Blind Assessment: Gently pungent, harmoniously complex. Sweet flowers, rich, cocoa-like chocolate, walnut and an orangy fruit in aroma and cup. Crisp acidity. Delicate, very silky mouthfeel. Flavor persists into a rather drying finish. Notes: This coffee represents a micro-lot project, Lot 36, from an eight-acre parcel within the eighty-three acre Finca Las Esmeraldas farm. Barrington Coffee is […]
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Geishas for the Holidays
These coffees represent bookends on a shelf filled with Geisha varietals. Both hail from the same farm, the Ninety Plus Gesha Estates in Panama. Both have been grown, picked, processed and roasted with exceptional care. The Lycello is a washed process Geisha that is pristine and elegant. The Perci Red is a natural processed Geisha that is absolutely immense […]
New! Solera Espresso
Floral and sweet with juicy flavors of fruit, caramel and sunlight. An irresistibly clean profile.
Complimentary Tasting! – Press or Vacuum?
Friday, September 28 346 Congress Street, Boston, MA 1-3 pm Join us for a taste of this years stunning harvest from Hacienda La Minita grown under the supervision of coffee visionary Bill McAlpin in the Tarrazú region of central Costa Rica. We will prepare this coffee with two different methods; an old favorite, the press pot, […]
New! Costa Rica La Minita
Red cherry and dark chocolate in the foreground with kiwi and passion fruit in the background, clean acidity and velvety body.
Honduras Iced
Friday, August 31 346 Congress Street, Boston, MA 1-3 pm Cold Drop or Flash? Join us for a refreshing one two as we KO the summer heat with this years Seydi Argueta micro-lot from her family farm in Marcala, Honduras. We will prepare her coffee two different ways; flash brewed iced and painstakingly slowly cold […]
New! Honduras Seydi Argueta
Creamy nut aroma, sweet with crisp, juicy acidity, flavors of melon and kumquat transition to cordial on the finish. Highly quaffable.
Gabriella Gershenson’s Berkshire Mountains
We are excited to be featured in this great article on The Berkshires in Saveur Magazine online.
Fresh Cup Magazine
Our Boston shop was featured in the July 2012 issue of Fresh Cup Magazine.
A Successful Event!
Thanks to all of our friends and customers who came out for the affogato tasting last Friday. A great time was had by all!
Affogato Tasting
Friday, July 20 346 Congress Street, Boston, MA 1-3 pm Join us for a taste of one of life’s most just desserts. Our signature Barrington Gold espresso ristretto poured atop Shirl’s vanilla gelato. It is a taste, temperature and texture sensation that will leave you with more than a fond memory. Gratis.
New! Costa Rica ASO-RIO
Concise acidity, with lively flavors of blood orange bitters and grapefruit, as well as savory flavors of coriander and brownie crust.
Hot vs. Iced
Thursday, June 7 346 Congress Street, Boston, MA 1 – 3pm Come and taste the newly arrived ASO-RIO micro lot from Costa Rica with Barrington Coffee GM Christina Stanton and Cupping Director Colleen Nixon. We will be offering a side by side tasting of this beautiful coffee, drip brewed hot and a la Minute iced. […]
A Visit From Formaggio Kitchen
Matthew Swoveland from Formaggio Kitchen wrote a great blog post about his visit with us.
New! Indian Mysore Harley Estate
Sweet, delicate, creamy and buttery with hazelnut and milk chocolate flavors. This coffee shines in the press and as espresso.
Turkish Coffee Tasting
Thursday, May 3 346 Congress Street, Boston, MA 1 -3 pm Join us for a taste of one of the oldest and most romantic coffee preparation methods of all time. Barth will discuss its history, show how to make it, and suggest which coffees perform best this way and why. We will serve up this […]
Ruiru Mills Estate Receives 92 Points!
Blind Assessment: Rich, complex, savory sweet. Caramel, lemon, molasses, hints of apricot and rose-like flowers in aroma and cup. Crisply tart acidity; silky mouthfeel. Flavor carries into a rich though drying finish. Notes: Despite grower discontent and loss of prime growing terrain to urban development, Kenya continues to produce some of the world’s most elegant and distinctive […]
Open Tasting Event
Come join us for an Open Tasting of our new Cup of Excellence Award Winning Rwanda Kirorero Hosted by Roastmaster Heck Friday, April 13 from 1 – 3pm at our Boston shop (346 Congress Street).
