It doesn’t happen often, but we’re in need of a hand or two here in the shop! We currently have openings for the following positions:
- Cashier (leading up to a Barista position) (roughly 9-3 shift but varies)
- Utility (Afternoon position)
Do you have what it takes to work in a high-pressure yet fun environment? Head on over to our careers page, check out the job descriptions and enjoyment related to working here. There’s directions on what to do next. Remember: we’re looking for workers, not people who just want to collect a paycheck.
Thanks, and good luck!
I know that I haven’t had the chance to update the website with these, but I want to get them out there for you all to try out!
El Salvador finca Santa Sofiá (2010 Crop) We’ve had this coffee in the past here and we LOVE it! Look for a thick, syrup-like body plus a wonderful plum/dark cherry tone to the sip. Once you swallow, all that’s left is that lingering syrupy taste. No coffee aftertaste! Deee—lish! The coffee comes from a farm that’s won 5–count ‘em– 5 Cup of Excellence awards and it shows in every cup. $7.95 8oz, $11.95 16oz.
Mexico Majomut A new offering for us! And it’s another relationship coffee for us! A wonderfully mild, slightly fruit-toned cup with a wonderful, lingering aftertaste that can’t be beat. Definitely worth a sip. As I said, this is a relationship coffee which means we have the complete coffee biography from our importer, Atlas Coffee. (You’ll need Adobe Acrobat to read the coffee biography). $7.25 8oz, $11.25 16oz.
Hawaii Kona – Kowali Farm Typica Okay, you’ve asked for a Kona and I believe I have found one that’s worth it. This Kona has won First Place in the Kona Coffee Competition.
Rita Cowell and her monster coffee tree!
The farm is managed by Skip and Rita Cowell, is 12 acres “big,” and is perched high atop the hillsides of Honaunau in southern Kona. No pesticides are used in the processing of the coffee, and the farmers are active in water conservation. Plus, the coffee is just that darn good. Incredibly mellow but with a big flavor of jasmine and honey plus a tea-like consistency on your palate. $35 16oz. or $5 in the syphon pot.
Ripe Kona coffee cherry.
(images courtesy of our importer, the Coffee Shrub)
Those of you signed up for our coupon at www.groupon.com, let me first say WELCOME! We’re glad you found us!
There’s only one big rule for the groupon coupons:
- You get $8.00 off the pre-tax total. We won’t be giving any change back if you’re under $8, so you should get more!
You can spend your groupon coupon on anything in the store, from our legendary latte art lattes to fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon rolls to mouth-watering breakfasts.
Well, what are you waiting for? We’re up here waiting for you, right on Black Forest Road–a mere six minutes northeast of Woodmen and Powers.
Driving directions are on our home page, you can contact us by checking out our contact page.
Coffee shops the world over pride themselves on becoming integrated into the community, and we here at R&R are no different. With pride I can say that we have become the community gathering place in Black Forest. As I type this, I can look over the dining area, and I can tell you the names, favorite drinks and foods, hobbies, and other little snippets of information of over 3/4 of the guests sitting in here. To say that the Black Forest community has become part of our family would be an understatement.
In the two-plus years we’ve been here, we’ve celebrated births, graduations, promotions, and weddings. We’ve mourned job losses, moves, and passings on. We love the celebrations; we dread the mournings.
Which brings me to my point of this post.
In the last few weeks, two of our most cherished extended family members have passed on or are just about to.
Molly, a wonderfully sweet dancer who became fast friends with our family both in and out of our store, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and was given a mere two weeks to live. That was two weeks ago.
Sara, another close friend, decided for reasons only she knew, that she did not belong in this world anymore. Our personal feelings on suicide aside, we mourn for her pain and the turmoil her family is now living through.
As everyone already knows, it’s rough when you lose a family member. It’s just as rough for us when we lose an extended family member. But instead of decking out our store in flowers and black ribbons, we have decided to celebrate both our lost friends’ lives.
