Special Blends

What follows is a list of our signature blends that are very popular with our customers. Some were blended to satisfy a particular customer’s taste and have gone on to become generally popular, while others are named for geographic locations because they reflect the coffee tastes of those places.

Auggie's Blend

S OUR PECIAL BLENDS Custom Blending has always been a tradition here. Tell us how you like your coffee and we can tailor a blend to your taste. If you'd like, we'll even remember it for you to make reordering easy.

PER LB. 60th BIRTHDAY BLEND . . . . . . . . .$10.99 Blended to celebrate my 60th birthday, it’s a blend of three single-origin coffees roasted just short of a Vienna. It’s full-flavored but not so dark to develop the surface oil and flavor of a darker roast.

100th ANNIVERSARY BLEND. . . .$10.99 Six different coffees roasted to a full city - a shade darker than American but lighter than a Vienna roast - a delicious and unique brew!

AGGIE’S BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 2/3 Colombian Supremo and 1/3 French Italian Espresso. Named after Aggie, a woman who ran a great restaurant called Aggie’s here in Greenwich Village. She was famous for her excellent food and her great coffee. It’s strong, but the high percentage of Colombian Supremo gives the blend a nice roundness so it avoids being bitter. It’s excellent.

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ORGANIC FAIR TRADE ALEX’S BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11.49 A blend of organics in both American and French roasts, similar in strength to the Peter’s Blend.

AUGGIE’S BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.99 1/2 French Italian Espresso and 1/2 House Blend. The espresso’s strong flavor is what dominates this blend. Named after a tiny coffee bar in Soho where artists, writers, and characters of all sorts used to go to drink strong coffee and smoke strong cigarettes.

BEDFORD BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 3/4 House Blend and 1/4 French Italian Espresso. The espresso adds a little zip to the House Blend.

ORGANIC FAIR TRADE BLACK & TAN BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11.49 A blend of organic coffees in both a Vienna and a soft French roast. Like the Black & Tan beverage, it’s rich, creamy, velvety and robust.

BUDAPEST BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 Heavy, smooth, and velvety to drink. Stands up well to milk or halfand-half.

CAFE BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 A mixture of five coffees from South and Central America, as well as Africa. The exact mixture is my secret, but the result is delicious. It’s similar in roast to Italian espressos - that is, a shade between Viennese and French. It’s creamy and strong without being bitter and produces lots of crema when made in an espresso machine.

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PER LB. DANISH BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 1/2 Mocha Java and 1/2 French Mocha. This very popular blend is stronger than Peter’s. Being half French, it’s dominated by that French roast flavor. The Mocha & Java blend it’s mixed with is full-bodied for a light roast blend, so this mixture has character and flavor.

ORGANIC FAIR TRADE ESPRESSO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11.49 An espresso blend that’s sweet and round to start, with a nutty finish.

ESPRESSO CENT’ANNI. . . . . . . . $10.99 While looking for new coffees, I came upon some extraordinary samples... delicate and very flavorful of the bourbon variety. I then created an espresso blend using these and other excellent beans and named it Espresso Cent’anni. It’s so good, it’s maddening!

FRENCH MOCHA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 Our most popular French roast, medium-bodied with a hint of spice.

FRENCH MOCHA JAVA. . . . . . . . .$10.99 Roasted to a French for those of you who love the Mocha and Java blend but want a stronger version.

FRENCH ITALIAN ESPRESSO. . . $10.99 The same mixture as the Cafe Blend, but roasted to an espresso. This is our most popular espresso. The beans are very dark brown and covered with coffee oils. It yields a strong dark espresso with thick dark brown crema. It’s my older Italian customers’ favorite.

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HOLIDAY BLEND. $10.99 Roasted between an American and a Vienna roast, our Holiday Blend consists of four different coffees, mixed together to achieve a smooth and full-bodied brew (it is not a flavored coffee). PER LB.

ORGANIC FAIR TRADE HOLIDAY BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . $11.49 A festive blend of organic coffees from Central and South America roasted to a full-city. It’s bright and balanced with hints of spice, creamy and well-rounded (it is not a flavored coffee).

HOUSE BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 Originated by my father from his days at Fromme’s Coffee Company. It is medium in strength, with excellent flavor and acidity. It is our most popular light roast blend.

ICED COFFEE BLEND. . . . . . . . . .$10.99 Smooth and rich with chocolaty notes. Ideal for cold-brewing... and when brewed hot, is deliciously robust. Perfect either way!

ITALIAN ESPRESSO. . . . . . . . . . . .$10.99 The darkest and strongest of our espressos.

KATE’S BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.99 A very well-balanced blend of predominantly Viennese roasts with a small amount of French. Coffee origins are Indonesia and South America. In coffee talk it cups with a sweet snap and a smooth finish.

PER LB. MOCHA JAVA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 Roasted to an American Roast, this is the traditional M&J Blend. The spicy heaviness of an Indonesian mixed with the winey sweetness of a good Ethiopian. A strong and full-bodied light roast coffee blend.

NAIROBI BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12.99 1/2 French Roast Colombian Supremo and 1/2 Kenya AA. An excellent blend I created by accident. I mistakenly mixed these two coffees when I didn’t move the Colombian out of the roaster’s cooling bin fast enough. I tasted the result and it was great, strong and smooth with a winey Kenyan aftertaste. It’s named after a late good friend named Jane who was in love with Mr. Nairobi (the body builder), but that’s another story.

NEW ORLEANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 1/2 Mocha Java, 1/4 French Mocha, 1/4 French Chicory. Mixed half and half with hot milk, it’s a pleasure to drink. Very popular in Louisiana, most notably in New Orleans. The addition of chicory was originally intended to extend the coffee, but over time became so integrated into custom and habit that it is woven into the very fabric of “The Big Easy” culinary culture. We also sell the beignet mix (page 70), so while you’re drinking your New Orleans blend and listening to Satchmo, you can also enjoy “dunking” New Orleans style.

NORTHEAST BLEND. . . . . . . . . . $10.99 A blend of high-grown tangy Central American beans mixed with milder South American beans, the Northeast is darker than a full city roast, but not quite as dark as a Vienna roast. This blend has a sweet full-bodied flavor without the heaviness of a French roast.

PETER’S BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 For my taste it's a toss-up between this and the Nairobi Blend. This blend is 1/3 French roast and 2/3 American roast, so it's got the punch, but it's still smooth enough that what little hair I have left doesn't fly out when I drink it!

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ORGANIC FAIR TRADE PETER’S BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11.49 1/3 French roast and 2/3 light roast. All the deliciousness of our famous Peter’s Blend, and it’s Organic and Fair Trade too!

ROSE’S 100th BIRTHDAY BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 A mix of four coffees roasted between an American & a Viennese roast. This is a coffee you can drink with milk. It is sturdy and full-flavored, a big rush of sweet piquant flavor followed by a nutty finish.

TURKISH BLEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99 This blend of light and dark coffees is ideally suited for brewing in the Turkish style.