21st Street Coffee and Tea: beans from Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea. In the Strip District location, single-origin coffees include new crop Guatemala, La Maravilla from the Itzamna Project; Costa Rica, Flecha Roja; El Salvador, Los Inmortales; Honduras, La Tortuga; Panama, El Machete; and Tanzania Edelweiss Finagro Estate.
21st Street's Frick Building location: Coffee of the week is new crop Guatemala, Itzamna; Costa Rica, Flecha Roja pressed to order. 21streetcoffee.com; 412-281-0809 (Strip District); 412-281-2480 (Downtown).
Aldo Coffee Company, Mt. Lebanon: beans from Intelligentsia. This week's single-origins include Honduras La Tortuga (direct trade), Costa Rica Flecha Roja, El Salvador Los Inmortales and Guatemala Itznama; guest espresso is Streetlevel from Verve Coffee of Santa Cruz, Calif.; aldocoffee.com; 412-563-1220.
Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Company, Beaver Falls (Roaster): serving Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca Vista Hermosa, Timor Maubesse and Kenya AA Eeagads estate coffee. beaverfallscoffeeandtea.com; 724-843-4221.
Big Dog Coffee, South Side: beans from Intelligentsia Roasters; serving Bolivia Anjilanaka El Diablo (organic). Brazil Agua Preta and Finca Santuario from Micay, Colombia, for retail sale only. bigdogcoffee.net; 412-586-7306.
Blue Horse Coffee, Mt. Lebanon: beans from Counter Culture Coffee. Single-origin coffees include Burundi Bwayi, Ethiopia Shakisso, Kenya Ndaroini, Sumatra Dolok Sanggul, Papua New Guinea Kuta, Bolivia French roast, Colombia La Golondrina, Guatemala Finca Nueva Armenia, Decaf Peru, and Decaf Mexico; bluehorsecoffee.com; 412-341-6114.
La Prima Espresso, Strip District (Roaster): Origin coffees available for retail sale include Brazilian Daterra, Colombian Supremo Andeano, Colombian Mi Futuro (relationship), Costa Rica Harvest Reserve, Kenya French Mission Bourbon, Guatemala Finca Vista Hermosa (relationship) and Tanzania Peaberry; fair trade/organic beans include Ethiopia Sidamo, Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Oromia, East Timor, Sumatra Mandheling and Mexico Chiapas. laprima.com; 412-281-1922.
Tazza D'Oro, Highland Park: beans from Verve Coffee. Origin coffees available include Costa Rica Helsar de Zarcero, West Valley, Llano Bonito de Naranjo, wet processed; El Salvador, San Eduardo, El Balsamo, Quezaltapec, wet processed; Nicaragua, Aldea Global, wet processed (Fair Trade and organic); Sumatra, Mandheling, semi-washed (organic); Burundi, Kinyouvu lot #5, wet processed; Kenya, French Mission Bourbon, Thika, wet processed; Ethiopia, Adado, Yirga Cheffe, dry processed (organic). Single-origin espresso, Burundi, Kinyovu lot #5, wet processed. Introducing the new Tazza D'Oro espresso blend "Bicycle Love"; tazzadoro.net; 412-362-3676.
Voluto Coffee, Garfield: beans from 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters. Featured single-origin coffees include Organic Ethiopia Sidamo Adame Bedane, Longitude 123W, Ethiopia Yergacheffe Wondo Worka, Kenya Ruera Estate AA, Organic Ethiopia Yergacheffe Koke Co-Op Grade1, Organic Ethiopia Yergacheffe Beloya Micro-lot #3 and Columbia Timana Micro-Lot; volutocoffee.com; 412-661-3000.
Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Company: Free cuppings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.
CHANGE Blue Horse is suspending public cuppings for the rest of the summer. Look for updtates this fall.
La Prima offers a roaster tour and coffee class from 10 a.m.-noon on the first Saturday of each month. Learn about coffee types and espresso basics, and see a roast first-hand. $10; includes sampling, half-pound bag of coffee and biscotti. Space limited; 412-565-7070.
Fresh Cup Cafe in Saxonburg is holding coffee classes the second Monday of each month. Learn about regional coffees, roastings and tastings. $8 for coffee, sweet and chocolate; 724-352-8181 or e-mail kacyhometeas@yahoo.com.
For the most up-to-date information on available beans and special events, contact cafes directly.