Rewind Two Weeks: Slow Food 08 & Intelli

^hitting the cycle at Ritual.

Newest, Latest

Back again is Panama Hacienda La Esmeralda, Geisha Jaramillo Especial.  This coffee is amazingly delicate and floral: distinctly jasmine and honeylike, with crisp citrus, light chocolate, and lavender notes.  We’re serving 12 ounce Clover brews for the reasonable price of $7.  Also new to our Autumn menu is El Otono B

Taste the World’s Most Award-Winning Coffee at Intelligentsia’s Los Angeles Cafe

Last May, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea purchased an auction lot of Hacienda la Esmeralda's famed Geisha coffee.  This exquisite offering won Best of Panama in 2004, 2005, 2006, and again this year in 2007 and garnered $130 per pound, the highest amount ever paid for coffee at auction. On November 15th, Los Angelenos will have a chance to taste this storied brew and judge for themselves whether it measures up.