We’re excited to announce the debut of our new collaboration with Steel String Brewery, the limited edition Dooley Black Saison.
Dooley Black Saison is brewed by Steel String Brewery in Carrboro using Carrboro Coffee Roasters’ La Providencia cold brew from Guatemala. Dooley is a refreshing, summer-friendly coffee beer, with fruity saison notes. The beer is available on tap at Steel String and by the bottle at Open Eye Cafe and Caffe Driade.
Join us for a tasting of this unique beer on Thursday, July 23rd from 7pm to 9pm at Open Eye Cafe. We will offer a side-by-side comparison of the cold brew coffee with the beer to highlight the coffee component of the beer.
Dooley is the latest in a series of delicious coffee beers produced by Steel String and Carrboro Coffee, including the Night Train Coffee IPA and the No Quarter Brekkie Stout.
Our roast of the unique and highly prized Nicaragua Cup of Excellence award-winning coffee from Finca La Cascada is now available in whole bean and by the cup at Open Eye Cafe and Caffe Driade!
Carrboro Coffee Roasters President Scott Conary visited this region after serving as a judge for the Nicaragua Cup of Excellence program. Finca La Cascada is named for the waterfall that runs through the carefully maintained property. Farmer Genaro Herrera believes the secret to the quality of his coffee is the dedication and commitment taken in every step of the process.
The Cup of Excellence award is the most prestigious honor a coffee can earn. The program develops and promotes some of the most outstanding coffees in the world, incentivizing the production of exemplary quality coffee while growing local economies at origin and returning profits directly to farmers. Cup of Excellence award-winning coffees have secured record-breaking prices far above those typically offered, in direct connection to their superior quality, and are often only available in very small batches.
This winning Nicaragua COE has a delightful berries and creamy chocolate balance with a spicy, chai-like, creamy finish. We have a very limited amount of this roast available, so come get a taste while you can!
We will be partnering with Open Eye Cafe to offer a $1 discount on both whole bean and pour-over brews of the Nicaragua Cup of Excellence roast during Carrboro’s town-wide Summer Harvest Sale! Stop by Open Eye July 10-12 to enjoy a cup at this reduced price.
Join us and a remarkable group of Piedmont farmers and chefs this weekend at Farm to Fork, a three day celebration of sustainable farming, local agriculture, and the growing relationships between local farms, producers and restaurants.
We will be providing hot coffee from our Farmer Direct Relationship program brewed using a Manual Method for the Friday night dinner at Duke Gardens. The dinner will feature five acclaimed North Carolina chefs, including Vivian Howard from the PBS series A Chef’s Life.
At the Sunday tasting picnic, we will be offering Japanese-style Iced Brews of these Direct Relationship coffees. This version will be brewed using a Chemex Manual Method to bring out the sweetness and unique flavor of these coffees.
Carrboro Coffee Roasters President Scott Conary is honored to have been interviewed as part of Carolina Cooks, Carolina Eats, a new class at UNC-Chapel Hill exploring the history and contemporary politics of food in North Carolina. The class has an exciting longterm research goal of documenting food voices across the state to create an atlas of North Carolina foodways.
You can listen to Scott discuss the heart of Carrboro Coffee Roasters and Direct Relationship coffees in this multimedia oral history, titled “Not About a Business Transaction,” here.
Read more about Carolina Cooks, Carolina Eats here.
Carrboro Coffee Roasters is one of the featured beverage makers at Taste 2015, a four-day festival celebrating the Durham-Chapel Hill culinary scene.
The focus of this year’s festivals is pairings — how even the most extraordinary food can be elevated when paired with the right drink.
We will be serving our Farmer Direction Relationship coffee at the Grand Taste Experience on April 23rd. Come try delicious dishes created by 20 of the best chefs in the region, meet the makers of your favorite local beverages, see live music, and mingle with fellow foodies.
A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to the Durham Branch of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina.
We’re excited to announce the release of our roast of the incredible 2014 Rwanda Cup of Excellence. In March, we gave you the chance to taste NY-based Gimme! Coffee’s roast of this award-winning coffee. It was delicious. This month, we’ll introduce you to our own roast of the same coffee.
The official unveiling of Carrboro Coffee’s Rwanda Cup of Excellence roast will be April 16th at 7pm in the main room at Open Eye Cafe. Explore this delicious and rare coffee and enjoy a free screening of A Film About Coffee, a documentary that highlights the work Carrboro Coffee has been engaged in over the past 11 years.
There will be a very limited amount of our Rwanda COE roast availablefor purchase in whole bean or by the cupat both Caffe Driade and Open Eye Cafe following the release. It’s likely to go fast, so make sure to stop by and get a taste!
