Author: The Kaffeeklatsch

The alliteration fell off a bit at the end there, but the sentiment stays similar! (See what we did there?)

September is here, heralding the end of summer’s heat and ushering in the bliss of autumn. Oh to be a leaf lazily spinning to the ground, wafting on a breeze filled with the scent of freshly roasted coffee beans. That’s the dream, right there. Minus the part where a shoe crunches you into oblivion, of course.

We have SUCH exciting news for everyone! Have you ever stood at the counter, done a 180 degree turn and looked up to where the ceiling meets the wall and spiced those fantastic sketches of times past, when Kaffeeklatsch was a cafe and late night bar? You know the ones, of the customers perched happily in the booths by the window where our green dragon still reigns supreme? By Jim Banzhoff? Well, we will have prints of those famous sketches for sale!

I KNOW, RIGHT??

Buy one, buy one of each, buy 3 of your favorites! Go nuts! Your wallet accepted its fate when you walked in the door, anyway.

Speaking of, here’s a couple more tantalizing treats to tempt your wallet.

Coffee Of The Month: Brazil Cerrado

Sweet aroma with hints of caramel, brown sugar, and chocolate. Smooth and creamy in the cup, and very chocolate-forward. Notes of chocolate cake, fudge brownies, molasses, toffee, and sugar cookies, with subtle apple and peach notes.

Tea Of The Month: Ceylon Silver Tip

Soft, with notes of honey, fruit, and roses. A very likable breakfast or afternoon tea.

Welcome to August, that “still summer but inching close to autumn but why is it still so hot” month. That tail end of summer when vacations are ending and everyone is remembering that school starts soon and nothing’s been done to prep yet. May we offer you a nice cup of coffee in these trying times? Or a glass of tea?

Stave off those impending feelings of not-quite-dread with some of our monthly favorites!

Coffee Of The Month: Costa Rica West Valley Monte Crisol

Delicious aroma with hints of maple syrup, dark chocolate, and stone fruits. Soft, smooth body with nuances of earthy dark chocolate, brown sugar, baking spices, peaches and pear.

Tea Of The Month: Summer Peach Green

Green tea with peach bits and sunflower petals. (Don’t let the short description fool you, this tea is AMAZING)

Coffeemeister has beans, if you have coin! We have a wonderful selection of Fellow mugs (peep that logoooo) and other lovely whosits and whatsits galore on offer in the store right now, so make sure you factor in some perusal time when you come in for your beans or loose leaf tea.

What’s Going On Near The Klatsch

-Sidewalk Series: Live Music at Sea Salt

August 2nd (and every Sunday) 2pm-5pm

-Concerts In The Park: Surprise Lineup!

August 3rd in Big Spring Park 6:30pm – 8:30pm (last one for this year)

-10th Annual “End Addiction” Walk

August 8th in Big Spring Park 9am-11:30am

If you haven’t been able to tell from all the signs, banners, ads, and general explosion of red/white/blue designs overtaking the South (and the entire country) this particular July is the United State’s 250th “birthday”. Happy birthday to us! We’ve squeaked into antiquity, as everyone knows a country isn’t reeeeaaally a country until it’s at least 250 years old. Like Hobbits aren’t adults until they’re 33, for example. Given that our “age of majority” starts at only 19… Tolkien probably had the right idea.

So let’s kick off this extra special July with some extra special offerings, goings-on, and all the things that try to make deep summer in Alabama palatable. “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!” It’s both. Honestly, it’s both.

ANNOUNCEMENT!!

**HOLIDAY HOURS**
Friday 7/3 – 9:00am-4:00pm
Saturday – 7/4 CLOSED

Coffee Of The Month: Mexico Altura Veracruz

Vibrant aroma of mixed berries, jasmine, and milk chocolate. Full and creamy in the cup with notes of berries, cherries, sweet cream, stone fruit, caramel, and sweet tea. Natural Process

Tea Of The Month: Gold Kuan Yin

Exceptionally smooth and sweet, this oolong has notes of melon, citrus, and honey with a lightly floral and herbaceous finish. From a hybrid of the Ti Kuan Yin cultivar.

Did you know we currently carry 3 different sizes of Chemex pour-over carafes? Far be it from us to tell you how to make a stupendous iced coffee to beat this crazy heat but honestly these make it SO easy to have a smooth delicious iced coffee. So not so much telling you as imparting a trade secret. SHHHH.

Cool Things Around The Klatsch

“Huntsville Salutes America’s 250” Saturday, July 4th 4pm-9:30pm

Festivities begin at 4 p.m. with a vendor market, food trucks, historical re-enactments, activities and a DJ in Big Spring Park.

