February 26, 2010

Arlington, Virginia customer Eventide is a semi-finalist for The James Beard Foundation's Award for Best New Restaurant.  Deemed “the Oscars of the food world” by Time magazine, The James Beard Foundation Awards are the country’s most coveted honor for chefs, food and beverage professionals, broadcast media, journalists and authors working on food, and restaurant architects and designers.  This specific award is given to a restaurant which opened in the previous year that "displays excellence in food, beverage, and service, and that is likely to make a significant impact in the years to come."  Congratulations and good luck to Eventide as it moves on to the next stage!

January 2010

Several Lexington Coffee Roasting Co. coffees were reviewed this month by Coffee Review, "the World's Leading Coffee Buying Guide."  Our Kenya Kaliluni Estate received a rating of 92 points, while our Sumatra Mandheling-Gayo Supreme and Guatemala El Injertal Estate both received a rating of 90 points.  In addition, our Moka Java earned a rating of 89 points.

November 23, 2009

 In this time of increasing ecological awareness, Java Shack of Arlington, Virginia is establishing itself as a leader in green initiatives.  Click here to find out exactly what they are doing to help our environment.

November 13, 2009

 Congratulations to the Wise Bean of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on their fifth anniversary!

October 2009

Budget Travel magazine recently set out to find small towns that have "gotten everything right."  Only ten destinations were honored, and Lexington was one of the select few, chosen not only for its scenery "right out of a Norman Rockwell," but also for "great coffee, food with character, shop owners with purpose."  We encourage you to try some of that great Lexington coffee, whether it's at a local coffee shop or at home!

July 2009

Shank's Bakery, Harrisonburg, VA, awarded Best Coffee in the Valley . . . to Eventide, Arlington, VA, for a rave review from Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema . . . to Tuscan Sun, Houston, TX, on the opening of its 3rd store . . . and to Mudhouse, Charlottesville, VA on its new coffeehouse in Crozet. 

March 26, 2009

In its April issue, Gourmet magazine calls The Blue Point the "toughest reservation in Duck". That's because, as the article notes, it has a "savvy menu" and "exudes a jaunty dockside charm." Plan to visit when you're on the Outer Banks. And end your meal with a cup of Lexington Coffee. (Then go across the parking lot to Duck's Cottage and have another!) You won't want to leave.

July 15, 2008

Arlington, Virginia customer Java Shack  is making news in The Washington Post yet again. Focusing on organic coffees, Java Shack's sales are up dramatically, despite the faltering economy. What's his secret? Click on http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301463.html?hpid=moreheadlines to find out.

May 6, 2008

Lexington Coffee Roasting Co. is now the only roaster in the country to place among the top 10 finalists of the annual Roasters Guild of America Roasters' Choice Tasting Competition for 3 years in a row.  Our Rwanda Bufcafe placed 7th overall in the 2008 event, held May 2 - 5 at the Specialty Coffee Association of America annual conference in Minneapolis.  Our Ikubyu Blend placed 5th in 2007, and our Organic Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Oromia and Guatemala La Tacita took 4th and 5th, respectively, in the 2006 competition.

Celebrating the art of roasting specialty coffee, Roasters' Choice features exceptional coffees from some of the finest coffee roasters in the country.  Each year the approximately 370 members of the Roasters Guild of America are invited to submit their best coffees.  Ten finalists are chosen in a blind tasting by a panel of industry professionals.  SCAA conference attendees then vote for their favorite in a second blind tasting.  The theme of this year's Roasters' Choice Tasting Competition was "Single Origin Coffees".

February 10, 2008

Arlington, Virginia customer Java Shack was featured in Gene Weingarten's Washington Post Magazine humor column on Sunday, February 10.  It seems the cozy little cottage that houses this wonderful Clarendon neighborhood coffeehouse has a, well, colorful past.  You can read about it at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502676.html

For more years in a row than we can count, our friends at Mudhouse have again been named Best Coffee in Charlottesville, Virginia. Joining them in the winner's circle is Bodo's Bagels, named Best Fast Food and Best Meal Under $10 as well as Runner-Up for Best Lunch and Best Take Out. Congratulations!