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Freshly Roasted Coffee Delivered

oakcliffcoffee — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:11:31 +0000

Freshly roasted OCCR has been delivered.

Coffee roasted (1.24 & 1.25) and delivered yesterday & today (1.25 & 1.26):

Hypnotic Donuts - GRAND OPENING – Sunday, January 29th!!!!
Crooked Tree Coffeehouse
Cafe Koine – DTS Campus
Central Market Dallas (Bulk & Cafe Section)
Central Market Plano (Bulk Section)
Central Market Southlake (Bulk Section)
Oak Lawn Coffee
Black Forest Cafe (Half Price Books – Northwest Highway)
Urban Acres
Company Cafe
Company Cafe on The Katy Trail
Meddlesome Moth
Lighthouse
Taco Joint
Hunky’s Hamburgers
Lucia
Homestead Farms
Greenling

**Remember to check the Roasted-On Dates.**

Freshly Roasted Coffee Delivered

oakcliffcoffee — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:31:48 +0000

Below are the places that you can get the freshest coffee in Dallas.

Fresh roasted coffee has been delivered.

Coffee roasted (1.11 & 1.12) and delivered yesterday & today (1.12 & 12.13):

Remember to check the Roasted-On Dates.**

Fresh Roasted OCCR

oakcliffcoffee — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:17:23 +0000

Looking for some good Christmas ideas? Fresh roasted OCCR coffee is always a great idea! Below are the places that you can get the freshest coffee in Dallas.

Fresh roasted coffee is being delivered , below are all the fine retailers that you can find OCCR at.

Coffee roasted (12.13 & 12.14) and delivered yesterday & today (12.14 & 12.15):

** Remember to check the Roasted-On Dates.**

Best Pairing in Dallas 2011

oakcliffcoffee — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:01:51 +0000

Looking for a great Christmas gift?

We have teamed up with Kessler Cookie Company again to bring you the Best Pairing in Dallas.

For $40 you will receive a pound of Famous Oatmeal Cranberry Walnut Cookies & a pound of OCCR’s Christmas Offering 2011 – Colombia Cauca Inza.

Just visit our website to order. The last day to order is Sunday, December 18.

Merry Christmas!

Saturday, December 10

oakcliffcoffee — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:03:39 +0000

You can find us at all of these places tomorrow:

- Jason will be at Central Market Plano serving free samples from 10 am – 2pm.

- Shannon will be at Coppell Farmer’s Market from 8 am – 12 pm.

- D’Andra will be at White Rock Local Market from 9 am – 3 pm.

Shannon and D’Andra will be selling 10 oz bags for $10. We will have our new Christmas 2011 Colombia coffee, this coffee should not be missed!

See you tomorrow!

Freshly Roasted Coffee Delivered.

oakcliffcoffee — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:10:49 +0000

We are delivering freshly roasted coffee. Below are all the fine retailers that you can find OCCR at.

Coffee roasted (12.6 & 12.7) and delivered yesterday & today (12.7 & 12.8):

** Remember to check the Roasted-On Date.**

Freshly Roasted Coffee

oakcliffcoffee — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:16:11 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are delivering freshly roasted coffee. Below is list of all the fine retailers that you can find OCCR at.

Coffee roasted (11.21 & 11.22) and delivered yesterday & today (11.22 & 11.23):

** Remember to check the Roasted-On Date.**

Freshly Roasted Oak Cliff Coffee

oakcliffcoffee — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:01:23 +0000

Fresh roasted coffee has been delivered. Below is a list of all the fine retailers that you can find OCCR at.

Coffee roasted (11.1 & 11.2) and delivered yesterday & today (11.2 & 11.3):

** Remember to check the Roasted-On Date.**

Nombre de Dios…. Finally!

oakcliffcoffee — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:51:18 +0000

Click to view slideshow.

This week, our roaster’s choice subscribers got the first taste of our new Finca Nombre de Dios offering this week. And it will be up on the web for purchase this weekend (hopefully).