The Cup of Excellence award is the most prestigious award a coffee can earn. The program develops and promotes some of the most outstanding coffees in the world, encouraging the production of exemplary quality coffee while benefiting local economies at origin. The rigorous competition is open to any grower in the country, the winning coffees are sold through a worldwide online auction, and all profits are returned to the producing country, with a significant 83% of total auction proceeds returning straight to the farmer. Cup of Excellence award-winning coffees have secured record-breaking prices far above those typically offered, in direct connection to the superior quality of the coffee, and are often only available in small amounts.
This winning Rwanda COE was lot 27 from Murangara CWS, a Private Coffee Washing Station located in Muguba Sector, Karongi District in Western Province. The coffee washing station is very small scale, but has an important role in local communities because it generates jobs, providing income and social benefits to nearby residents. The coffee has a unique profile resulting from the topography conditions of the region. It is grown at 1500 to 1800masl Altitude, with Wet process and Natural sun drying. You can read more about the specifics here.
Carrboro Coffee Roasters president Scott Conary was honored to serve as a judge for the 2013 Rwanda Cup of Excellence competition, and is looking forward to returning this year in July! Read more about his experience in Rwanda in his “Field Report” for Barista Magazine here. It starts on page 34.
Scott and the rest of the Rwanda Cup of Excellence 2013 Judges Panel:
Scott with 2013 national cuppers:
Traditional dance performance as part of Cup of Excellence 2013 awards ceremony:
Scott with some of the children who received desks donated by him and other Cup of Excellence international judges:
To celebrate the upcoming release of our Cup of Excellence Rwanda award winning coffee, Carrboro Coffee Roasters will be featuring a special, LIMITED offer this Thursday, March 26th of this Rwanda COE roasted by Gimme! Coffee in Ithaca and Brooklyn, NY.
We’re excited to bring you the opportunity to explore two variations of this exceptional coffee, as roasted by two different roasting companies that shared this lot. We will be offering free tastings of Gimme’s roast at Open Eye Cafe/Carrboro Coffee Roasters from noon until it runs out.
We will unveil our own Rwanda roast on April 16th at 7p.m. with a special screening of A Film About Coffee, a documentary that parallels the ongoing work Carrboro Coffee Roasters has been involved in for the past eleven years, in the main room at Open Eye Cafe. This will be a very limited feature, so don’t miss it!
The Cup of Excellence award is the most prestigious award given to high quality coffee. In addition to highlighting some of the most outstanding coffees in the world, the program helps farmers by connecting quality with price and hard work to make exemplary coffee worthwhile.
Here’s a photo of Gimme! Coffee brewing our roast of the Rwanda COE at their tasting event in NY:
Join us in trying some incredible local craft beer at the inaugural Cardinal Directions Beer Festival this Sunday, March 29th outside Steel String Brewery in downtown Carrboro, across the street from the Roastery.
In honor of Spring, each brewery at the festival will be featuring its own adaptation of the Saison, as well as some of their other favorite brews.
Carrboro Coffee Roasters will have a booth featuring our Black Saison collaboration with Steel String Brewery, as well as our No Quarter Brekkie Stout. Get a taste of these delicious coffee beers, and sample the Farmer Direct Relationship, Guatemalan Finca La Providencia coffee used to make them! We will have it prepared as cold brewed, like we use in the beer creation, and hand-brewed hot to enjoy!
Join us for a complimentary coffee tasting! We’ll have some of our favorite coffee available for you to sample. What better way to get your grocery shopping done?
Here are our upcoming Weaver Street Market coffee tastings:
We’re excited to welcome Master Sommelier Fred Dex to Carrboro Coffee Roaster’s Golden Belt Pop-Up space!
Dex’s new venture, Rx Wine Lab, will open as a weekend pop-up at Golden Belt (807 E. Main St., Durham) this Friday, February 27th at 6pm. The 16-seat wine bar will feature carefully curated wines by the glass and bottle as well as wine flights tailored to each individual’s taste.
In addition to Friday and Saturday evening pop-ups, Dex will offer a weekly classroom series. Upcoming classes include a France Master Class on March 4th, Spanish Wine Tasting with Estella Oncines from Cellars La Vinyeta on March 5th, and Italy Master Class on March 10th.
We’re excited to rub elbows with Fred and his team of sommeliers and enjoy some incredible wine!
More information about upcoming classes available here.
Our roast of the unique and highly prized Nicaragua Cup of Excellence award-winning coffee from Finca La Cascada is now available in whole bean and by the cup at Open Eye Cafe and Caffe Driade!
We’re excited to welcome Master Sommelier Fred Dex to Carrboro Coffee Roaster’s Golden Belt Pop-Up space!