Update and Happy Easter
Carrie Masek
Though the stay-at-home order is still in effect for Illinois, coffee roasters and all other food manufacturers are considered essential industries. We will continue to custom roast coffee and ship it fresh to our customers’ doors as long as our health and the law permits.
This week is a holiday week for many of our customers. Some celebrated the beginning of Passover with virtual Seders. Others are looking forward to attending Easter services online. Even those who don’t celebrate either holiday are still enjoying the first blooms of Spring. It’s a time of hope, and no matter where you live or which holiday you celebrate, it’s good to remember that all things pass, even pandemics.
We draw hope and inspiration from our customers. Thank you for your continued business, your patience and the many well wishes we’ve received during the stay-at-home order. We read every note and every one lifts our spirits.
Last week we introduced Thank You Coffee, our way to say, “Thanks!” to those people putting themselves at risk so the rest of us can stay safe and healthy.
From now until the stay-at-home order is lifted in Illinois (current estimate, April 30), we will include an extra 1/2 roast of Thank You Coffee at no extra charge with any order made by an essential worker. Just leave us a note in the box for Additional Instructions or send us an email and let us know the important work you’re doing. "I'm a janitor in a hospital," or “I work in an ICU,” or "I drive for Instacart ," are just three possibilities. We’ll roast the coffee you ordered, the additional 1/2 roast of free coffee, and mail it all with our most sincere thanks.
If you are an essential worker, please let us thank you in this way. If you know an essential worker who loves coffee, we’d love to send a bag* of Thank You Coffee for them. Just tell us about them. “My brother is an EMT,” for instance, or “My neighbor is a biomedical researcher working on a vaccine.” We’ll add the free 1/2 roast of Thank You Coffee to your order. All we ask is you find a socially-distant, safe way to give them the coffee. Sharing good coffee really is our favorite way to say, “Thanks!”
Have you found ways to celebrate despite the pandemic? Please join the conversation and tell us about them. You can share your thoughts on the Facebook thread or in a comment on this blog. Or, if you have thoughts about coffee you’d like to share with the wider world, 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!
We wish all our customers good health and calm in this anxious time.
~ Carrie, Paul and all of us at Coffee by the Roast
*We can only afford to send one free 1/2 roast of coffee per order. If you know more than one essential worker (we do!), please share the coffee love and let them know about us and the coffee we'd like to share with them. Thanks!