Do you have an espresso machine at home that is sitting unused on a shelf?  We can help you make better espresso with it.  Our customers frequently ask us why our espresso is so different than what they make at home. Well,  bring your machine in and we’ll work with you to get the most out of your machine.  We’ll go over operation, the importance of the right grind, machine maintenance and taste testing!

Join Managing Partner Allen on Saturday, July 24th from 10:00a.m. to 2p.m.

This class is free, so grab a friend and come on down!

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RECENTLY UPDATED!!!!! The SECOND Saturday of every month we will have open houses from 11am-12pm. Allen or Steve, managing partners, will tour the roastery, sample coffees, and discuss the fascinating world of coffee as well as many of the brewing methods currently in use.

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We’ve moved! Come on down to our new shop located at 3723 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108—just three doors down from Zingerman’s Bakehouse and Creamery.

We serve a full line of espresso drinks and coffee brewed in a number of ways—regular drip, French press, Chemex filtered, pour over, Vietnamese style and Japanese ice drip. And you can select from up to 12 of our roasts which range in origin from Indonesia to east Africa to South and Central America. While you’re enjoying your drink, you can watch the roaster in action through the large picture window.

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We cupped a lot of coffees from a lot of importers.  This one came from an importer that I’ve cupped with in New York but from whom we’ve not purchased.  We cupped the Kenyans blind and this one was the clear winner – stunning bright fruit acidity.

Citrus / orange blossom fragrance, with a pleasant fruity brightness, flavors of tangerine and currant, all of which carry through into a sweet finish.

Great Kenyans like this are hard to find and really exciting when you get one like this. I feel about this coffee similarly to Ted Nugent when he said: “If you want to get a sensual thunderbolt then you have got to be cocked, locked and ready to rock, doc. I find that whole milk and lots of Vitamin D help.”

We’re working on the 2009 Holiday Blend.  It is shaping up to be super fruity with a good percentage of a natural processed Sumatran.  This very unusual coffee is cupping with flavors of strawberry jam, lavender and toasted bread.  We will compliment it with something else to add some warmth and brightness.

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We are in the middle of moving the roaster to our new location:
3723 #5 Plaza Drive, A2, MI  48108
Our new fax # is 929-6061.

We plan on having the roaster in place by the weekend.

Work is proceeding rapidly.  We are planning to have the cafe open by November.

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