Press Coffee

Hi Friends and Neighbors!

      Our Featured Beer of the month is a northern Arizona treat, Grand Canyon Brewery’s Sunset Amber Ale. Plenty of those crystal malts, and earthy sweetness we all enjoy. This is great for summertime! Smooth, citrusy, but not overly complacent in its flavors, it’s evocative and deliciously smooth, well worth trying. Want to learn about beer? We'll also be hosting beer tastings over the course of the month, so make sure to keep up with all our events through our website; www.presscoffeefoodwine.com. Register free for Press Wine Club, at  presswineclub@presscfw.com, and have the opportunity to enjoy huge discounts on wine, and craft beer.

Stay cool out there, and we hope to see you soon!

* Live Music- Friday June 11^th and 18^th  @ 7-9pm

Friday June 11^th Leah Noble performs, with guest Cale Jones. We welcome Leah on her Coffee House tourof AZ!    http://www.leahnobel.com. http://www.myspace.com/jonesingformusic.

Friday June 18^th, we have performance from Chelsea Faulds. A neighborhood talent, Chelsea sings soulful tunes, and may even take requests from the crowd.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES JUNE 26th

           Nate Williams Band

* Coffee Cupping- Saturday June 19th @ 10-11am

Saturday June 19^th join Mitch, our Head Roaster/Coffee Geek for a FREE coffee cupping. We’ll discuss flavors, profiles, the roasting process and how to get the best out of your coffee maker at home. Fresh coffee is unimaginably different than coffee that was roasted months ago! Learn to know, appreciate and LOVE coffee!

* Wine Tasting- Thursdays June 10th and 24th, 6:30-8:00pm

  Join us for an intimate gathering at our communal table as you discover 4 incredible boutique wines!  Toast to new friends & new wines!

  COST: $15 per person- includes 4 wine tastings, a variety of cheeses, baguette, basil pesto, and discount on featured wines.  Please sign up to reserve.

* For all wine tastings & classes, please pay in advance. Sign up at Press or e-mail Carrie@presscfw.com to reserve.  We also cater to private parties & meetings.  Ask for Arielle, or e-mail Arielle@presscfw.com.

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- DID YOU KNOW...  That the terms “light roast” and “dark roast” are amazingly non-specific descriptors about what type of flavor a coffee will yield. During Pyrolysis, the roasting process, the darker a coffee is roasted the more acidity and body is roasted out of the bean. As the sugars carmelize in darkly roasted coffee, the hints of tobacco, earthiness, and almond tend to become more pronounced. Lightly roasted coffee has more caffeine, more body, and will generally give you a fuller profile of the coffee’s flavors. Of course, this is very generalized, as different origins (Ethiopia vs. Brazil) are going to give you different flavors regardless of the roast, it’s important to understand the basics. My coffee tip, would be to think about what in coffee you love. The sweetness? The caramel notes? The berry? And ask your friendly barista what they recommend.

-RECIPE OF THE MONTH- The drip brewing, or home brewing, method of making coffee extracts a lot of caffeine out of the grounds and has a tendency to “overextract”; producing a bitter, almost flavorless brew, with little body, and little verve. This is one reason, along with the scarcity of coffee in the 1700’s during  the spreading colonization in the south, that people began adding chicory to their coffee. Chicory is the roasted root of the endive plant, and can turn a lifeless brewed coffee into something totally different. Up for something new? Add a little into your morning grounds, and take a spin down chicory lane (start small, only 2 tsp for 4cups brewed coffee).

*Meet our imPRESSive Team: Arielle, Carrie, Mitch, Therese, Judith, Collin, Jason, Hannah and Steve.