BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

As of today - Monday, March 20th - Taproom is officially transitioning our coffee roaster partnership.

For nine years I’ve served Counter Culture Coffee in shops that I’ve operated. They have always been an incredible partner and they continue to lead the specialty coffee industry in many ways, not least of which are quality and transparency. The local team has consistently delivered on support and a commitment to help Taproom grow throughout its first three years.

I am forever grateful to long-term relationships I’ve had with David LaMont (now with La Marzocco), Ben Helfen (who moved away from ATL last year) and Emily Davis (our connections span experiences with four different coffee companies), as well other professional/personal crossover relationships with the rest of the CCC team (Park, Dustin, Anthony, Sara). We’ve all shared laughs and tears, many conversations over cups of coffee and glasses of beer, and we even won a bowling championship together. My memorable association with Counter Culture has been a joyful picture of what the greater coffee community has to offer in providing positive space for lives to rub off on each other. Thanks, friends.

With that solid partnership as part of our unchangeable history, I am excited to announce that Taproom will enter into a new chapter of this journey, now partnering with East Pole Coffee Co.

East Pole has been roasting coffee in Atlanta since 2015. One of the founders is Jared Karr, who previously worked as a barista at Taproom. He was here painting ceilings prior to opening day and worked until he left in 2015 to grow East Pole full-time.

East Pole will soon be opening a full-scale coffee bar in the Armour Yards area of North Midtown where they will be showcasing their San Franciscan 25lb. roaster and offering a unique set-up for the Atlanta community. The public roastery and coffee bar will double as a training facility/workshop for wholesale customers like us. 

In celebration of this new partnership, we’re hosting a kickoff party on Thursday, March 30th, from 7-9 PM. We’ll have food, drinks, giveaways, and an overall good ol' time with Taproom and East Pole owners, friends and family.

In addition to a core offering of East Pole Coffee Co., we will be featuring a rotating selection of guest roasters whose coffees will be available on our manual pourover menu and retail coffee shelves. For the next couple weeks we’ll still have some awesome Counter Culture Coffee in the lineup, and then our next guest roaster to be featured will be Panther Coffee out of Miami.

So come on in and try out a cup of something you haven’t had before, or take a bag of coffee beans home. As always, one of my favorite parts about owning Taproom is the constant opportunity to pause and sit down to talk with customers and friends. So if you see me around and want to chat, just pull up a chair and tell me what’s on your mind!

Jonathan