Caffeine Crawl Sacramento 2016

~ Caffeine Crawl Sacramento year 2 was a drizzly, caffeinated success ~ 

A drizzly forecast didn't slow the caffeine-conscious of Sacramento for a second - we had full biking and walking routes geared up and ready to brave the rain bright and early! Several of us began the day admiring the penny floors during a sneak peek at the new, soon-to-open K street location of Temple Coffee (photo above) while sipping Kenya drip brew and Colombia kyoto. 
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Several routes kicked off at Insight coffee Roasters - we sipped over-extracted, under-extracted, and right on target brews of their Guatemala San Antonio Chaguite.
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Photo Credit Chocolate Fish Coffee

Chocolate Fish Coffee hosted bike routes at their roastery with samples of coffee from the same farm - Costa Rica Cerro San Luis - processed three ways - honey, washed, and natural. 
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Vaneli's Handcrafted Coffee served up a single-origin-to-blend tasting at RailBridge Cellars & Company - individual tastings of the Brazil, Guatemala, and Ethiopia used in their unique Caffeine Crawl blend, and then a taste of the blend itself! 
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Nick and Allison brewed up Naked Coffee's newest single origin, Guatemala Laurel, at the roastery and the downtown lounge, respectively. A french press, v60 and a cold brew plus introductions and group discussion of favorite brew methods rounded out our stops. 
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Shine welcomed Crawlers with custom door signs and samples of the 'Namaste' matcha latte, plus an iced 'Nirvana' - Temple Kenya + vanilla + cream. 
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We learned how to make our own New Orleans style cold brew at home with the help of Amanda at The Trade Coffee & Coworking - coffee from Counter Culture, chicory, sugar and milk = NOLA-inspired magic! 

We had a caffeinated history lesson at Old Soul Co - farmer history spanning Nicaragua to Honduras, varietal history, and cafe history accompanied washed and natural processed samples of Nicaraguan coffee and delectable housemade chai scones. 

A origin blend nitro cold brew and a pourover were served alongside smiles from young coffee professionals at coffee farmer owned Pachamama Coffee Cooperative.

 'Affogato' was taken up a notch at The Mill - specialty cookie ice cream and a cold brew reduction syrup took it to a whole new level! 
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Vaneli's Handcrafted Coffee hosted the afterparty and a Coffee Mocktail Barista Competition after the Crawl at RailBridge Cellars & Company - competitors from The Mill, Old Soul Co. and Temple Coffee threw down their best mixology-meets-cold-brew skills for prizes from Prana Chai, Baratza, Espresso Parts, The LAB, Railbridge Cellars and more! 

Rain and all, it was a great weekend, and we're thrilled to watch the Sacramento specialty beverage scene continue to grow. Shout out to Wholesome!, Yelp Sacramento, Sacramento Downtown Grid, Barista Magazine & Perfect Daily Grind, as well as our other awesome sponsors...we couldn't do it without you guys! Looking forward to our next visit to Sactown - cheers!
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