Come Hungry, Stay Late: Fishtown Evening Menu
Working for La Colombe, you end up being a guinea pig for a lot of awesome coffee and culinary experiments. Our Fishtown café baristas and chefs are always having us…
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Public Cupping Events: NYC, Philly, DC…and a special event in Chicago!
A coffee cupping is almost like a wine tasting. At our public cupping events, our coffee gurus will guide you through all the nuance and subtlety of coffee flavors and fragrances. By…
French Press Video Tutorial
Mystified by the French Press? Todd’s got you covered. In this video, he’ll walk you through the finer points of brewing at home with a French Press. Get ready to geek out.…
Barista Eric’s Chicago – Andersonville
Andersonville sits a handful of miles Northwest from the heart of downtown Chicago. The land used to be cherry orchards, and once built up, it gained a large population of…
Free Drip Coffee for Ventra Card Holders All Week at Our Wicker Park Cafe
The baristas at our Wicker Park cafe (1552 N. Damen Ave.) in Chicago have been quite lonely since all the construction began at the Damen stop, and they miss you.…
Introducing a Collaboration Between Arcade Fire’s Win Butler & La Colombe: RaRa Coffee
We are very excited to announce a partnership between Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and La Colombe for the limited presale of RaRa Coffee, a specialty coffee grown in Haiti and…
La Colombe Gift Guide
We know that the holidays can be a busy and stressful time so we wanted to relieve you of some of the pressure of finding that perfect gift for your…
Free La Colombe Smartphone Wallpaper Designs
Are you tired of the stock wallpaper images in your smartphone? Ever wish you could carry a La Colombe mug with you everywhere? Below are our wallpaper designs so you can…
Update From the Haiti Coffee Academy – Part II
We are happy to report that things are going well at the Haiti Coffee Academy. Our next batch of seeds arrived in Haiti via quad bikes, a pickup truck, a DHL…
La Colombe Café in Andersonville – Chicago Opening This Friday!
We are happy to announce that our new Andersonville café (5158 N. Clark St.) in Chicago will be opening its doors this Friday at 7AM. This will be our third…
Video: La Colombe Sign at New Chicago Roastery Being Painted by Hand
We have a rare glimpse of the La Colombe sign at our new Fullerton roastery in Chicago being handpainted by Monkemeier Signs! Special thanks to Richard Loos who shot and…
Congrats to La Colombe’s James Gibbs for Placing 2nd in Brewers Cup North Central & Advancing to Nationals!
Congratulations to La Colombe Chicago roaster James Gibbs for placing 2nd in the North Central division at this year’s Big Central Brewers Cup in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past weekend! He…