desarrollo, Colombia
Meridiano, Colombia
Cherry Blossom, Marzipan, Tangerine.
History of the Heartbreaker: Cheryl once described a macchiato as a “heartbreaker”…as in it was so delicious, it melted or broke her heart. When we had our espresso-naming contest, Liam remembered this and shouted out “heartbreaker.” He won a Chemex, and we won the name.
Current Tea Selections
Organic lemon thyme, organic sage leaf, organic peppermint, organic lemon verbena and natural essential oil of bergamot.
Organic Green Loose Leaf Tea, Organic Jasmine, Organic Blueberries and Natural Blueberry Flavor.
Blend of Organic Chamomile, Rosehips, Lavender, Roses, and Pink Peppercorn. Caffeine-free.
Spearmint & peppermint. Caffeine-free.
Organic black tea blended with organic oil of bergamot.
Caffeine-free.
Blend of organic white peony, osmanthus blossoms and peach essence.
Sencha with toasted rice kernels.
Organic black tea with cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves & spices.
This week, we roasted the last batch of Las Flores. This great coffee, along with Copo Mico that was on the menu earlier this year, are selections we will luckily see again thanks to our green buyer Colleen’s commitment to the relationships she has been developing in Honduras.
Colleen had the opportunity to visit Honduras again this March. Read about her trip below:
The four days I spent in Honduras, cupping through our coffees from Cesar Fernandez and Mariano Mejia, was just as productive as the time I spent there earlier this year. This is the third year will be buying Cesar’s coffee and our second year working with Mariano.
During my visit earlier in January, I assured Cesar we wanted to buy his coffee again. Thanks to the support of all of our awesome customers, we are able move through enough volume to be able to commit to buy his entire production for the year. Cesar has participated in a number of Cup of Excellence competitions and that is, in fact, where we first tasted his beautiful coffee. Due in part to our conversations, he has decided to move away from the competition and work with us in a long-term partnership. In this vein I talked to him about his goals for improving his coffee and how we can help him achieve even better quality. His idea was to improve the drying process at his mill (a goal I firmly support) so I asked him if he would like to install drying beds and he thought they would be the best option. We have agreed to provide funding to get this project started and I am excited about our ongoing partnership with Cesar. Cesar sets an excellent example through his hard work, focus on quality and improvement. His coffees cupped beautifully with a clean, sweet profile persistent throughout the cup.
We couldn’t have done any of this work without our sourcing partners at Beneficio San Vicente – Benjamin and Angel. They are incredibly hard working and pretty funny too! I have a great amount of respect for them and owe them a huge amount of gratitude. I can’t wait for the arrival of these two great coffees!
Thanks everyone for all of your votes and support. We are really excited to have won The Munchies award for “Coolest Coffee Shop!”
“Just before the James Beard awards are announced on Monday, The Munchies, a new voted-by-the-people awards helmed by Andrew Zimmern and other celebrity panelists, has announced its first year of winners. Throughout April, online users of Tablespoon.com (owned by General Mills) voted on the motley crew of nominees.
“It’s been so fun to see people who are passionate about food debate and support their favorite restaurants, media, and chefs,” The Munchies lead panelist Andrew Zimmern said in a release.”
Check out all of the winners here.