Counter Culture Coffee // Farmhouse Organic (CENFROCAFE Peru)
Coffee – like all food, wine, and TV sitcoms – is best enjoyed when it is at its freshest and in season. Good, simple, honest, local, rustic. You don’t need to be Gordon Ramsay to know that. Counter Culture Coffee is well aware of it, too. To illustrate coffee’s shifting seasonal availability and to make the...
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...
Madcap Coffee Company // Luis Reinoso Colombia
Not so long ago, I drove up to GR to have a coffee meeting with the founder and CEO of Mighty in the Midwest and my new best friend forever, Cliff. We had a lot of really great conversations about everything ranging from the cultural impact of social media, web and mobile app design ideas,...
Oil Slick Coffee Company // El Salvador Orange Bourbon
I’m a very fortunate person. Running a coffee review website has given me the opportunity to try some of the best coffees this country has to offer—shipped directly from the roaster to my doorstep on a regular basis, usually free of charge. While some roasters might do it to take advantage of a great free...
Augie’s Coffee Roasters // Santa Julia El Salvador
This month, MistoBox provided the Table with a blast from the not-too-distant past when they included a really tasty Guatemalan coffee from Klatch Coffee. The roaster coming out of the Box today is also from that time of the year. Augie’s sent me three awesome coffees back in January and I’ve been looking forward to...
Klatch Coffee // Guatemala Finca Covadonga
After yesterday’s incredible cup from Verve Coffee, it’s time we dip our collective cupping spoon a little bit further into April’s MistoBox. Klatch Coffee helped to introduce 2013 to the Table and those three coffees that they sent me were, coincidentally, my introduction to the company. As it turned out, they didn’t need a second...
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...
Kuma Coffee // Colombia Jose Ninco
It’s been a while since the last time Kuma Coffee graced the Table with its presence. It hasn’t made an appearance since New Year’s Day, actually, when it kicked of 2013 with an incredible Kenyan coffee that dazzled and perplexed the palate. A couple of weeks ago, Mark (the founder of Kuma) reached out to...
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...
Barefoot Coffee Roasters // El Salvador Finca Malacara B, Tablon 2
We’re diving further and further into the care package that the folks at Barefoot Coffee Roasters sent me last week. Before 2013 (before this month, actually), I had never tried anything from Barefoot Coffee, so I wasn’t sure what to expect from them. In the past couple weeks I’ve gotten to try the effervescent and...
