Recipe From the Coffee Window: Potato Chip Omelet Sandwich
Recipe: Potato Chip Omelet Sandwich Serves: 1 in a jiffy Coffee: Savoia – Vietnamese style Inspiration If you think stuffing a handful of potato chips into a sandwich [...read more...]
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Recipe From the Coffee Window: Breakfast Couscous
Recipe: Breakfast Couscous Serves: 2 huge eaters Coffee: French Press Afrique Inspiration What makes couscous work in this recipe is also what made it so valuable in its [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: The Philly-Churri
Recipe: The Philly-Churri Serves: 3-4 People Coffee: Nizza, on the Stovetop Inspiration Our hometown has a huge food history, and most of it lies between two slices of [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Brazilian Cheese Bread
Recipe: Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pao de Queijo) Serves: approximately 24 rolls Coffee: Pure Black, over ice Inspiration Although we are constantly experimenting with savory [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Coffee-Rubbed Chicken Sandwich
La Colombe: The Sandwich Solution Perfectly portioned to fit on muffins with darker meat that stays moist, even when refrigerated. Behold the glory of what can happen when we [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Grilled Fontina with Apple
Recipe: Grilled Fontina with Apple Coffee: Louisiane blend, French press. Get yourself a few thin slices of Fontina (a nice nutty taste for Autumn/Winter), two pieces of [...read more...]
Roasted Chicken, Wild Mushroom, and Smoked Mozzarella Enchilada Recipe From the Coffee Window
Recipe: Roasted Chicken, Wild Mushroom, and Smoked Mozzarella Enchilada Serves: 6 to 8 Coffee: Louisiane – smoky Inspiration Hunger, my friend. Hunger calls for speed. And [...read more...]
Johnny Cakes Recipe from the Coffee Window
Recipe: Johnny Cakes Makes: Approximately 15 small cakes Coffee: Phocea on Stovetop Inspiration Johnny Cakes, America’s oldest pancakes that started out as “journey [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Porc Jam
Recipe: Porc Jam Yield: approximately 2 ½ cups Coffee: Corsica as drip (dark and strong) When it comes to breakfast, we all have two choices: there is the sweet, and there [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Hot Buttered Coffee A.K.A. the “Hot Todd-y”
Coming up with ideas for recipes is a lot like travel: I don’t always know exactly where I am going. In this case, I started out thinking about grog — more specifically [...read more...]
LA COLOMBE FISHTOWN CAFÉ OPENING MONDAY
We are proud to announce the opening of our Fishtown Café (1335 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia) this Monday, September 29 starting at 7AM. Our full-menu cafe is [...read more...]
Smoked Chicken Recipes from the Coffee Window
Smoked Chicken Nachos Mexican Jambalaya Serve with: Pure Black cold-brew It is finally getting to the point when it is warmish when we wake up and still warmish when we fall [...read more...]
Photo Album: First TNT in La Colombe D.C. Cafe
All photos courtesy of Connor [...read more...]
2014 Spectacle Lunatique
Join us this weekend at one of Chicago’s most anticipated fundraisers, Spectacle Lunatique. This is a wild and unforgettable night of culinary delights, specialty [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Coffee-Rubbed Brisket Dip
The Recipe: Coffee-Rubbed Brisket Dip Coffee: Fishtown seasonal blend (find here) How much coffee is too much coffee? That’s a question we don’t even understand. Because [...read more...]
Mario Batali’s Roma Espresso Blend
Coffee for Chef Mario Batali is available for purchase at the La Colombe online store. Blend Notes: Silky and full-bodied with richly mellow taste. “One of life’s great [...read more...]
Recipe From the Coffee Window: Moroccan Chicken
Recipe: Moroccan Chicken Serves: about 6 Coffee: Try our Nicaragua-Mama Mina available here. We are coffee people: We like flavor – big, complex flavor. But we are also [...read more...]
Todd Carmichael’s How-To-Brew
Here are two videos by La Colombe CEO and Dangerous Grounds host Todd Carmichael showing two methods of brewing an amazing cup at home. One of them utilizes our brew bundle, [...read more...]
Big Love Weekend by Our Barista Jason Patrick
We’re proud to announce an event organized by one of our baristas, Jason Patrick, a.k.a. “Bearded Yogi,” dedicating his birthday to hold a fundraiser for God’s [...read more...]
Big Eastern Event Brewers Cup Winner: Todd Carmichael
Last weekend our “brew crew” landed at the US Regional Coffee Championship in Durham, NC where La Colombe co-founder Todd Carmichael won the title for the US [...read more...]
Sandwich Sundays: The Shrimp Po’ Boy
Sandwich Sundays: The Shrimp Po’ Boy Coffee: Louisanne, our slightly smoky blend with a delicate mineral undercurrent – polished yet rustic. Resolution: This is the [...read more...]
Zagat Interview: La Colombe in 2014
Zagat just published an interview with our COO Tobin Bickley about the year ahead of La Colombe, which contains a lot of exciting news as well as some insight into how and [...read more...]
Limited Edition Gift Boxes Available
These five exclusive boxes are carefully curated to fit all types of coffee fans. The box has a magnetic closure with a matte finish and a spot varnished La Colombe logo on [...read more...]
Duck Confit and Fried Potato Sandwich
Recipe: Duck Confit and Fried Potato Sandwich Drink: La Colombe Pennsylvania Rum cavitated with coffee. Makes: 2 What is there to do after the first big snow storm of the [...read more...]
David Guinn’s Week 1 Painting the Mural for Our Chicago Wicker Park Location
If you have ever been in Philadelphia, you’ve seen at least one of David Guinn’s murals. Since 1998, David has painted over 30 murals throughout Philadelphia and [...read more...]
