Summer Specials // Photo by Rachel Emery Here we are in what feels like the middle of summer though we are technically only a few weeks in. We’re trying to keep cool by sipping on cold beverages and playing in the river. Each of our summer specials are iced, well, because summer. Cascara Soda // Photo by Liza Powers Cascara Soda After trying the Cascara Soda next to a Cascara iced tea, we decided to stick with the Cascara Soda we had as part of the Spring Specials. Like so many of you, we have fallen in love with how delicious and refreshing it is: the perfect afternoon drink. Orange Blossom Latte // Photo by Rachel Emery Iced Orange Blossom Latte Christine...
We love Forest Park. Photo by Christine Herman-Russell This beautiful urban park is one of the many reasons we love Portland and we want to help keep it healthy. So we have taken the All Trails Challenge. Over the course of the next three months, the Case Study Coffee Crew has pledge to walk all 80 miles of trail in Forest Park and in so doing, raise money to help support the restoration and protection of the beloved Forest Park. We’re making a little competition out of it: each shop is putting together a team and we’re gonna compete to see which location can raise the most money! Shandy // Photo by Christine Herman-Russell Forest Park is not only beautiful, it also...
On June 14, 2010, Case Study Coffee was born. But the story actually begins before that. In 1999, Christine and Wes were pursuing their own work fields when specialty coffee as we know it was starting in Portland. Christine was pursuing her culinary passion of all things food and drink and Wes was involved various tech-related endeavors. They lived close to the original Stumptown at the time and quickly became regulars. Wes began experimenting with making coffee at home, tinkering with customizing machines and perfecting the art of making espresso at home. They knew they wanted to start a business together and thought that coffee would be the perfect mashup of their interests and skills. Christine could pursue her interest...
It seems as though spring as come early this year here in our beloved city. Daffodils are blooming on every street corner, cherry blossoms are taking over our Instagram feeds, and we are all soaking up as much of the sunshine as possible. We decided, while it is still technically winter, the weather has been calling us to debut our spring menu now. Photo by James Niewinski Cascara Soda Cascara tea is a very traditional drink in coffee producing countries. This could be because cascara is thought of as a “by-product” or “un-marketable” waste that is left over from the processing of coffee beans after they are exported. The name, Cascara, is given to the “husk”, or coffee cherry skins, that have...
Have you been enjoying citrus season? It’s upon us. Walk into any grocery store this time of year and you’ll find the produce section dominated by meticulously-assembled pyramids of orange and yellow. That’s because we are at peak citrus right now. The other day I found no fewer than eight different varieties of grapefruit at New Seasons. And that’s just grapefruit. Not even talking oranges here. We are very lucky to have access to so much variety. I love citrus season because there’s always something I’ve never tried before. One variety has a different color of pulp, another has the freshest fragrance. This year I tried a Mellowgold grapefruit for the first time, and it blew me away with its...
