Verve Coffee Roasters // Colombia San Jose
After two years, the nationally-renown Verve Coffee Roasters finally made its way to the Table a couple of months ago, when MistoBox included their stellar El Salvador La Palma in one of their shipments—a rare El Salvadoran coffee that really and truly took me by surprise. Now, here we are in June, quickly approaching Summer,...
Cartel Coffee Lab // Santa Ines Colombia
Colombia, once again, in 2013, has been killing it. I was really impressed with a lot of the Colombias I tried this year and I (think I) enjoyed all of them (one that I didn’t enjoy doesn’t immediately come to mind, anyway). Cartel – a roaster that really blew me away earlier this year with...
Passion House Coffee Roasters // Union Blend
In about five hours from the time of this writing, I will be a married man. After a two and a half year courtship, I am marrying the woman who has truly become my best friend, Ashley. With my being the founder of A Table in the Corner of the Cafe and a former member...
Bow Truss Coffee Roasters // Canopy Blend
A few months ago, Rogers Park’s coffee scene very suddenly got a whole lot better and a whole lot more legit with the addition of Sol Cafe (which I’ll be reviewing soon), just to the east of the Howard Street Red Line stop. Since then, Rogers Park improved even more with the addition of Ellipsis...
Verve Coffee Roasters // El Salvador La Palma
It’s been a while, but the time is finally nigh—MistoBox Week is here again! Last month, MistoBox took a major step forward with the caliber of roasting companies that they source from with the likes of Passion House, Panther, Cartel, and Barefoot; this month, their Rolodex took another giant leap forward with the additions of...
Barefoot Coffee Roasters // Cold Brew
Back in February, Punxsutawney Phil poked his furry little head outside, saw his shadow, and predicted that we’d be surprised by an early Spring. But a whole week after March 21, the official first full day of Spring, we here in Chicago were exclaiming, “That Punxsutawney Phil is full of it!” Meanwhile, in sunny San Jose, where it...
Regular Coffee Company // Regular Coffee
Several months ago now, I dedicated a Friday Feature to round up some of the best coffee subscription services around the country. While I focused mainly on subscriptions that offer one or more coffees from a variety of roasters (which included the likes of MistoBox, Craft Coffee, Citizen Bean, and L.A. Coffee Club, to name...
Caffe Ladro // Colombia La Plata
Dear Reader, I greet you with great melancholy today. You see, today we’re wrapping up the Epic Coffee Exchange of 2013 and I’m very sad to see it send. The participants got to experience some incredible coffees from some great roasters around the country during this Exchange and I can tell you that I, for...
Augie’s Coffee Roasters // Ethiopia Natural Sidamo Ardi
It’s day 2 of Augie’s Coffee Roasters week. Yesterday, of course, we kicked off the week right with an incredible El Salvador. Today, Augie’s supplied with us a coffee that I had last year at Madcap—one that even made its way onto my Top 25 Coffees of 2012 list. Here’s hoping that this batch can...
Intelligentsia // Anjilanaka Bolivia
Bolivia, though I haven’t visited there (yet), holds a very special place in my heart. It holds an even more special place in the heart of my bride, Ashley—the creator of Life’s a Grind. Cochabamba, one of Bolivia’s largest cities, is, after all, the city that she and her family called home for many years....
