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![Coffeewomple: derived from Coddiwomple [verb] to travel purposefully to an unknown destination.
Based in NE Minneapolis, Nicole Bolea and Zach Whitney are the cofounders of Coffeewomple Roastery, the United State’s first electric roaster of directly-sourced coffee beans. Their roastery commits every day to making the more sustainable choice regardless of cost. These choices include their personal connection with their farmers around the world, their roasting process itself and their compostable packaging and shipping materials.
Nicole shares that, “We love coffee and wanted to do it with purpose. We wanted to leverage our backgrounds to roast and package more sustainably.”
Every time I talk with Nicole and Zach I learn something new about the science of roasting, the nuance of coffee’s flavor profiles or what they, as roasters and coffee aficionados, look for to create the desired flavor profile from each batch of beans.
Coffeewomple fans notice how Nicole and Zach’s process highlights the natural flavors of the beans in nuanced ways. “You can make good coffee just by starting out with a good bean. That will get you 90% of the way there,” explains Zach. “That final 10% requires a lot of testing. The palette is huge. One thing you learn early on is that you can’t add a flavor that’s not there. If it’s not in that green bean to start, you’re not going to find it.”
The search for a high quality, durable and yet compostable coffee bag was an intentional choice, even though it increases their supply costs. “Living in Minnesota where we have access to really good commercial composting, we choose to support that infrastructure. We want to show that reducing the negative environmental impact of coffee can be done. It has to be done if we’re going to still have a viable coffee crop for the next generation of farmers.”
Nicole and Zach love to invite people into their space. It’s an opportunity to share what they’ve learned about the process and product of coffee. Nicole laughs, “We relish any chance to nerd out about coffee. It is truly our favorite.”
Find Coffeewomple at the @ne_fm this winter.
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