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Willoughby's Coffee & Tea
is a coffee roasting company with one
seemingly simple goal: to produce the finest, freshest, most skillfully
roasted coffee beans available anywhere - Serious Coffee.
Like many "simple" ambitions, ours requires an ongoing
dedication to quality, standards and knowledge. We hope our coffees
and teas reflect our commitment. What sets us apart?
Experienced roasters of specialty
coffee, unparalled coffee bean selection process, emphasis on freshness.
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News &
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Try our Serious Select limited edition coffees. This program offers exceptional and scarce coffees. Each week we offer prestigious coffees, each unique and in very limited supply. These coffees roast and ship same day, once per week. While these are typically more expensive coffees, they are also hard to find. Several recent coffee selections have sold out.
Rusty's Hawaiian Red Caturra Natural
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Yemen Mocha Harazi
Start the new year right!, Two of our coffees were just rated by Coffee Review and both received outstanding scores. The Guatemala El Injerto, rated 95 points, has sold out! Rusty's Hawaiian was rated 94 points and a small amount is available. Our outstanding directly traded Yemen Mocha Harazi will be available for two weeks. Rusty's has been extended until 1/24. Read more...
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Coffee suggestions:
--Costa Rica San Francisco 1900 Tarrazu microlot - New 2011 crop just arrived second half June. A direct trade coffee and perennial favorite of ours from the very rugged Tarrazu region. A particularly high grown coffee with concentrated flavors, crisp and clean lemony acdity, lavender notes. Grown by Hector Bonilla on one of his choicest land parcels and then carefully processed at the Don Mayo micromill, which he also owns and operates.
--Panama Elida Estate Reserve - Another great favorite at Willoughby's and it is also a direct trade coffee. Wilford Lamastus, whom we have worked with for years, grows and processes this coffee high in the Boquete region of Panama, near the Baru volcano. It is a sweet and elegant coffee and has been in the top ten of numerous competitions. A few years ago Coffee Review gave us 95 points for it when they assessed coffees from Panama.
--India A Elkhill Estate - We have been trying to acquire India Elkhill for the past few years and finally have it back again, after persistent attempts with the Estate; all has gone to Europe in recent years. In 2007 Coffee Review gave us 95 points, one of the highest reviews at that time. This coffee had developed a large following among our customers and glad to say we have it once again for your enjoyment.
Geisha Deluxe Triple Sampler
Still available. The ultimate luxury coffee lover's prize. $159 shipped.

Willoughby's
Gifts
Our
famous, fresh roasted coffee is gift packaged,
affordable and attractive. Send us your gift list! |

These
samplers contain 4 half pounds of coffee.
| 2
lb Sampler |
$28.50 |
| 2
lb Decaf Sampler |
$33.50 |
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SEE ALL OF OUR GIFT SAMPLERS
ALSO - Gift Certificates for our website!
Call
us at 800-388-8400 with your request or
send us an email.
Sampler details are viewable here and, we can
add a coffee grinder or plunger pot to a sampler.
We can customize samplers for your corporate of
personal gift list! |
Enter to win Yale Rep tickets at our New Haven stores
We're giving away tickets to every show this season!
OUR 27th YEAR
Thank you New Haven Advocate readers once again!
May, 2011 - Winner in three categories of 2011 New Haven Advocate Readers' Poll
Best Place to Buy Coffee Beans - Best Coffee House -
Best Place to Buy Loose Tea
May, 2010 - Winner in three categories of 2010 New Haven Advocate Readers' Poll
Best Place to Buy Coffee Beans - Best Coffee House -
Best Place to Buy Loose Tea
March, 2010 - Awards from the Connecticut Specialty Food Association
1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards in Outstanding Beverage Category
1st for Sumatra Mandheling Organic French Roast,
2nd place for Hao-Ya Keemun tea and 3rd for our English Breakfast tea! Thank you.
News and Videos. Instructional videos. Appearances we have made on TV, radio. Other relavent news.
Willoughby's sponsors Yale Repertory Theatre
For the third consecutive year we are proud to sponsored the entire season of the Yale Repertory Theatre, located just across the street from our store at the Yale Architecture Building. This iconic New Haven theatre presents six plays during the theatre season, often new and noteworthy, sometimes new versions of classics. Our coffee is also served during intermission, with our compliments. Yale Rep site.
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A Doctor In Spite of Himself by Molière
November 26-December 17, 2011
While visiting 'The Rep', please visit our store at 194 York Street, just diagonally across the street at the reconstructed and expanded Yale Architecture Building.
