Three day weekend? Why be productive when you could waste it with us. Coffee's fresh and we're playing that Morphine album your dad likes.
If you are reading Instagram while walking or driving, be sure to absently stop in the middle of traffic for this one. No one else has anywhere to be. Hang your mouth open a little to really focus. There you go, lookin good. Ok! NEW CROP, FARMER DIRECT COLOMBIA IS HERE, GUYS. Introducing Alcides Avendaño, a quality driven farmer in the Huila region of central Colombia, and a premium producer of the Coocentral Cooperative. This coffee is so, so special to us. It is the result of a relationship we've been building with a new specialty importer (more on that later) and really reflects the values we care about including farm-level sustainability, community vitality at origin, long term farmer livelihood, the human role in global agriculture, and relentless dedication to cup quality. We love this coffee so much that we bought the ENTIRE season's harvest from this farm. This is the single biggest purchasing commitment we've made so far as a company and one we hope will allow Alcides and his family to continue producing exceptional coffees for years to come. In the profile we find ripe fig, Muscat grape, rosé like tannins and a cloyingly sweet, maraschino finish. Starting next week you can find it on our website and in store. If you're a subscription holder, you'll see this beauty in your mailbox after the 1st. What a way to welcome spring.
In retrospect, I should have made this yesterday for Valentine's Day but in futurespect, who cares. Beet and roasted apple borscht, shallots, herbs, imperceptible ginger. Ask for the off menu version with tangy coconut yogurt and mid-90s chive batons.
Hey valentines, technical difficulties have pushed back our opening to around 10:30 today. Come in after to confess that crush you've been keeping secret 😘
Winter Harvest Terrine is here to answer all your questions. Does food even grow in February? Is it still brunch if it doesn't have an egg on it? Is it as funny to anyone else that Marco Pierre White gave his Michelin stars back almost 20 years ago but is still annoyingly relevant? What the f*ck is going on at that coffee shop? . . This thing is made from all ingredients sourced at the Capitol Hill Night Market. Winter chanterelles, Old Chaser potatoes, wrapped in wild nettles and bound in tarragon aspic. All vegan, all local, all for you.
WELL WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE. A perfect little cake made from Washington cornmeal, fermented coconut milk, salt, fat, time. No gluten, no sugar, no faux flours, no weird binders. In other words, a gluten free, vegan pastry that doesn't taste like already-chewed cardboard candy. You're welcome. #glutenfree #vegan #glutenfreevegan #PLEASELAYOFF
Time to call in sick! We're open and picking teams.
We're sports atheists over here but we know a good party excuse when we see one. Closing at 1pm today to celebrate adult men playing tag in matching pajamas. Happy holidays!
This weekend's special is a needlessly complicated version of beans on toast made entirely with produce bought at the Capitol Hill Night Market. Wildwood farms cranberry beans briefly smoked over apple wood and then made half into a purée before poaching the rest in a brine of olive oil, farm garlic, fresh herbs and champagne vinegar. Then, because we are masochists, we salt roasted some Old Chaser Farm sunchokes and also made tiny chips out of them for "fun". Oh and we're bringing in this Spanish soft sparkling water now because Topo Chico started tasting weird in the last couple months which I guarantee absolutely no one notices or cares about except us but in case you do, here it is.
Look at this beautiful hard working team from @glasswingshop making important decisions in our upstairs private meeting room! Don't they look productive? Synergistic? Adequately caffeinated? This could be you! We'll provide coffee, pastries, lunch, or a combination for groups up to 14 people. Centrally located, reasonably priced and more square footage per trustfall than the other guys. Email liz@honorsocietycoffee.com for info
For times when you want a cup of coffee but also a LOT of rutabaga. Root vegetable demi glace whipped up into a creamy purée with parsnips, carrots, celery, leeks etc etc etc. Farmers market kitchen sink. It's always lunch somewhere you know? #vegan
Remember when Le Gourmand closed and we all cried? Bruce and Sarah are tired of your whining so they opened another place to shut you up. Marmite is casual French perfection based around Bruce's obsessive mastery of the soup kettle. Before they launch a full dinner service, they've been quietly open for lunch and now brunch. YOU LOVE BRUNCH. See you there, crybabies.
I really wanted to have something poignant to say about this impending inauguration hellscape nightmare but it's hard to fit a lifetime of intersectional politics on the face of a cookie so here's a pretty honest reflection of the exasperation and dread we're under. A portion of proceeds both online and in the cafe this weekend will be donated to @thecairproject which helps provide access to abortion services here in Washington including lodging and transportation assistance for those who may need to travel long distances to clinics and follow up care. Come commiserate with us for a good cause.
Ahoy! This is your last week to snag that Brazil Fazenda do Sertao before it's gone for the season. Time to make room in your heart for new crop Colombia which arrived this month and the return of Jaguar Reserve Costa Rica. YAY.
Two new cuties in the house! Mushroom duxelle hand pie with shallots, herbs and Dijon shown with antique sugar cannon + its teeny tiny shovel. U decide which is which.
In which we challenge ourselves to make new products using only what we have in house and end up making some of our most favorite stuff yet. Kumquat, toasted coconut, crushed hazelnuts and sea salt suspended in dark Valrhona chocolate. Try to control yourselves. Open til 3. No reservations. #brandinsbarks
It's Wednesday which means it's time to throw out all the food in your fridge and come get more at the Night Market. Might as well pick up coffee while you're out. 4-8pm @chophouserow
Guys, wake up! We're back from vacation and WE MISS YOU
Just a reminder we're still closed til Friday, drinking everyone else's coffee and eating meals sitting down. See you bright and early Saturday morning!
Brunch essentials @graciaseattle for whatever kind of morning you're having