Maybe you spent the last week arguing glassware and drinking vessels on Twitter, or maybe you were just too busy enjoying your coffee and the people around you. Whatever the case may be, here’s all the coffee news you missed in the last 7 days —all in one spot. It’s like a brandy snifter, only way less pretentious.
Relief: Our friends and partners at Intelligentsia are carrying on the tradition of coffee-sponsored cycling events by becoming the title sponsors for “The Intelligentsia Cup.” This cycling series takes place in 8 cities throughout Wisconsin and Illinois. The event benefits “World Bicycle Relief,” whose main focus is on the design and manufacture of bicycles equipped to handle African terrain; you could well see bikes funded by the Intelligentsia Cup helping farmers in Kenya or Rwanda deliver coffee cherries to collection sites and washing stations. So cool.
In conjunction with this event, Intelli are donating $2 from every bag of their Yirgacheffe Ethiopia to World Bicycle Relief, beginning today, July 8th, and running until July 21st.
Go buy coffee and attend this free event!
Portland: Stumptown founder Duane Sorenson has teamed up with pastry chef Dan Griffin (formally of Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery) to open a bakery, pizza place, and cafe housed in the former Stumptown roastery on Southeast Division Street called “Roman Candle Baking Company.” This latest venture is a bakery first, and inspired by all things Italian.
Shanghai: Jacqui Raquel spent 24-hours drinking coffee in Shanghai, and gave us an incredible look inside of the coffee culture thanks to the invaluable insights of shop owners, trainers, and managers.
