Intelligentsia Developments- Part 1: The Black Cat Project

So and so….and so.

Each Thursday, our weekly shipment of coffee arrives from Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea. They roast the beans Tuesday, and two days later they delight your pallate and blow your tastebuds’ minds. Thank you Intelligentsia, we love you.

Yesterday our Black Cat Espresso arrived in this:

Instead of this:

Resulting in this reaction from Diana:

And this reaction from Chris:

Why all the excitement? A few (two) reasons:

• The bag is the prettiest thing I’ve seen since I kissed the wife goodbye this morning.
• Black Cat Espresso is now officially Direct Trade, a result of the ongoing Black Cat Project.

A word from Intelligentsia about the Black Cat Project:

“Black Cat Espresso is one of our proudest accomplishments…and after 13 years of pulling great shots of espresso, we are re-examining everything about this coffee to make it even better.”

More concisely, this is the “never ending pursuit to re-invent espresso.”

This is something that is very exciting and intriguing. There is a lot more info concerning the project – much more than this blog can handle – over at blackcatcoffee.com. Head over and read and watch and look forward to things to come.

Further:

• The Black Cat Project
• Official Intelligentsia Site

~ by The Communiqué on November 7, 2008.