Keep it local Camberville, MA: barismo's founder, Jaime van Schyndel gives a run down on some cool new tap handles at dwelltime.
Coldbrew on tap is the new big thing right now. Cafes, offices, and restaurants are picking this as a new option for quick serve coffee. There are pre-designed 'javarator' setups you can buy and even a reddit section dedicated to the kegging of iced coffee setups. This is the next big thing in coffee!
To celebrate the last two years of serving coldbrew on tap at dwelltime, I came up with a fun idea back in the spring:
While visiting El Bosque de Parramos in Guatemala this spring, I picked up a section of a coffee tree stump from a plot of the farm that had older plantings. This was one of 5 branches coming off the main stump and was still alive. Avelino himself cut the stump off and chose this particular piece of wood.
I brought the wood back and left it with our friends and Somerville neighbors at DGF. After some curing and resting time, the wood was cut into three sections, sanded and prepped as tap handles for a kegged coldbrew setup.
One of the cool aspects of this old stump is that is was right along the pathway. It has several scars along it's backside that came over the years. Over time, different farm workers would sit roadside and have their lunch. They would invariably leave their machete in the closest stump, to which this little tree was the victim a few times. Kind of cool to think about how over the years, the scars tell a story.
Coffee wood grows fast and is typically not good quality. The older varietals that are less dwarfed can get to 20ft tall and this is the type of heirloom bourbon we ended up sawing off to make our handles. This particular stump may have had 20 years on this branch to get to this size. It's color is a bit like poplar but it has a slight tint of green to the bark and wood. Needless to say, I am excited to see how it ages and colors with time.While we can't guarantee coffee wood tap handles for your setup, we can help you with a no fuss install and consistent quality product if you are in the Boston/Cambridge area. If you are interested in serving coldbrew on tap locally or having this in your office, let us know. We have been refining the process and have a separate division dedicated to expanding this. We already have offices and clients across the spectrum setup for coldbrew coffee and tea on tap but are looking for some exciting new places to get this concept into while it's still hot outside.