This Saturday, we will donate 30% of all sales to our lost friends. For Molly, we will be making a contribution to the American Cancer Society. For Sara, we will be donating to her husband and thirteen-year-old daugher, who, suffice it to say, have been absolutely rocked by her decision.
We hope you will come join us in celebrating our lost friends and supporting our decision to help out our community.
And please, please, oh please: if you feel like there’s no other escape for your troubles, do not–under any circumstances–keep it bottled up. Please talk to a friend, family member, minister, or contact the Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1800-273-TALK. There is no reason at all for you to end your own life. It’s not just your own life you’re taking: you’re taking your families lives as well.
Thank you,
The gang at R&R
UPDATE: Thank you sooooo much to the Black Forest Community! With our contribution, we raised over $300 for our family members. See? This is why we love Black Forest the way we do! Words cannot express the gratitude and love we feel for our home.
It’s time to update our coffee selections again, netizens!
First off, we have brought back one of our favorites, the Costa Rica Terrazú Santa Elena Estate “Miel”. A wonderfully sweet, bright flavor with a subtle butter and raisin tone in the undercurrents. We’ve procured quite a bit of this gem, so we won’t be running out anytime soon, either. If you want more information, we have an “About our Coffee” post right here on this very blogsite.
Also back in (but still needing to be roasted by yours truly) is another favorite, the Guatemala Ixil A’achimbal. Known as the Guatemala Trapichitos last year, this year brought a new name but the same flavors: wine-like acidity, subtle smokiness, and great fruit tones.
And, coming soon:
We have established our first Direct Trade! We are going to be working directly with Alberto Marzan, grower of the Dominican Gold Coffee. We have just sampled his “Classic” coffee, and we were blown away. It’s tremendously smooth, with a subtle cocoa tone and nuanced fruit and berry flavors. This is one worth keeping!
To all you who are repeatedly asking me to carry Hawaii Kona: I hear you. I have found a new Kona coffee that has won “Best of Hawaii” coffee this year! I’ll be ordering that Kona shortly, but I warn you: I’m only ordering 15 pounds of the beastie: that works out to be about 10-11 pounds of 100% Kona. Let me know if you’re interested in a pound or two.
Whew! Always changing the coffees, searching for the best cup!
We want to see your coffee in use!
From on your counter fighting off the morning to climbing mountains to whatever you can think of, we want to see your coffee bag being used! And we’ll give you things for the picture!
Here’s what to do:
- Buy a pound bag of our freshly roasted coffee (not online yet, dangit…)
- Take a picture of your bag in use or in any locale you deem fit. The more creative the better!
- Upload your picture to our Fan Pictures section of our Facebook Page . Make sure you caption the picture “I WANT FREE COFFEE!” so we know that it’s part of the contest.
- Take more than one picture if you want! There’s no limit to how many entries you can have.
- We will vote on the pictures in three categories: Craziest Shot, Best Use of the coffee, and most Artistic Picture.
The winner of each category will get five–count ‘em– five free pounds of coffee from R&R!
Start taking those pictures and uploading ‘em! The contest will end June 18, 2010 and winners will be announced at our Annual Ice Cream Social June 19th! (you don’t have to be present to win, although we’d like it if you’d come to the party that day…)
Who doesn't want FREE COFFEE?!?
(Fine print! All pictures submitted may be used in advertising purposes on rnrcoffeecafe.com, its twitter feed at twitter.com/rnrcoffeecafe or its facebook page. We are not responsible if you get in trouble or spill/lose your coffee trying to capture that crazy shot. Winners will be determined by vote by the R&R staff. Prize will be distributed one pound at a time in order to maintain our freshness standard. (Sorry, no one can drink 5 pounds of coffee in a week…) One prize per household, please. Don’t be greedy. R&R Staff and families are not eligible. Make sure that your picture’s theme is something that can be shown on a public domain. R&R has the right to remove any picture we deem inappropriate for our concept. Prizes can not be transferred to other parties. Plus anything else that can land us in hot water. 
