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The Alves Family has been cultivating the Yellow Catuai varietal in the most mountainous region of Brazil, Minas Gerais, for over forty years. We will be tasting two different processing lots from their harvest this year side by side in the press pot. Both are super tasty and quite different from one another.

BCRC cofounder Barth Anderson will be moderating a panel discussion on Collaboration in Specialty Coffee at the MANE Coffee Conference Saturday November 8, 2014 in Providence, RI.

The Coffee Porter that we made with Harpoon is on tap in their Beer Hall in Boston! Stop in for a pint soon because it won’t last long! HARPOON BREWERY 306 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210 617-456-2322

We like wine…almost as much as coffee. Sometimes we think of certain profiles as similar to particular wines. Coffees with forward tannins and well staged structure prove to be particularly tasty examples.  

We are in the process of making a delicious coffee porter with Harpoon Brewery in Boston. There will be approximately 30 barrels produced which will be served at the Harpoon Beer Hall in Boston. Watch our blog and Facebook Page for the exact date that it goes on tap.

Location: 500 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA (Area 4) Cost: $20 Included: 4 Coffee’s, 4 Wines and Food Time: 7:00pm Reservation: Please email Chris at graeff@areafour.com by October 6th, 3:00pm Space is limited  

The Espresso Sundae – A most just dessert.  Each Friday this August we will bring affogato to our menu at our Boston location. Our plan is to drown Toscanini’s French Vanilla ice cream in a Barrington Gold triple ristretto espresso. A sensation that will leave you with more than just a fond memory. $5 Barrington Coffee […]

Blind Assessment: Quietly rich, distinctive. Brisk notes of fine black tea and fresh-cut cedar balanced by considerable sweetness: honeysuckle, ripe apricot, vanilla. Crisp, pleasantly bittersweet acidity; light, silky mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates but lasts in a gently drying finish. Notes: Produced from trees of the rare (and expensive) Ethiopia-derived botanical variety Gesha (also spelled Geisha). Las Margaritas Gesha […]

Pink lemonade, pineapple, lavender. Spectacular flavors in their own right. The first fully mature Gesha varietal harvest from the Harerra Brothers Finca Las Margaritas bestows them all.   This tasting is FREE.   Barrington Coffee Roasting Company 346 Congress Street, Boston, MA Friday, May 30, 2014 1 – 3pm

Barrington Coffee is proud to be the New England Distributor of Alpha Dominche Steampunk machines. Our crew had the opportunity to spend some time with the amazing folks from Alpha Dominche and their incredible Steampunk brewing technology at the 2014 SCAA show in Seattle. After some in depth, hands on machine time two things were clear: we […]

Ever tasted coffee from the tropical island of Bali before? How about a natural processed coffee from any of the Indonesian islands? Join us as we taste two Indo naturals side by side, each outspoken in its own right. And to kick things into spring gear, albeit hopefully, we will be tasting these coffees flash […]

 Join us as we continue to celebrate the amazing harvest from Ethiopia this year. Here we will taste three Ethiopian coffees side by side as a “flight”. We hope you will enjoy and explore with us as we compare a spectrum of extravagant aromas and flavors that all hail from the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia. […]