Coffee and the shortest month of the year.
Carrie Masek
February has an extra day this year, and there’s a lot going on: Grumpy groundhogs, parties, parades, and, of course, Valentines Day. It’s even Black History month! That's a lot of excitement for twenty-nine days! Whether you want to wake up your favorite "groundhog," savor a Cafe au Lait, or share coffee and chocolate with your Valentine, we have the coffee for you!
For a bold coffee, perfect for waking your favorite “groundhog,” or blending with steamed milk for a Mardi Gras Cafe au Lait, try Midnight Treat, our Coffee of the Month for February. Rich, bold and complex, Midnight Treat is a smooth, heavy bodied blend that gets any day off to a bold start. Available all month in both full and 1/2 roast pouches.
The new crop of coffee from Ecuador is on it’s way, so we’ve decided to share the last of our Ecuador Hacienda La Papaya by making it February’s Exploration Coffee. This balanced, silky smooth coffee is a great contrast to bold, heavy bodied Midnight Treat. Roasted at a City Roast Level, Ecuador Hacienda La Papaya features complex fruit sweetness - berries, pulpy fruit and citrus - balanced by winey topnotes and chocolate richness. While supplies last, Ecuador Hacienda La Papaya will be available in both full and 1/2 roast pouches.
Kona Pahala is back! If you’re longing to get away from winter, try a roast of Kona Pahala, 100% Kona and 100% delicious, for the taste of Hawaii in a cup. Or give our Kona Coffee 1967 a try. A blend of Kona Pahala and other sweet, rich coffees, Kona Coffee 1967 captures the flavor of the islands at a fraction of the cost.
The USPS raised postage rates on January 27, including the price to mail a roast of coffee. As a result, we’re raising our flat rate shipping and handling fee to $7.50. If you live in the Chicago area, you can pick up your coffee and avoid the charge all together. Just type pickup in the box for discount codes, and the website will automatically remove the shipping and handling fee. Please let us know when you’d like to pick up your coffee (Monday through Friday) and we’ll have it ready and waiting for you.
(Note: We are off an unpaved road and some GPS systems have trouble finding us. Please bring a cell phone so you can call if yours directs you to the wrong place.)
If you have a thought or comment to share with other coffee lovers, please post it in our Facebook thread or a comment on this blog. Or, if you'd like to reach the wider world of coffee lovers, leave us a coffee review on Google or on your favorite review site. Not only do we value your opinions, but reviews help more people find us. Help us connect coffee lovers to fresh, quality coffee and spread the love of coffee this February!
Finally, to thank the readers of this blog, we’re offering a FREE 1/2 roast of coffee with your first order of the month. Just write, “February,” in the box for Additional Instructions, and we’ll include a 1/2 roast of Midnight Treat with your order at no extra charge.
Sharing coffee is our favorite kind of Valentine!
~Carrie, Paul and all of us at Coffee by the Roast