Zingerman's Coffee

Open houses at the coffee company

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:35:20 +0000

RECENTLY UPDATED!!!!! The SECOND Saturday of every month we will have open houses from 11am-12pm. Allen or Steve, managing partners, will tour the roastery, sample coffees, and discuss the fascinating world of coffee as well as many of the brewing methods currently in use.

Rwandan

apomykala — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:40:07 +0000

The New crop of Rwandan coffees have finally arrived after a year of anticipation and we are very excited that they are finally here…..
Rwanda has some of the best coffee growing conditions in the world. This coffee is grown on the steep slopes of northern Rwanda’s volcanic mountains, where the rich soil, high altitudes and abundant rainfall give the coffee trees along the mountain slopes the best environment for high quality yield. Our cupping notes best describe this coffee as sweet and smooth with orange/peachy notes and has a long deep finish.

If you’ve not had a cup, come on down and try it before you buy it.

Holiday Blend

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:53:20 +0000

Our annual holiday blend has become our most popular coffee both for our guests and staff. We’ll bring it out again in mid-November and once it’s gone, it’s gone. It’s super fruity with a good percentage of a natural processed Sumatran. This very unusual coffee is cupping with flavors of strawberry jam, lavender and toasted bread (seriously!).

Our new coffee bar is now open!

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:45:18 +0000

We’ve moved! Come on down to our new shop located at 3723 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108—just three doors down from Zingerman’s Bakehouse and Creamery.

We serve a full line of espresso drinks and coffee brewed in a number of ways—regular drip, French press, Chemex filtered, pour over, Vietnamese style and Japanese ice drip. And you can select from up to 12 of our roasts which range in origin from Indonesia to east Africa to South and Central America. While you’re enjoying your drink, you can watch the roaster in action through the large picture window.

Kenya Kuraiha Estate

smangigian — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:13:12 +0000

We cupped a lot of coffees from a lot of importers. This one came from an importer that we have cupped with in New York but from whom we’ve not purchased. We cupped the Kenyans blind and this one was the clear winner – stunning bright fruit acidity.

Citrus / orange blossom fragrance, with a pleasant fruity brightness, flavors of tangerine and currant, all of which carry through into a sweet finish.

Great Kenyans like this are hard to find and really exciting when you get one like this.

Enjoy!!

Kenya Kuraiha Estate

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:38:24 +0000

We cupped a lot of coffees from a lot of importers. This one came from an importer that I’ve cupped with in New York but from whom we’ve not purchased. We cupped the Kenyans blind and this one was the clear winner – stunning bright fruit acidity.

Citrus / orange blossom fragrance, with a pleasant fruity brightness, flavors of tangerine and currant, all of which carry through into a sweet finish.

Great Kenyans like this are hard to find and really exciting when you get one like this. I feel about this coffee similarly to Ted Nugent when he said: “If you want to get a sensual thunderbolt then you have got to be cocked, locked and ready to rock, doc. I find that whole milk and lots of Vitamin D help.”

We’re working on the 2009 Holiday Blend. It is shaping up to be super fruity with a good percentage of a natural processed Sumatran. This very unusual coffee is cupping with flavors of strawberry jam, lavender and toasted bread. We will compliment it with something else to add some warmth and brightness.

The Big Move

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:37:13 +0000

We are in the middle of moving the roaster to our new location:
3723 #5 Plaza Drive, A2, MI 48108
Our new fax # is 929-6061.

We plan on having the roaster in place by the weekend.

Work is proceeding rapidly. We are planning to have the cafe open by November.

Indian Natural Processed-Sethuraman Estates

smangigian — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:29:46 +0000

In Atlanta this spring at the SCAA conference, we cupped 3 tables of Indian coffees from our friend Nishant Gurjer. We were actually looking for the best of the many fine robustas that they carry, when we came across this natural processed arabica.

It was a shocker! It had as much clean fruit flavor as any African coffee, yet oh so unique. It has a bright floral aroma with a flavor reminiscent of a pineapple. Yes, sweet pineapple. Every time we taste it, it’s unmistakable. It also has a small amount of spice. It has a wonderful full body and crystal clear finish that makes you want to go back immediately for another sip.

We bought most of the tiny lot that made it to the states and we are thrilled to offer this coffee.

Guatemala Trapichitos

aleibowitz — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:24:08 +0000

August’s Roaster’s Pick is Guatemala Trapichitos.

This fantastic Guatemalan comes to us from our friends Al Liu and Craig Holt in Seattle.

The coffee has everything we look for:
- nice floral fragrance
- sweet, clean cocoa flavor
- very pleasant citrus brightness

Wholly wonderful.

The story of this relationship coffee is astounding. The native (Mayan) farmers
were forced from their land during a brutal civil war. Through the efforts of a Seattle-based NGO, they’ve been able to buy back some land and grow coffee. Craig Holt set up a program where the farmers set the price for their coffee.

New Espresso Machine Ships

aleibowitz — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:54:45 +0000

Slayer Espresso - 2 Group

Well, we’re gearing up to move to a new location. The new location will have:

a much larger roasting plant
a small retail counter
coffee to go – prepared numerous ways
including a new espresso machine

We’ve been chatting with our friends at Slayer Espresso since January about what they’ve been doing. Well, Eric shipped our machine this week and we’re anxiously awaiting it’s arrival.

Stay tuned for updates on our new space.

… like the 1,000 pound pink granite slab that the Slayer will sit on.