Excitement!

Things have been pretty hectic at OWC, and I could not be more happy/anxious/excited!

For starters, we secured ourselves an Elektra Barlume that will be in in about 6 weeks (yeah!). Using the Hario is an absolute blast, and the coffee it makes is clean and sweet!

Each morning we have been waking up EXTRA early to work on our latte art, and each day we are making new "experimental" drinks.

We continue to get new parts in as we set up for our move, and the parts that excite me the most are our new scales. Yes I am that lame, but I just love these little accurate beasts!

Stay tuned for more updates!

Hario Brewing and Sneak Peak at Steampunk Monitor

Here are some pics of us brewing with our new pour overs, and a sneak pic at the monitor base for our soon to be POS system!

Steampunk Artwork

We are currently working on some steampunk artwork for the shop, stay tuned to see some great pics!

Samples and Roasting

As always its late, or early depending on how you look at it, and here I sit roasting. I love having orders to fill out but man this heat is killing me! Thankfully the early hours aren't as hot, I don't think I could survive being if it was triple digit heat and sunny outside right now!

I wanted to make sure everyone got word of the samples being handed out in June so if you wanted to taste our coffee, that would be the last opportunity to do so for free for a looonggg time. Also, to those who try to contact be via this blog, I seem unable to contact you in the same manner, so I will work on trying to figure that out!

Taste of Spartanburg

A Taste of Spartanburg went very well! For those of you who missed it, we burned through about 6 gallons of coffee in 2 hours, and put on a bit of a show with our siphon pot. All next Month (July!) I will be handing out samples to anyone who requests it in the upstate area. The sooner you let me know you want a taste, the sooner you get your free coffee! If you give me a bit of a notice, I will even brew for you and go over some brewing basics.

Update on the Workshop/Roastery

New Micro Lot, Costa Rica

I just sat down tonight to taste another cup of our new micro lot, Costa Rica Lourdes de Naranjo -Finca Genesis. It is remarkably sweet and smooth, and I am going to highly recommend it to any of our customers who enjoy our El Salvador or are looking for a balanced, sweet, malty cup. It is deserving of all the praise it gets on the Shrub.

http://www.coffeeshrub.com/shrub/coffee/costa-rica-lourdes-de-naranjo-finca-genesis