A Fresh Spring with Fresh Great Coffee!
Carrie Masek
Spring is coming soon! This month is packed with events: Daylight Savings, St. Patrick's Day and our absolute favorite holiday- Pi Day! If you're like us, you'll want some great coffee with that pie and also to warm up any remaining chilly mornings. Here are some great options for you to try! :D
Our Coffee of the Month for March is Morning Mist, a coffee lively enough to brighten the darkest late winter morning and smooth enough to sip all day. You can even mix it with whiskey in the evening for a memorable Irish Coffee. Smooth and sweet, lively and rich, Morning Mist is available all month in both full and 1/2 roast bags.
Our Exploration Coffee for March is Ecuador La Josefina, an anaerobic, single estate, micro-lot coffee from the Cayambe-Coca Natural Reserve of Ecuador. Grown high in the Andes Mountains, this delicious treat tastes sweet and smooth, with rich chocolate notes balanced with a hint of sweet spice. Smooth enough to drink black, but try it with a drop of cream to bring out the sweetness. Roasted to a Full City Roast Level to heighten smooth chocolatey richness.
Finally, if you are looking for a great coffee to have with Pie on March 14th (as we have done every year since our high school math teachers told us too), but don’t want to sip caffeine later in the day, then try out our one of our favorite Decaf Coffees: Decaf Chicago Cup. Inspired by the coffees enjoyed in Chicago during the Roaring '20's. A well balanced, medium bodied coffee with a rich, complex flavor. The gangsters and bootleg whiskey are gone, but you can still enjoy the coffee that made the city roar. Roaster's Choice: Full City
One note for our savvy customers- the C-market (the commodity market that most green coffee prices are based on) has been rapidly going up. From January to December 2024, it rose about 11%. It went up an additional 20% in January 2025. Coffee is now the highest price it has been in 50 years! This sadly means that as we buy new coffees, you’ll notice their prices going up. If you’re curious, we may write a whole blog post about it. We are still dedicated to finding the best coffees in the world and selling them for the most affordable prices, and we appreciate our dedicated fellow coffee-drinking community!
Thank you everyone for joining us on a coffee adventure! Nothing brings us more joy than sharing some of the world’s most interesting and delightful coffees with all of you. We wish everyone well and are excited to hear from you soon!
Have you been enjoying our Roaster Gold coffees? If so, please join the conversation and share your thoughts on the Facebook thread or in a comment on this blog. Or, if you'd like to share your opinions 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!
And finally, to thank the readers of this blog, we’re offering a free 1/2 roast of Morning Mist with your first order of two or more roasts every month. Just write, “March,” in the box for Additional Instructions and we’ll throw in the 1/2 roast pouch at no extra charge.
We wish all our customers continued good health, delicious pie, and warmer weather.
~ Carrie, Paul and all of us at Coffee by the Roast