Mother’s Day Gift Baskets!!
A. Six 4oz Assorted Regular Coffees $25.00
An Assortment of Dark and Medium Roasted Coffees
B. Six 4oz Flavored Coffees $25.00
An Assortment of our most popular flavored coffees
C. Three 4oz Regular Coffees and Three 4oz Flavored Coffees $25.00
The best of both worlds! A mix of Medium and dark roast coffees and flavored coffees!
-Free delivery in the Birmingham Area.
-Add $14.00 for shipping
Mother’s Day Flier
Custom coffee labels are not just reserved for coffee shops and cafes! Your logo, information, phone numbers, hours of operation, website, and more can be on a custom label and placed on 4oz or 12oz bags. This is a great way to get your information out there!
You can give them away as promotional gifts, retail them at your store or gift shop, or group them with other similar items you might have. If you don’t have a logo, we have standard templates where we can simply insert your information and your ready to go!
Contact us for more information: http://www.jitterycoffeecuproasters.com/25636.html
Join our Coffee of the Month Club and receive TWO coffees every month. The coffees are on a rotating schedule so you’ll not receive the same coffee until you’ve gone through our entire inventory. These do not include flavored coffees, decafs, or espressos unless specifically requested. One price per month includes shipping!
If you would like to receive one coffee regularly and have the second one rotate, just let us know!
If you settle on two coffees you really enjoy, you can have those same two coffees delivered monthly, just let us know!
Click the “Add To Cart” button below and it will automatically enroll you. We’ll send out your first order right away. After that you’ll receive and invoice via email at the beginning of every month with instructions on how to pay.
We will not ship out your coffees until you’ve paid on your invoice.
Cost is only $25.99/month and INCLUDES shipping
To go back to our main site, visit: http://www.JitteryCoffeeCupRoasters.com
This Thursday, February 25th, Jittery Coffee Cup Roasters will be donating two pounds of coffee to be raffled off at a fundraiser for Easter Seals Pediatric Therapy Clinic in the Colonade area of Birmingham, AL.
For more information on the event, CLICK HERE to see the facebook invite
To learn more about Easter Seals check out their website here: http://www.easterseals.com/site/TR?team_id=93226&fr_id=2713&pg=team
Want to know how else you can be involved and give to Easter Seals? As a special promotion, only valid through March 5th, if you contact us through our website, http://www.JitteryCoffeeCupRoasters.com, with the coffees you’d like to order and “Easter Seals” somewhere in the message, we’ll email you a custom invoice with a 10% discount, AND 10% of that sale will go to the Easter Seals of Birmingham’s Team Impact.
NOTE: You don’t need to go through the shopping cart and checkout process. Contact us through the “Contact Us” tab. We’ll send you an invoice via email with instructions on how to pay.
ANOTHER NOTE: We’ll still trying out another promotion where any order of two pounds or more is eligible for **FREE** home/office delivery within a limited region in the Birmingham area. This offer WILL be applicable to this special promo for Easter Seals as well.
Thanks for your support!
Hope to see you Thursday night.
Michael
Coffee with an attitude, what’s the point?
I’ve noticed a trend that hasn’t set well with me for a while, so it’s time to put it out there and see if I’m the only one who’s noticed or feels this way.
There’s a couple of coffee houses in town, two in particular, that deliver an attitude with their coffee. The person behind the counter is expressionless verging on annoyed. When a customer asks a question they get a flat answer with no elaboration. The thing that saddens me is they serve great coffee. And they know it! It’s almost as if they think they can act that way because their coffee is that good.
I walked into one of these establishments recently and asked if they had a coffee of day because I had always gotten espresso or cappuccino. Expressionless, emotionless, annoyed, “We freasfhasfhehtahhfeooo.”
“I’m sorry?”
“WEEEEE Freeeennnnnch PRESSSSS….TO…..ORRRRDERRRRR.”
Now I have to decide: Do I (a) react and tell him how he has failed miserably at basic communication and customer service, or do I (b) play dumb and see if I can annoy him more. I chose the latter. “Ohhhhhh, so your saying I can choose any of these coffees up here and you’ll French press it for me?”
“Yeah”
So I took my time, him-hawing over which coffee to choose. I chose a Guatemalan. He picked up a bag he had behind the counter, ground it, boiled the water, poured the water, set the timer, then walked into the back room. Nothing was ever said again between him and I.
So what’s the point? Am I supposed to prove to you that I know enough about coffee for you to treat me as an actual customer? Are you willing to lose customers to another coffee house that will smile as people walk up to the counter? Instead of telling people only how you do it, why not explain WHY you do it? Why not elaborate on how French press brewing gives a more full-bodied flavor, and how with more coffee to water contact time you get a fresher, crisp taste?
Yeah your coffee is good and your baristas have skills, but it’s not worth being treated like an idiot.
So my friends abroad, is this a local phenomenon? A sign of the times? Or do baristas actually think that because they know more than the average consumer they have the right to treat them as lemmings?
Michael Brown
http://www.JitteryCoffeeCupRoasters.com
We’ve been talking about it, now they’re finally here…Gift baskets! Got a coffee lover on your list this year? Then share some Jittery love with gift baskets. We’re offering two main choices with options for each.
