Arizona Coffee

John Hall, owner and roaster over at Desert Rain Coffee has emailed me a couple of photos of his new Bosco Lever Machine. They are built to order in Naples, Italy by the Bosco family.

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This Saturday in Tucson is an awesome looking event: Tucson Coffee Crawl.

The event is described as an “an event that guides the curiously caffeinated through some of Tucson’s best cafes while hosting demonstrations that educate crawlers about proper coffee roasting and brewing techniques.” Sounds awesome, right?

When: Saturday, November 10, 2012 beginning at 9 am (see schedule)

I emailed the organizers and understand there are more than 120 people RSVPd at this time. The event is first-come-first-serve, and even though so many people have responded, they are encouraging everybody to come out. They’ll have multiple “cuppings, comparative tastings, home-brewing demos, roasting demos” during the event. Laura Adams, the organizer, says that the “entire crawl is bikeable, and most of the crawl is walkable.”

They have a lot of information up on Facebook and their web site, but here is a list of coffee shops they are visiting:

• Cartel Coffee Lab
• Sparkroot
• Yellow Brick Coffee
• Exo Roast Co.
• Caffe Luce
• Raging Sage Coffee
• Adventure Coffee Roasting

If you go, be sure to let them know you heard about it on Arizona Coffee. The Arizona Daily Star also has a story on the event.

Desert Rain Coffee is celebrating 6 years of operation this month. Owner/roaster John Hall emailed me with these photos of their operation. They are also roasting coffee which John roasts at his off site property. In case you don’t remember, they are located in Oro Valley Hospital, in Oro Valley.

Desert Rain Coffee
1551 E Tangerine Rd
Oro Valley, AZ 85755
Phone: (520) 901-3500

I just received an email from Phil Bryson about a new coffee shop. He is the co-founder of a new coffee shop in Tucson called Brewd Coffee Lounge. They opened 3 months ago in the downtown area of Tucson. The coffee “lounge” is family operated by Phil his wife, Kate. Congratulations to them on opening.

They serve coffee from Adventure Coffee Roasting, based in Tucson as well.

Brewd Coffee Lounge
39 N. 6th Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 623-2336
Twitter @brewd1
Facebook: facebook.com/brewdtucson

If you are in the Tucson, AZ area, stop by Cartel on Campbell this Friday at 7 pm for free food and drinks.

Update: Check out this time lapse video.

Cartel Coffee Lab’s Tucson location is getting a makeover and Cartel just published this rendering of the new space, along with a floor plan.

Back in February Cartel posted a photo of the construction on Facebook. They’ve expanded the location and from the announcement, it looks like they are doing something with bicycles. Maybe a bicycle rack. Sounds cool!

I received an email from Curtis Zimmerman today announcing their new coffee shop called Stella Java. It is located inside the Medical Plaza building next to St. Mary’s Hospital. So the next time you are in the area, definitely check it out!

They are serving coffee roasted by EXO Roast Company, of Tucson. They have a lot more photos you can view on Facebook.

Photos provided by Curtis Zimmerman.

I can’t wait to visit!

Stella Java
395 N Silverbell Rd
St. Mary’s Medical Plaza II
Tucson, AZ 85745
Phone: (520) 777-1496
Twitter: @StellaJava

Caroline writes to let us know about a new coffee shop that opened yesterday in Tucson:

[w]e opened a new coffee shop in NW Tucson – San Giorgi’s Coffee. We are an independent family owned coffee shop which features organic coffee and tea as well as a selection of organic pastries. Our beans are roasted fresh in Tucson and we also offer free wifi. Our hours are M-Sat 6am-8pm, Sun 7am-7pm. We will be featuring live music on a regular basis as well.

You can check them out on their web site, or visit their store.

San Giorgi’s Coffee
6435 N Thornydale Rd #169
Tucson, AZ 85741
Phone: (520) 544-3069

Tucson readers will be glad to know that they have a new shop they can visit. Caffe Luce has opened a second location at 4205 N Campbell.

Michael Foster from Caffe Luce wrote to let me know about it, and shared these photos:

Just wanted to let you know that Caffe Luce Coffee Roasting Co. is proud to announce the opening of our second Tucson location. The new Caffe Luce is located at N 4205 Campbell #125 (in the Trader Joes plaza at river/campbell) and is open daily from 6am-9pm. We will be offering coffee in all the usual formats; espresso, drip, aeropress, hario v60, toddy….etc, as well as over 19 fresh roasted varietals and blends.

Here’s a video from their other location.

Caffe Luce
‎4205 N Campbell
#125
Tucson, AZ 85719
(Trader Joe’s Plaza)

I just heard about this new coffee shop in Tucson called Sparkroot. They have a small web site up at sparkroot.com, and it looks like they’re serving Blue Bottle Coffee (from San Francisco) — the first in Arizona.

The shop is owned by Ari Shapiro, and is still under construction. It is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Congress Street. They’re planning to open in July. Ari also owns and operates Xoom Juice, a Tucson juice company with 4 locations.

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