Happy Monday! Today dawned bright and sunny, but we've had our share of dark, gray mornings recently. On days like that, it's hard to get out of bed early enough to make coffee much less eat breakfast before heading into work. One solution to the problem is to make coffee and breakfast before going to bed.
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This week, we're shining a spotlight on one of our favorite single estate coffees, New Guinea Kimel AA.
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St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of all things Irish: Soda bread, beer, whiskey, shamrocks and the color green, including, for those of us who live in the Chicago area, a green river. Here at Coffee by the Roast, St. Patrick’s Day is a great reason to celebrate another fine Irish tradition, Irish Coffee.
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This week, we’re shining the spotlight on one of our favorite coffee from Brazil, Organic Brazil de Fatima.
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Thursday, March 14 is Pi (π) Day. Pi Day has been a national holiday since 2009, but the celebration started at San Francisco's Exploratorium in 1988. March 14 is Albert Einstein's birthday and the numeric representation of the date, 3/14, matches the first three digits of Pi, 3.14. Those interested in Pi and it's history can check out this link. For the rest of us, a great way to celebrate Pi is with... Pie. All of us here at Coffee by the Roast enjoy a cup of coffee with our pie, but Catie puts coffee in her pie. She shared her recipe for Coffee Pecan Pie, a caffeinated take on Classic Pecan Pie. She starts with this recipe:
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