I often get people asking me what my favorite coffee is. That answer generally depends on my mood or the weather or any combination of a variety of environmental factors. So I try to explain, through cliché, that I love all of my coffees, and then I’ll tell them which one suits my fancy at that particular moment. But go ahead and ask me now and I’ll give you more definitive answer…

Finca Nombre de Dios – Matapan, El Salvador. We have 3 direct trade micro-lots of coffee from this farm. The current lot, ‘Arenal’, is harvested from one of the highest altitude portions of the farm which is known for it’s sandy loam soil (hence ‘Arenal’) There is a myriad of reasons why this coffee is my current favorite. Let me start with the most translatable aspect to our customers… the cup.

The cup is a shining example of a really high grown El Salvador Bourbon-varietal profile. It’s under-toned with milk chocolate and caramel sweetness, and carries a subtle but very present tangerine note that makes for beautifully creamy and balanced cup. In addition, they are consistent Cup of Excellence winners, placing 11th this year. There is so much that we look for in our Direct Trade relationships but if they don’t produce a really high quality coffee then it won’t work for our business model. This coffee works.

The second reason this is my favorite coffee is because it is the fruits of my labor. I put a lot of work into researching, contacting, cupping samples and communicating with producers from El Salvador to find someone with fantastic coffee that was willing to work directly with a ‘little guy’. Nombre de Dios stood out in this process. Then in February I took a trip to El Salvador to stay at the farm, cup various lots of coffee and tour its operations. Transportation for the coffee was a struggle and waiting game as I tried to get the imported into the US. It arrived 4 months later than I had hoped for, but it’s here now!

The third reason is the farm itself. It’s a picturesque farm, high up in the Metapan Mountains about 2 hours north of Santa Ana. The coffee trees are beautiful, running underneath plenty of shade trees (a lot of oak and pine) so that it gives you more of the impression a forest than a farm.

Most of the workers live on the farm and are provided arable land, healthcare and schooling. They don’t own an organic certification but most of their farming practices are organic methods; they use pulp compost and chicken manure (which they purchase from the workers who live on the farm) for fertilizers.

The fourth reason this is my current favorite coffee is the history of the farm. I love stories and I love history and this farm has plenty of both. The name Finca Nombre de Dios got it’s name when Maria’s great grandfather originally planted the farm. They didn’t know if the delicate coffee plants would take to the soil, so each time they planted a tree they dedicated it to God in hopes that He would bless their labor. They would say “in the name of God” with each tree that they planted which in Spanish is ‘Nombre de Dios’.

While on the farm, we stayed in a log cabin that was built by Maria’s grandfather and it was filled with family photos of all the generations of farmers of Nombre de Dios that served to document the history. It was really a special experience for me.

The foremost reason that this is my favorite coffee right now is Maria Botto and her son Javier. It has really been a pleasure to develop a relationship with them and to be able to showcase their coffee here in Dallas. If you missed it, in May we had our first FRBY event with Maria and Javier, and my family got to return a favor and host them in our house. They came to the Crooked Tree Coffehouse and shared with some our customers stories about their farm and the coffee harvesting process.

It was really a unique experience to be able to bring a coffee producer into Dallas and connect them with the people who get to experience and enjoy the fruits of their labor. Anyone who knows me personally, knows that I value being connected with the farmers who supply my food, so it was great for me to be able to connect people one of their coffee farmers.

I hope that you’ll take the chance to experience this coffee and I hope that you find it as excellent as I do!

Your Roaster,

Shannon

Fresh Roasted Coffee Delivered

oakcliffcoffee — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:05:45 +0000

Fresh roasted coffee has been delivered. Below is a list of all the fine retailers that you can find OCCR at.

Coffee roasted (10.18 & 10.19) and delivered yesterday & today (10.19 & 10.20):

** Remember to check the Roasted-On Date.**