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Interested in carrying Intelligentsia in your coffeehouse, café, restaurant, or market? You’ve come to the right place!
Our fanatical attention to detail has resulted in being awarded “Best of Chicago” as well as being the highest rated Roaster on Ken Davids’ CoffeeReview.com (11 coffees with 90 or above score). With our support, our coffeehouse customers have also won “Best of” categories in their respective cities (Boston, Los Angeles, Detroit, St. Louis, State College, Vancouver, BC). Other customers include some of the world’s finest restaurants, cafés, and upscale markets, including Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago, Keen’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, Whole Foods Market, and Oprah’s Harpo Studios. Sammy Piccolo (of Caffe Artigiano) took First Place at the Canadian Barista Competition and Second Place in the World Barista Competition in Trieste, Italy with our espresso!!!
Intelligentsia Coffee carries an extensive line of coffees ranging from single origins and estates to custom blends, certified Organic, and our world famous Black Cat Espresso. We are more than happy to meet any private label or co-branded needs that you may have, and our experienced staff will be more than happy to work with you, your chef, and your staff to develop a custom blend that meets your exact flavor profile.
Intelligentsia Tea Traders offers an exquisite line of loose leaf tea, 70% of which is certified Organic. The quality in taste and presentation that comes with serving exemplary loose leaf tea cannot be matched by pre-bagged teas and will always provide a memorable experience for customers. Our line of Iced Teas proves that you can easily implement a loose leaf tea program. The results are crisp, refreshing, and delicious!
While education is the key to success, our Training Department will walk you through the subjects crucial to your business: drink preparation, equipment cleaning and maintenance, and over-all coffee knowledge. The correct service and preparation of coffee and espresso drinks is not as easy as it looks, and we are up to the challenge to show you and your staff how to serve excellence in every cup. Because we are both retailers and wholesalers, we have the experience you need.
You definitely cannot prepare great coffee without the right equipment! We are an authorized dealer of La Marzocco, Synesso and La Spaziale Espresso Machines, and also provide Fetco brewing equipment based on your needs. Our Technicians are some of the best-trained in the world and ready to give full service and support.
If you have any questions about the coffees, equipment, planning, or education, please contact our sales team. We would love the opportunity to discuss how we can help serve your customers extraordinary coffee and exquisite tea! Customer Testimonials
“All our products are pristine, perfect, the finest; this naturally carries through to the coffee…(Intelligentsia) are fanatical about their product, just the same as we are.”
Charlie Trotter, Chef/Author, 9 Times James Beard Award Winner, “Best Restaurant in the World for Wine and Food” by Wine Spectator
Chicago, IL
“Black Cat has consistently been the best overall espresso blend I've enjoyed in years, and it keeps getting better and better.”
Mark Prince, CoffeeGeek.com, CoffeeKid.com
“Within 6 months of business Cafe de Troit was voted "The Best in Detroit" in three categories in the MetroTimes reader's poll. I feel the partnership we have developed with Intelligentsia got us to that award winning level. Their staff is incredible to work with, their training program is outstanding, and their products are above board.”
Lee Padgett, Café de Troit
Detroit, MI |
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