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    June 05, 2013 Brian Beyke

    Quills Returns to Coffee Fest

       Time for another round of Coffee Fest. This time in the windy city. This weekend- Houston, Jesse and Luke will head up North for Chicago's annual turn at the...

    June 03, 2013 Brian Beyke

    Kathleen Lolley at Quills

    Have you visited the deepest, most mysterious parts of the forest lately and climbed trees with fairies that look like frogs (or are they frogs that look like fairies?) or...

    May 23, 2013 Brian Beyke

    Part 3: How to Taste

    In our last two posts, we introduced you to the science and importance of cupping then took you through the first step of minding our noses. Now would be a...

    May 20, 2013 Brian Beyke

    He is Marshall

    And this- our final ode to Mr. Aaron Marshall - at least for the day. Aaron has been a loyal cortado-addicted customer of Quills on Baxter for a very long...

    May 17, 2013 Brian Beyke

    Part 2: It's in the Nose

    Earlier this week we introduced you to one of the most important methods to our madness when it comes to selecting and delivering great coffee: our weekly cupping. You can...

    May 13, 2013 Brian Beyke

    Why We Cup (Part I)

    This is the first of three posts you will see over the next several days describing the coffee cupping process and the whys and hows of Quills approach to it. Part...