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2321 Davis St., Unit C
North Chicago, IL
USA
(847)578-0772
Coffee by the Roast: fresh roasted, small batch, specialty grade coffee. Online. Roasted-to-order, custom coffee ships within 24 hours to any US address. Find your favorite specialty grade coffee or create your own coffee. Buy coffee online and get fresh, custom coffee delivered to your door.
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Today, September 29th is National Coffee Day here in the US. International Coffee Day is a couple of days from now, on October 1. No matter which Coffee Day you celebrate, this is a great time to think about and enjoy coffee. At Coffee by the Roast, we decided to celebrate International Coffee Day by creating a special coffee inspired by the first truly international blend, Historic Mokha Java.
Read MoreIt's already September, and Labor Day is this weekend. Coffee by the Roast will close at noon on Friday, September 2 and will reopen on Tuesday, September 6. Any orders that come in during the Labor Day weekend will be roasted and mailed Tuesday.
Read MoreEveryone has a different opinion on what makes a great cup of coffee. Some like their coffee dark and bold. Others want it light and lively. Rich. Smooth. Sweet. They love chocolate notes, or fruit notes, nutty richness or a hint of spice. Different coffee origins produce different flavor profiles, and varying the roast level develops them differently. On our website alone, there are hundreds of possible combinations. Since the coffee one person loves another might reject after the first sip, how do you find the one that's perfect for you?
Read MoreEven the best coffee beans in the world need to be roasted. Raw coffee beans taste like grass with a vaguely herbal note, not something you'd want to taste first thing in the morning. Roasting the beans brings out the coffee flavors we love. The trick is, we don't all agree on which flavors we like best, Different coffee beans need to be roasted at different levels, and different levels have a huge impact on the flavor in your cup. There's a chart on our Roasting Coffee page that summarizes the different roast levels' impact on flavor.
Read MoreThe process coffee roasters use to check the flavors in coffee beans is called “cupping.” First, the beans are lightly roasted to highlight topnotes and any flaws. In traditional cupping, the coffee is ground and put in the bottom of a cup. Since aroma determines much of the flavor of any coffee, sniffing the ground coffee is the first step.
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