First choice is six 3oz bags…options break down like this:
~Six Regular Coffees
~Six Flavored Coffees
~Three Flavored and Three Regular Coffees
Second Choice is four 12oz bags…option are similar:
~Four Regular Coffees
~Four Flavored Coffees
~Two Flavored and Two Regular Coffees
**ADDED BONUS!!** The price includes a beautiful wicker basket that could be a gift all its own!
Congratulations to Julie Devore for naming our new Sumatra blend; “Sumatra Sensation!” She has earned herself a free half-pound bag of the coffee she’s named! The Sumatra Sensation is (obviously) a Sumatra-based blend with some other secret ingredients, producing a Rich, Bold coffee. Full aroma, full bodied, rich in flavor! $11.19/Pound
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And we FINALLY have another Yemen on board! Yemen coffees are truly unique flavor profiles. The “Yemen Mokha” (Mokha being the port in Yemen from which it is shipped, has nothing to do with mocha-chocolate!) is no exception to Yemen’s wonderful coffee flavors. Yemen coffee has always been one of my personal favorites; intense, complex cups, semi-sweetness with a rustic full bodied undertone. Truly one of a kind.
-A little side story: There’s a gas station near where i live that i was doing some wholesale business with. When i was talking to one of the cashiers about the kinds of coffees i have, his eyes lit up when i mentioned Yemen Santa’ana (the former Yemen coffee i carried, VERY similar to the Mokha). Turns out he was born and raised in Santa’ana. So naturally he wanted some. I roasted him a batch and didn’t get to catch up with him again for a couple of week. When i did, he told me that coffee tasted and smelled like home. He was truly thankful that i could give him a trip home without getting on a plane. Pretty cool huh??
Yemen Mokha $13.89/Pound
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Kenyan coffees are indeed a unique kind of coffee! They demand top dollar for their crops because the quality/control seen there sets the standard for others. Sometimes the price tag keeps people from trying it, so for a limited time i’m lowering the price from $12.56 to $11.88.
Kenyan coffee grading scale is as follows: “AA” “AB” “A” etc… This particular coffee is an “AA” grade, meaning that it’s been graded and judged among the best by the coffee industry importers, tasters, judges, and various competitions.
Kenyan coffees are roasted lighter, bringing out more flavors of that origin. I would call this a “medium” roast profile. It’s a very delicate coffee with full flavor brightness and presence. Give it a try while it lasts!
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I finally get to take the time to talk to you about espresso. That’s ESpresso, not EXpresso. Call it what you like, there are a lot of misconceptions about what espresso is and what it should taste like. Most people THINK that espresso is supposed to be bitter, burnt tasting, and only functions to deliver more caffeine than regular coffee. Many people also say that espresso is an acquired taste. Wasn’t regular coffee an acquired taste? Did you LOVE coffee the first time you ever tasted it? Many people also think espresso describes a type of bean not how it’s prepared. Espresso is a beverage, not a type of bean!
Espresso does have more caffeine only because it’s a more concentrated coffee beverage. A normal espresso is 1-2oz depending on whether you get a single or double shot. The caffeine in that single or double shot is roughly equal to the caffeine that would be in an 8oz cup of coffee. Most espresso drinkers (myself included) will have one double shot in the morning then be set for the day! When I’m drinking regular coffee, it’s takes at least an entire pot of coffee until I “feel” awakened.
Espresso is SUPPOSED to be rich and flavorful. And just like regular coffee can be tailored to your specific tastes. Espresso, if done right, will have a blonde to dark-blonde “crema” on top. If your handed an espresso that is just plain BLACK, hand it back. This thick layer of crema delivers one of the flavor components of espresso. There are different ways to drink espresso. Some slam it back as if it’s a shot of liquor. I prefer to savor the unique flavors that emerge as the coffee cools slightly. I prefer to sip my espresso. Some even stir their espresso to mix all the flavors. And still some sip the crema off the top then slam back the remainder. What I’m trying to say is, EXPLORE espresso. Go to local shops and ask them about their espresso, where it comes from, who roasts it, how would they describe it?? Then, try experiencing the espresso in different ways. Try espresso from several different shops and watch how they prepare it, did they use fresh ground beans, did it take dribble out slowly or explode out of the portafilter? Pay attention to how that affects the end result.
Another misconception is that espresso beans are supposed to be black and oily. That is simply not true. Just like espresso is not a bean, it’s also not a color! Some coffee flavors emerge at different roast times and degrees. Espresso is my drink of choice. I also prefer to drink single origin coffees (not blended with anything else). Each coffee has flavors unique to itself. When I find flavors I like that I think might compliment each other, I’ll blend them together. Paying close attention to proportions so I can tweak whether I want more sweetness, body, chocolate tastes, brightness, etc…
My favorite kinds of espresso are ones that are bright, rich, and flavorful. I mix my own coffees to bring out a blend that I want for that given day. If I want more brightness I like Ethiopians for my base with maybe a Brazil or Guatemalan for body and texture. Kenyans will bring out more sweetness, but I prefer to keep their ratios under 20%.
What I would like you to take from this is: Espresso is supposed to be a delicate, rich, flavorful cup. It’s hard to find a good espresso only because proper espresso pulls are a skill that is LEARNED over time. It’s not like a pot of coffee that you just turn on. Espresso does not mean burnt, bitter, awful. Unfortunately if you go to most chain or franchise coffee shops what you will find is: burnt, bitter, AWFUL. Check out your local coffee shops or better yet, get an espresso machine for your home and chances are you can make better espresso than they can!
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