Café Zola: Ann Arbor’s Neighborhood Cafe
Though the name “Zola” originally came from French writer Emile Zola, which represented the type of cuisine that once influenced Café Zola’s menu when it first opened, [...read more...]
Three Beautiful New Coffees from Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA – SIDAMA From the province of Sidama, in a region known as Borena, comes a coffee as intense as the land that produced it. A rare example of a washed coffee [...read more...]
Two Rare Auction Coffees from Nicaragua Now Available
From the Cup of Excellence winner farms from Nicaragua, we bring to you two rare auction coffees. Limoncillo: This farm gets its name from the unusual growth of lemon trees [...read more...]
Dangerous Grounds Season 2 Premiering January 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
Mark your calenders! We are very excited to announce that Dangerous Grounds is coming back with the new season in only 2 months! We have been keeping our followers updated [...read more...]
Thailand – Doi Chaang Peaberry Coffee Is Now Available
This Doi Chaang Peaberry is a rare single-estate, certified organic, shade grown, hand-picked, fresh water washed and sun-dried specialty coffee and one in which we are [...read more...]
Official Launch of Fishtown Seasonal Blend 11.12.13
Today, 11.12.13, is our official unveiling of our latest seasonal blend, the Fishtown Blend. We choose this date for the obvious play with the numbers and also because it [...read more...]
La Colombe at Yards Brewery
As some of you might have already tasted, Yards Brewery’s La Colombe Coffee Love Stout is making its rounds in Philadelphia bars and we are very excited about the [...read more...]
Sweet Dreams, the movie, opens with special Rwandan coffee ice cream from Blue Marble
Mark your calenders! Our customer Blue Marble Ice Cream invites you to the NYC theatrical premiere of “Sweet Dreams,” a documentary telling the story of how Blue [...read more...]
Dangerous Grounds Season 1 Released on iTunes
Travel Channel TV series Dangerous Grounds, hosted by La Colombe co-founder Todd Carmichael, is now available on iTunes. You can catch up on the first season, which includes [...read more...]
La Colombe Chicago Cafe Hosts New Gotham Coffee Community October TNT
Thank you all for coming! Here are the top three: 1st Chloe Langham from Metropolis 2nd Brian Frain from Bowtruss 3rd Talya Strader from [...read more...]
La Colombe coffee truck at the PAWS Mutt Strut
PAWS (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society) annual Mutt Strut was last weekend in the Navy Yard. We were there with our vintage Citroen H-van serving espresso drinks to keep [...read more...]
Cocktails for a Cause
Last Friday, La Colombe Chicago participated in Cocktails for a Cause fundraiser organized by the Medical Research Junior Board Foundation (MRJBF) at the River East Art [...read more...]
La Colombe Contributes to the Polo Ralph Lauren Instagram Miniseries
La Colombe contributed to The Polo Ralph Lauren Survival Guide Instagram miniseries, on the episode “How to Make Coffee.” You can watch the video on our [...read more...]
The Deli Philly 5th Anniversary Bash
On October 5, 2013, the Philadelphia branch of The Deli Magazine celebrated its 5th anniversary at PhilaMOCA (Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art) with a music [...read more...]
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Join La Colombe Torrefaction to Help Revitalize the Haitian Coffee Sector
In support of Haiti’s redeveloping coffee culture, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the Clinton Foundation, Leslois Shaw Foundation, and La Colombe Torrefaction announce [...read more...]
Sabrina’s Cafe
Once considered the new kid on the block in the Bella Vista restaurant community over a decade ago, Sabrina’s Café has expanded beyond its original walls bringing its [...read more...]
Tanzania Sourcing Trip Photo Album – Filming Dangerous Grounds Season 2
Todd just got back from Tanzania with a few photos to share with us. In his words: “Back on the grid after a long coffee hunt in South Tanzania. Tough time but found a [...read more...]
Uganda’s Trinity School Boys Dorm Completed
La Colombe has been supporting the Trinity School in Uganda since 2007 with the sales of Afrique blend. The school started with 6 students, and now has 1400. 300 of these [...read more...]
Oliverio Corrales Artwork at Rittenhouse Cafe Throughout September
Rittenhouse cafe is hosting an Ecuadorian artist throughout this month: Oliverio Corrales. The opening reception for the show is tonight at 7:30-9:30pm. Check out more of his [...read more...]
Phoning It In: Almost Fall Food
We usually resist the impulse to take thumb snaps of our food. But how else to quickly show you a dish that is perfect for the weather before we eat it: chopped vegetable [...read more...]
Pure Black in a Summer Brunch Cocktail
As we are working on our rum and enjoying our cold-pressed Pure Black in these hot summer days you can imagine how excited we were when we came across this cocktail recipe on [...read more...]
Andrew Laputka
Andrew Laputka is a documentary film director specializing in action sports and motor sports (check out some of his recent work). Through this medium, Andrew has developed a [...read more...]
Recent Press
In the past few weeks, we received some very nice reviews in the blogosphere illustrated by beautiful photos. Here’s a recap of what’s been buzzing about La [...read more...]
Rapha and La Colombe at U.S. Pro Cycling Challenge
Last week, Rapha’s Mobile Cycle Club and Team SKY were touring through Colorado during the U.S. Pro Cycling Challenge. Quickly becoming one of the largest races in [...read more...]
Baba Ghanouj Focaccia Sandwich
Recipe: Baba Ghanouj Focaccia Sandwich Coffee: Turkish coffee with the Ethiopia – Gera Serves: For two sandwiches with baba to spare (about 4 cups) Ingredients The baba [...read more...]
The Daily Grind 