Coffee connoisseurs looking for a crater above a rest should take note of a new business opening shortly in south Bethlehem.
LIT Coffee Roastery Bakeshop, a partnership between Bethlehem-based Monocacy Coffee Co. and Made By Lino bakery, is approaching to open in 3 to 4 weeks during 26 E. Third St., according to co-owner Matthew Hengeveld.
“We’ll be roasting a coffee right on a premises,” he said. “Baked products from Made By Lino bakery will be baked in a on-site kitchen as well.”
In 2015, Hengeveld and his partner, Dan Taylor, started roasting coffee underneath a Monocacy Coffee Co. name, offered their products mostly during area farmers markets.
There are a few things essential to daily life.
Adequate sleep. Nourishing food. And coffee.
Of course, decent coffee is accessible scarcely everywhere, from gas stations and rest stops to supermarkets and large sequence stores. And that form of coffee will do a trick, giving we that detonate of energy…
There are a few things essential to daily life.
Adequate sleep. Nourishing food. And coffee.
Of course, decent coffee is accessible scarcely everywhere, from gas stations and rest stops to supermarkets and large sequence stores. And that form of coffee will do a trick, giving we that detonate of energy…
(Jennifer Sheehan)
Hengeveld, who volunteers with Bethlehem Food Co-Op, pronounced a twin focuses on medium- and light-roast coffees since they source a beans from tiny general farms that “really concentration on a peculiarity of a coffee.”
“We compensate a bit of a reward for that, though in turn, we have these coffees that underline singular season records and complexities,” he explained. “If we were to dim fry them, it works roughly like if we were barbecuing a steak. With well-done steaks, you’re tasting many some-more of a burn and grilled season rather than a tangible beef itself. The same binds loyal with coffee: If we keep them lighter, we get a lot some-more of a constituent flavors.”
The association typically offers around 7 opposite varieties from countries such as Costa Rica, Colombia and Nicaragua with packages featuring a brief outline of a coffee’s start and a singular features.
One of a many renouned selections comes from an organic, fair-trade plantation in Brazil.
“We call it a gateway coffee since so many people try it and contend it tastes like a coffee they understand, though it still has a lot of complexities to it,” Hengeveld said. “We’ve also been regulating a lot of coffee from small, comparison farms in Ethiopia. They are unequivocally singular in that they’re like heirloom, one-of-a-kind varietals with some-more fruity flavors.”
Hengeveld pronounced he and Taylor trust a Lehigh Valley is unequivocally developed for such an establishment, citing renouned spots such as ReAnimator Coffee and La Colombe Coffee in Philadelphia and identical places in New York City.
“People travelling to these cities for work come behind home and there are not a lot of places charity that direct-from-farm knowledge and grade of transparency,” he said.
Made by Lino owners Melanie Lino specializes in French macaroons, Hengeveld said.
She’ll also be charity cake by a cut and “Pop-Tart-like” flaky pastries with honeyed and delicious fillings.
Her credentials is Dominican and she eventually wants to offer some Dominican soups and sandwiches, too.
“She’s unequivocally initial and we consider that’s what drew Dan and we to work with her,” Hengeveld said. “We are kind of regressive when it comes to a coffees – not adding any flavors. So, we consider she arrange of balances us out.”
In further to coffee, LIT will offer other beverages such as Assam black tea and jasmine immature tea, alien from farms a same way.
The shop, that will offer seating for 15-30 business in a former Tallarico’s Chocolates space, will be open Tuesday by Saturday. Info: Lit Roastery Bakeshop on Facebook.