)
Good luck! There’s 5 pounds of coffee waiting for ya!
Okay, so one of the things that I learned while researching opening my own coffee roasterie is that once you settle on an Espresso Blend, you never, never change it. That blend is your “signature” when it comes to your mark on the coffee world. Sure, you can change your components of the blend as availability warrants, but never the final flavor of the espresso. And for the last two years, I’ve done just that. Sure, a little flavor “tweak” here and there (I miss the cherry tone the Colombia Popayán added…), but I have kept the spirit of the “Red Stallion” espresso alive.
However, we have run into a problem. One of the biggest components of the “Red Stallion” blend is the Costa Rica Tarrazú. Due to the seasonality of the Costa (read: I didn’t order it in time! ), I’ve had to go back to the drawing board.
Let’s welcome the newest blend, the Espresso 7444.
Espresso 7444. Pours nice, eh?
No, it didn’t take 7444 tries to come up with the blend, I promise. The 7444 is the altitude of the store. And, so you know, we’re pronouncing it as “seventy-four, forty-four.” Pretentious, eh?
The 7444 is a lighter roast than the Red Stallion. It is sweeter in the cup as well. This ‘spro is wonderful as a shot or in the milk. As a shot, it’s incredibly well-rounded. A bright sweetness dominates the sip with a wonderful green apple (not Granny Smith sour!) tone that fills your mouth. As the shot cools, a citrus acidity leaps off your tongue. The lingering citrus aftertaste is phenomenal. In a macchiato, latte, or cappuccino, the 7444 just helps emphasize the natural sweetness of our Royal Crest milk. If you add sugar to your latte, I recommend trying your latte first. You probably won’t have to add that sugar.
The price per pound stays the same as the Red Stallion (7.25/8oz, 11.25/16oz).
We’ll be debuting our new espresso blend tomorrow (Saturday the 8th) so come on by and try it out!
Hello all!
Have you made plans for dinner tonight? No? Well, why not come down to R&R and try out our dinner offerings!
Tonight’s menu:
- Chicken Cordon Bleu ($10.95)
- Chef’s Cod Platter ($8.95)
Both served with two sides and a dessert for two.
We know your mouth is watering! Come on down starting at 5. See you then!
Have we got a treat for you!
Our importer has secured, and, thusly, we have secured, a wonderful coffee from Rwanda, the Abakundakawa.
Abakundakawa, which is Rwandan for “Those who love coffee” is a co-op of farmers in the Gakenke district of northern Rwanda. 1954 members make up this cooperative, and over 40% of those members are female. The cooperative is Fair Trade Certified and is leading the way in organic certification processes for the Rwandan growers.
This coffee is grown between 1755 and 2000 meters and is processed at one of two washing stations the cooperative owns. It is harvested between March and May.
Yeah, yeah, you say. What does it taste like? Well, glad you asked.
The initial fragrance reminds me of a lightly brewed orange tea. The cup itself: very nuanced and delicate flavors abound. From honey to sweet berries to grapefruit, this cup packs a wallop of flavors without being so overpowering you can’t handle it. Aftertaste-wise, I get a silky, buttery mouthfeel.
This is an absolutely outstanding cuppa, and I can’t recommend it enough. But be warned, I was only able to get one bag of it! It’ll last for a while, but there’s no seconds!
$6.95/ half pound
$10.95/ full pound
Or, try it on our new Syphon Brewer for $2.50/cup!
See you soon at R&R!
Hey all– sorry about the short notice on the dinner for this week. It’s been a fun week…
Tonight’s Entrees:
- Baked Ravioli
- Baked Spaghetti
Both served with dinner salad, garlic toast, and a slice of Amaretto Marble Cheesecake.
Dinner starts at 5! Beat the snow and come in early!