Safely in St. Louis’ Central West End, visiting my sis now :)
One snafu — Woke up yesterday morning to discover that the only coffee in the house was a rather skanky, flavored kind — and not fair trade!
Luckily, with a lil help from TransFair USA’s website, I quickly found Northwest Coffee Roasting Company. This fair trade licensed roaster had a cafe just a half block away :)
I was kinda disappointed to discover that Northwest Coffee only offered one fair trade blend — an organic Guatemalan — which I got an lb of for my sis (and also for me for the duration of my stay).
But the barista was super sweet and helpful, and she did a lil latte art — pretty :) The coffee shop also has spacious indoor and outdoor seating — and free wifi :)
In any case, it’s great to see that an indie coffee culture seems alive and well, in St. Louis :) Support local coffee shops! And if you drop by Northwest Coffee, buy the fair trade, organic Guatemalan coffee — and let ‘em know you’d love to have more fair trade coffee options :)
Northwest Coffee Roasting Company. St. Louis: 4251 Laclede Ave. 314.371.4600. (Central West End). Clayton (2 locations): 8401 Maryland Ave. 314.725.8055; 50 Gay Ave.
November 28th, 2006 at 5:26 am
It is alive here… the Hartford Coffee Company and Mokabee’s, both in the Tower Grove South neighborhood, both have wide selections of Fair Trade brews… and both are within a bike ride of my house…
November 29th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Thanks for the info! I just added them to list of coffee shops, and will let my sis know about them :)