At 5 p.m., the American Eras Parade begins at the Huntsville Madison County Veterans Memorial, 200 Monroe St. NW, where a grandstand viewing area will be available, and travels down Jefferson Street to Williams Avenue before turning on Church Street and concluding at Clinton Avenue.

The Moonlight Market Downtown Square, July 10th 5:30pm-9:00pm

The Moonlight Market is Downtown Huntsville’s newest way to experience Friday nights!

Every second Friday from May through October, the Downtown Square comes alive with over 40 local artisan vendors and live music filling the Square with energy.

New this year: The market now runs from 5:30 PM to 9 PM, giving you even more time to shop, stroll, and enjoy the downtown scene after dark!

Shop local vendors, explore downtown shops and restaurants, and make every second Friday the night to be in Downtown Huntsville!

Light Up the Night
Let’s glow! Parks & Recreation will host “Light Up the Night” at Big Spring Park on Friday, July 31, from 6-9 p.m.

Enjoy music, lights, dancing and more glow party fun at this free, family-friendly event. Free party favors for kids while supplies last.

This seemingly endless bout of rain has left us feeling washed clean of spring’s pollen (finally, good grief) and excited to share some updates for this summer!

Last month we celebrated 50 fantastic years of being in business, and to show we REALLY mean business we have new merch! Now found at kaffeeklatsch.com are 50th anniversary t-shirts, tote bags, and hats! Grab yourself some swag and strut your stuff downtown for all the coffee lovers to swoon over. While you make your mark on the town, stay caffeinated with a Fellow brand travel mug with our logo proudly stamped on the side! Honestly, we are super-mega-jazzed about these, and the rest of the new pieces! If we showed any more pride over our store you could see the rainbow glow of it from orbit.

Let’s get into the monthly favorites, shall we?

Coffee Of The Month: Guatemala Antigua Los Volcanes

Sweet aroma with notes of chocolate, caramel, and marzipan. Creamy medium body in the cup with nuances of dark chocolate, salted caramel, toasted nuts, along with soft cherry and baking spice notes.

Tea Of The Month: Super Yin Hao Jasmine

Top grade green tea with white, downy tips scented with Jasmine blossoms. Soft, full-bodied and sweet flavor with a slight, pleasing dryness in the finish.

Summer sun (one day…maybe? For more than an hour? Please??) means summer fun downtown! We like to list a few frivolities happening within a meandering distance of us, to lure …entice …give another reason to enjoy an outing after grabbing a cup of coffee. Keep an eye out for these at the end of our blog posts, starting next month and going until October!

Come one, come all, and ring around the Maypole with us as we gaily celebrate Kaffeeklatsch hitting its 50th year in business!

Our beloved cornerstone store of all things coffee has seen many faces, worn many hats, and roasted many a bean. It started out as a cafe, then added in coffee roasting, THEN added a bar at night! As time passes, things change, and the cafe has become a fresh hot cup of drip coffee. The bar has become a Bean Lounge for our huge, heavy bags of un-roasted coffee (reports of loud bass at night from that side are greatly exaggerated, we’re pretty certain. No comment on the loose glow sticks sometimes seen on Tuesday mornings).

But the heart of it all, the beans and the people, those remain. May they remain another 50 wonderful years, and may our beloved green stained glass dragon outlast us all.

(It probably will. Dragons live a LONG time, after all. Smaug’s fault was being prideful. And rude.)

Coffee Of The Month: Kaffeeklatsch House Blend

Medium-bodied, well balanced, pleasant flavor. The lively, complex flavors of Central and South American coffees make our this a real crowd-pleaser.

Tea Of The Month: Keemun Black 1st Grade

Our English Breakfast Tea. Full bodied and round with red wine, cherry, and toasted malt notes.

Special Announcements

To kick off our 50th anniversary, we are hosting a fantastic block party this coming Saturday, May 2nd! We’re modifying our hours to 11am-2pm, which is 2 hours shorter than normal because we are gonna be HIGH OCTANE with caffeine and joy! We’re talkin’ food, we’re talkin’ merch, we’re talkin’ music! All the things that make street parties a blast and a half. Weiner Von Braun and St Paddy’s Wagon are serving up delicious grub, and we’re gonna have 5 -count ’em FIVE- ceramicists gleefully hawking their hot beverage themed breakables. (Do your dancing away from their tables, if you could please)

We have restocked our shirts with a special 50th design, and will also have hats and tote bags commemorating as well. As a super special treat, we have a SUPER limited count of 50 shirts with a hand drawn “coffee drinker wearing a dragon suit” design as well, for $50 each. (I’m sensing a theme with these numbers…)

We sincerely hope as many regulars as possible can make it in and party hard with us, and just as many newcomers! It’s been a true joy and a privilege to roast, bag and serve up all things coffee and tea for our community.

Thank you.