NEW YORK — Carrie Webster is a beloved member of the Joe team in New York. Recently she was diagnosed with breast cancer and is about to undergo treatments. One of the great things about the coffee community is everyone tends to rally around when someone in the business is in need…so in that spirit we’re happy to support the “Baristas For Boobs” event happening in NYC tonight. 

The event flier is attached above. Attendees can expect to walk away with a chance at some awesome merch from all sorts of wonderful coffee companies, including Handsome. Our own Park Brannen will be in attendance. Stop by and support a great cause if you can! And if you’d like to show some financial support but can’t be there, write Park at PARK (at) HANDSOMECOFFEE.COM and he will fawn all over you.

Best wishes, Carrie!

Los Angeles - Spring for Coffee is opening its newest location at the MF Gourmet booth in the Grand Central Market, and Handsome Coffee is excited to be a part of their newest project. 

Check them out this Friday, April 13th:

The FIRST 30 people to buy a coffee at the new Spring on 4/13 will receive a 4oz sample bag of whole bean Handsome Coffee. It’s a win-win situation. 

If you haven’t been to the Grand Central Market, you’re really dropping the ball. It’s unique, diverse, delicious, and well worth a visit. 

Add Spring on Twitter @SpringForCoffee and go see them this Friday! 

The new Spring for Coffee is located at 317 S Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles, and is open from 9am - 6pm.

See you there! 

NEW YORK — Today in South Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, the Handsome-NYC team has taken over the beloved Southside Coffee (@SouthsideCoffee), a new friend of ours. We’ve got the fabulous Erik J. Becker behind bar with the rest of our crew in the house supporting him.

Just a few weeks to go, but we couldn’t wait for our own coffee bar to open. So we decided to get behind some of the best people we know who will soon be serving our coffee on one of the best corners in Brooklyn. Come get a drink from Erik and look for Handsome to pop up on the shelves very soon.

—J. Park Brannen (@jparkbrannen)

NEW YORK — Here in NY, Joe is a pillar of the coffee scene. Seven locations around the city consistently serve some of the best coffee you can find in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and we’re a proud part of its latest: the Pro Shop (click here: http://www.joetheartofcoffee.com/locations.htm).

131 W. 21st St.

NY, NY 10011

Open Monday - Saturday from 8a - 5p

What’s the Pro Shop? Well, basically, owner Jonathan Rubinstein wanted to put to practice the great ideas he’s seen around specialty coffee in the past few years. By creating a space where the public and the coffee professional alike could both flock to, Jonathan is doing everyone here a favor. Serving multiple roasters coffees, in several different methods, as well as partnering with EspressoParts to offer all of the hard to find parts and pieces us coffee nerds often need in a pinch, Joe is bringing a much needed “pro” hub to the New York Coffee Community. We’re honored to be a part of this concept. Stop on by for a look!

-J. Park Brannen (@jparkbrannen)

Cauca, Colombia

LOS ANGELES — One of the great things about coffee is that it is grown in some of the most beautiful places on Earth. Sure would be nice to know someone who gets to go to these idyllic locations, wouldn’t it? As luck would have it, our coffee buyer and co-founder Chris Owens (@SingleOrigin on Twitter) is in Central and South America, wrapping up a three week buying trip. We will have a full report of his adventures, but for now enjoy these pictures as a little preview of things to come.

Solar drying process in Honduras

Honduras: Don Medardo…the Don Medardo of @HCR_DonMedardo fame

Still waiting for the Google Translation…

If it impresses on this table…you may soon find it on yours. (Stay tuned for more)