The La Marzocco Cafรฉ and Showroom inside Seattleโs KEXP Studiosโwinner of the 2016 Sprudgie Award for Best New Cafeโhas a guest program like no other, allowing roasters from around the country to take over their space for a month to deliver their own version of a cafe experience to customers. And now the coffee bar is going Nordic. La Marzocco have announced their roaster lineup for the next year and it kicks off with Osloโs Tim Wendelboe.
Beginning March 20th, the Scandinavian roaster will take over the space for what Wendelboe believes will be a new experience for both customers and company:
Stay tuned for an interview with Wendelboe next week on Sprudge, in advance of his March 20th residency.
In conjunction with the 2017-18 cafe roster announcement, La Marzocco Home is also launching an intriguing new espresso subscription program that will mimic the showroomโs lineup. Along with a selection of coffee from the current roaster in residence, La Marzocco will also send out educational resources to subscribersโvideos, brew guides, and much more. The new subscription service costs $39 a month and includes two bags of espresso each month to be delivered around the 15th.
The La Marzocco Cafรฉ and Showroom guest program is one of the most ambitious of its kind, and now thanks to their new subscription program, it isnโt just limited to Seattle folks. Southerners like myself want to get in on the fun too, yโknow.
For more information or to sign up for the subscription service, visit La Marzocco Homeโs website here. A complete list of roasters at the La Marzocco Cafรฉ and Showroom for 2017-18 can be found hereโthey pretty much all rule, but call me especially stoked for residencies from folks like Madcap Coffee (June), Olympia Coffee & La Fontaine de Belleville (Fall 2017), and Onyx Coffee Lab (Spring 2018).
Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network.
*top image via La Marzocco