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Glass teapot with infuser for under $10.
This teapot produces .75 liter, about 26 ounces of tea. Has all the features you need and very affordable.
Newer or popular teas |
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Type |
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| Darjeeling Jungpana 2nd Flush |
Black |
Complex, fine tea from one of the topDarjeeling tea gardens. Second flush teas are the most favored by Darjeeling aficionados. |
| Yunnan Black Needle |
White |
We have upgraded our former Mutan White to this new, fresh tasting, soft white tea. Pale in color but plenty of flavor. |
| Organic
Sencha - Japan |
Green |
When only
the best will do |
| Earl Grey Extra Fancy |
Black |
We offer a couple of Earl Grey variations, this one with fanciest leaf. |
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- Guatemala Antigua Finca La Tacita. Genuine Antigua. A direct trade relationship. The Fallas are a highly regarded coffee growing family with some of the prize holdings in Antigua. This Bourbon varietal is sweet, bright and delicious. We have offered La Tacita in the past and we are pleased to have it back again.
- Ethiopia Yrgacheffe Kochere. Kochere is a tiny area within Yrgacheffe with a washing station where small, local farmers bring their coffee harvest for processing. This is a carefully run washing station, highly selective about quality. The coffee is bright, sweet, very clean and citrusy. Chocolate body. Crisp and aromatic.
- Fair Trade and Organic from Peru. Clean, clear, crisp. The cooperative members have helped transform their growing practices, now using organic and sustainable practices to earn more for their coffee.
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| Arianna Farms Ono Kona Coffee two time winner of the Kona Coffee Festival's Coffee Crown Competition, including 2011. Very small production. No doubt Kona is expensive - $32.99 a pound - but you can be assured of it being 100% the real thing. |
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Our coffees have received a number of terrific reviews
lately. Six of our coffees have received high ratings on Coffee
Review this past year. Coffee Review is one of the foremost authorities about coffee
on the web and originaters of the 100 point rating system
for coffee. Details of the Willoughby's / Coffee Review articles are available. |
Recent travel - Arpil, 2011 - We were in Boquete, Panama for the annual Best of Panama competition. We serve as jurors in the competition along with a group of other coffee specialists from around the world. In all, about 15 jurors were in attendance from the US, Costa Rica, Japan, Norway and Taiwan. There was a terrific group of coffees represented, from traditional washed Caturras to experimental dry processed Geishas. The top four coffees were all Geisha varietals, with first place from Finca La Valentina followed closely by extroadinary Hacienda Esmeralda. The top non-Geisha or traditional type from the region, was Kotowa's Don K. Happily for our customers, we will have all three of these coffees in the very near future but be forwarned, some of them will be very expensive. |
Dedicated
website for home coffee roasting !
For those inclined
to roast
their own coffee at home we have a separate company and website called Roastmasters.com.
We offer a large selection of unroasted coffee, home
coffee roasters, espresso machines, tools and accessories.
Check
it out.
Roastmasters.com
offers all major brands of home coffee roasters including
the terrific Behmor 1600.
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Other News:
News -- Winning bidder at several recent auctions of very scarce and sought after coffees:
- 2011 Hacienda Esmerada
- 2011 Guatemala El Injerto
More to come! |
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Recent
Coffee Arrivals |
In addition to
the coffees shown above |
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New Items in stock |
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Older News
- June, 2008.
We were the winning bidder of several recent Cup of Excellence coffee auctions. Exceptional coffees that we were seeking from Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. We also won the #2 coffee in the 2008 Best of Panama auction. Some great coffees are coming.
- May 6-13, 2008 we were international jurors at the Guatemala Cup of Excellence. We cupped some superb coffee. Winning coffees will be auctioned mid June.
- Mid April, 2008 we were judging the Best of Panama competition in Volcan, Panama. Another Geisha coffee took 1st place.
- In December 2006 we served as international judges of the Brazil
2006 Cup of Excellence competition. Read
more...
- May 10, 2008
Willoughby's wins New Haven Advocate Readers' Poll in
3 categories again! Best Place to Buy Coffee Beans, Best Coffeehouse,
Best Place to Buy Loose Tea. Thank you once again!
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Refer
friends to our site. Learn more about coffee
beans.
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Good News for Coffee Drinkers
Forbes.com - Studies indicate
that moderate coffee drinkers can not only enjoy their morning
java jolt, but they may also get significant health benefits
in the process.
Read
full article (opens in separate window). |
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Great news!
Willoughby's wins in all coffee categories in 2009 New Haven Advocate Readers' Poll - again. See
details.
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