Buzz: Coffee Roaster

03/04/2023

buzzcoffeeroaster.com/buy-beans/el-salvador-caturra

We've rolled in a great new coffee just in time for Spring: Finca El Manzano, Honey-process Caturra, from Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador. Done right, Honey-Processing hits the sweet spot of cleanliness and body. This Caturra is a great example with a lot of heft, and just enough balanced acidity to give it a fresh 'zing' on the palate. One of the nicest Centrals we've had in a long time.

12/23/2022

Great coffee doesn’t have to be challenging! While we love the exotic in coffee, for daily drinking we look for something that is deliciously “coffee.” Our BFD fills the bill with super-premium Brazil and just a bit of high grown Central American coffee to give it shine. This all-purpose coffee works well using a wide range of brew methods. Highly recommended!

B F D (Back From the Dead) is a delicious and versatile blend of premium coffees that works well in automatic brewers and as a pour-over, french press, or Aeropress.

12/19/2022

In our cafes, we maintained an old-school ‘ristretto’ approach to our NCK espresso blend. Now we’ve rebooted NCK, amping up quality by combining a fancy, high-grown, single-origin Brazil with premium central American coffees. Those who appreciate traditional espresso, will love the dense explosion of chocolate and cocoa in NCK 2.0.

12/17/2022

Looking for a luxury gift for the coffee geek in your life?

How about our Janson Lot 779, an incredibly elegant and refined washed Geisha. Hibiscus, and delicate peach notes, with hints of earl gray tea, roasted with the lightest possible touch to highlight intense floral aromatics.

Lot 779 Washed Geisha is an incredibly elegant and refined Geisha. Hibiscus, and delicate peach notes, with tea and floral aromatics. 108 gr (4 servings)

12/13/2022

Back From the Dead-
After 12 years of running cafes we hit ‘pause’ and then ‘reset.’ Now we are back, focusing on roasting the very best coffee available anywhere. Please visit buzzcoffeeroaster.com/buy-beans to get yours.

11/21/2022

Colombia COE Round 2…

10/04/2022

The many kind and thoughtful messages from our fans have been happily received! Now we are inching closer to an announcement and (spectacular) new offerings in time for the holidays. Thanks all for your patience

08/23/2022

Challenges and Opportunities

Dear Buzz Customers:

The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities for many.

At Buzz, the effects of the pandemic have left our cafe business unsustainable. Sadly, after more than 12 years of operating, we've closed the cafe for good and moved out of our old, large roasting facility.

But this isn't the last chapter for Buzz: Coffee Roaster. The absence of the daily obligations of a cafe business has left us free to return to the curiosity that drew us to coffee in the first place. We are now in the process of setting up a new, more streamlined roastery. By mid-fall 2022, we hope to begin to offer unique coffees online that inspire and energize us but are impractically expensive to offer in a cafe setting. We plan to offer a super high-quality traditional espresso and just a few exotic coffees meticulously selected and painstakingly roasted.

This new menu isn't a business model so much as a passion project, and we don't know if it is even possible to turn a profit selling this sort of coffee. We've reconfigured the business to endure regardless! We started Buzz as "Life Support for Coffee Geeks," and this latest incarnation marks a return to that philosophy.

We'd love to hear from you with suggestions of comments.

Buzz: Coffee Roaster
Chicago, IL

05/27/2022

We are out of action with COVID! Closed until further notice. Sorry for any inconvenience.

11/28/2021

The booster jab took out the staff! We are closed and sorry for any inconvenience. We will be back on Tuesday.

11/25/2021

Happy Turkey Day Everyone!
We will be out celebrating tomorrow and back from 8-2 on Friday.