An iced coffee + a shot ‘o espresso from Lola (uptown location on Central).

An iced coffee + a shot ‘o espresso from Lola (uptown location on Central).

A coffee shop in Winslow, AZ – photos submitted by Bucky Bear.

A 2008 episode of How Suff Works about coffee caught my eye the other day. If you are interested in the roasting process at a large facility you’ll probably enjoy this. Available on Netflix.
The episode shows the Starbucks roasting plant (1.5 million lbs of coffee per week!), and cuppings and roasting at Alterra in Wisconsin. The also show coffee growers, and more.
I took my family down to the Old Town Farmers Market (@OTFM) on Saturday and got to see the new Mulch Coffee in action. They are serving different types of coffee from roasters they pick and choose. It is a cool concept, and I don’t know of any other shops that plan to serve coffee from multiple roasters. On Saturday, they were serving Water Avenue Coffee, as well as some Intelligentsia.

I took some other photos, which are in a gallery. They’ll be there every Saturday through the winter, so if you are in Scottsdale be sure to give it a taste! When we were there, they were offering the choice of a pourover, or a toddy.