This month launched our first ever Sunday sit down Service. Offering pour-over flights, espresso flights and everything in between kept the city of Grand Rapids and our many out of town visitors hyped up on caffeine for about 6 hours and highly anticipating the next service. Customers were welcomed into the shop Sunday afternoon where they were invited to take a seat and then served by one of our baristas. With menus in hand and glasses of water poured table-side, the toughest decision was yet to come.

Pairing together our two Ethiopian coffees (the Kochere and the Ardi) with the Karatina from Kenya we had ourselves an Africa coffee fest. Bergamont, citrus, sweet berries, florals, black currants and creamy honeys were all starting to make their ways across the palates of customers as they got to choose from three different coffee tastings. The first was a Pour-over flight which served one 8oz brewed coffee of each of the offerings. The Espresso flight was the second option, yielding three double shots of each of the coffees. And last but certainly not least was the option of picking one of the coffees (the Kochere, Ardi, or the Karatina) and then having it served in three different ways. This included an 8oz pour-over, an espresso and finally an espresso based milk drink of your choice.

Along with each of the coffee tastings a small plate of locally sourced treats were offered to snack on. A lemon zest scone biscuit, fresh blueberries and Dancing Goat Creamery Chevre were all arranged on plates and paired well with the coffees that were being offered.   We now await to see what the next service will bring and what sort of turn out we have.

Stay tuned for the dates!

Check out another review of the service from Serious Eats! http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/08/coffee-tasting-sundays-at-madcap-coffee-roasters-grand-rapids-michigan-how-to-compare-coffees.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seriouseatsfeaturesvideos+%28Serious+Eats%29