Beatrice is the espresso machine. She is a lever machine, which means she is more opinion than appliance, and this morning her opinion is no. It happens when the air gets heavy. The group runs cool, the shots pull thin and sour, and no amount of talking to her helps. So we put a sign […]

Beatrice is the espresso machine. She is a lever machine, which means she is more opinion than appliance, and this morning her opinion is no. It happens when the air gets heavy. The group runs cool, the shots pull thin and sour, and no amount of talking to her helps. So we put a sign […]

Every September someone asks when the pumpkin drinks start. The answer is never, and it is not a stunt. We roast what Number Nine gives us that day and we write it on the board. Some mornings that is a bright washed Ethiopian, some mornings it is a darker Sumatra with a finish like wet […]

Every September someone asks when the pumpkin drinks start. The answer is never, and it is not a stunt. We roast what Number Nine gives us that day and we write it on the board. Some mornings that is a bright washed Ethiopian, some mornings it is a darker Sumatra with a finish like wet […]

Our hours say we open after the 8:14. People ask what that means, and the honest answer is that the 8:14 was a freight train that stopped running in 1971. The Bracken Valley and Northern ran right past the building, which was the freight house, which is why we have a loading dock for a […]

Our hours say we open after the 8:14. People ask what that means, and the honest answer is that the 8:14 was a freight train that stopped running in 1971. The Bracken Valley and Northern ran right past the building, which was the freight house, which is why we have a loading dock for a […]

Number Nine is the roaster, a drum roaster old enough to have a name and a temperament to go with it. She runs hot before noon and she runs cool when it rains, and there is nothing in any manual about either. A cool drum means a slower roast, and a slower roast on a […]

Number Nine is the roaster, a drum roaster old enough to have a name and a temperament to go with it. She runs hot before noon and she runs cool when it rains, and there is nothing in any manual about either. A cool drum means a slower roast, and a slower roast on a […]

This week’s Lintong is darker than the lot usually runs. Cedar and baker’s chocolate, same as always, but with a longer, earthier finish that sits at the back of the cup and stays a while. It is not a mistake and it is not a new roast profile. It is a wet-hulled Sumatra, and wet-hulled […]

This week’s Lintong is darker than the lot usually runs. Cedar and baker’s chocolate, same as always, but with a longer, earthier finish that sits at the back of the cup and stays a while. It is not a mistake and it is not a new roast profile. It is a wet-hulled Sumatra, and wet-hulled […]