Blue Horse Coffee

Due to the tough conditions of the roads, tomorrow, 2/8, we plan to open at 7. Be careful, everyone.

It’s 9:15 a.m., we are open. It’s time to come get some great coffee! We’re brewing the washed Ethiopia Shakisso and Decaf French roast. An ancho chile Mexican cocoa sounds good, too.

We’re planning to open Sunday, 2/7, at 9:00 a.m. Feel free to call to make sure we’re there. Be careful out there, people.

Allegheny County has declared a disaster emergency, non-essential travel should not occur. Sorry, but we’re not opening today. We’ll have to see what happens later, and how things might go on Sunday.

Check back for updates.

I suppose you’ve heard by now that we have a LOT of snow. Clearly, we’re not opening at 9 today, and opening at all is highly unlikely. Call the shop at 412 341-6114 before heading to Blue Horse. Heck, I don’t even know if there’s power there.

It seems that we’re in for a fair amount of snow Friday night. So here’s fair warning – this Saturday, 2/6, Blue Horse Coffee will open at 9 a.m., weather permitting.

If the forecasts are all wrong and we get a lot less snow, we’ll try to get open earlier. If we get a lot more snow, we’ll try to get open later.

Feel free to call us Saturday morning to see when we’re open. Thanks!

Effective today, we’ve lowered our brewed coffee prices. Yep, for once somebody is reducing prices.

Also, we have a commuter special for those of you that bring in your own cups or mugs, so check it out.

This is a great time to be a Blue Horse coffee drinker!

For years, we’ve used the La Forza espresso blend as our house espresso. A few months ago, our roaster offered a single-origin espresso (SOE) from the same farmers that produce our “regular” Mexican coffee, the 21st de Septiembre co-operative. So we brought that SOE in to use as our house espresso for a few months, and many of you told us how much you really liked the SOE.

So, change is good, sometimes. We’ve decided to take advantage of the fact that our roaster has several espresso blends to choose from, as well as SOE’s, and so we’ll change things up from time to time. Just to keep us all on our toes. It gives you the chance to taste some of the world’s best espresso offerings, all under one roof, Blue Horse Coffee. It also allows us to flex our barista skill-muscles, as dealing with different blends and SOE’s requires great taste buds, great attention to detail, and the ability to bring out the best qualities from the different coffees.

The SOE Mexico lot is now gone. We have a few pounds left, which we’ll be using until it runs out. We will miss you, 21st de Septiembre.

But wait, what’s that I hear off in the distance? Oh my, it’s a new SOE, from the Sidamo region of Ethiopia. Might this have some of the wonderful, sweet berry-ness of the sun-dried Sidamo we now carry? Hmm, we’ll just have to wait and see.

We have it on order, and it should be here early next week. In the meantime, we’ll be using the Toscano blend of espresso, a somewhat sweeter, caramelly shot that is delightful straight up, and that smoothly melds with milk in a latte or cappuccino.

So whet your espresso taste buds, we’ve got some more wonderful shots to make for you.

We’ve sold out of the Swiss chard soup. We have chicken vegetable today, and we’ll have beef chili tomorrow. Hang in there, people, we can all make it out of this cold snap. Some Blue Horse coffee will help.

How cold is it? It’s so cold that we’ve got 2 soups today.

Chicken vegetable soup has chicken breast, carrots, potatoes, other good veggies and chicken broth.

Our vegetarian Swiss chard and white bean soup has tomatoes, rice, cannellini beans, and is hearty and filling.

Come and get it!