We are in our final work days of 2024, and it’s hard to believe how fast it has gone! We’ve had quite a busy year with many changes, which we’ll tell you all about in the new year.

**Edit-We have been absolutely overwhelmed with the volume of pre-orders and walk-ins this last week. We are so thankful for the support!! But, we are unable to keep up our full coffee menu, so you will see limited items on the website for now until we close. We will have our full selection of coffees available when we come back in January!** We still have plenty of coffees, teas, and accessories for your final week of gift shopping. We just received our last coffee bean delivery, bringing regular favorites, Brazil, Colombia, and Yemen back to the menu, along with some old favorites we haven’t carried the last few years, Bali and Sulawesi.

Don’t forget that the store will be closed from Christmas day through January 6th for our winter break. We’ll return on Tuesday January 7th to regular business hours. Please note that any orders placed during this time will ship when the store re-opens.

From everyone here at The Kaffeeklatsch we hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday season! We are so grateful for your continued support!!

The Kaffeeklatsch has seen a lot of changes through our 48 years of business! As the years pass our customer base continues to grow and change in different ways. Sometimes a point is reached where we need to make a change to how we function and we’ve reached one of those points now.

Our “little” city of Huntsville has also been growing and changing a lot over the past several years. We have continued to gain new customers, as well as many more visitors coming through on their travels. Walk-in customers, old and new, on Saturdays have reached a level we have not experienced before, so we will be changing the availability of ordering on Saturday.

Starting on Saturday August 10th the following changes will be made:

• We will no longer answer the store phone
• Call-In pick-up orders must be received by 1:00pm on Friday for a Saturday pick-up
• Online pick-up orders received by 11:00am Saturday are guaranteed for Saturday pick-up
• Online pick-up orders after 11:00am are not guaranteed to be completed on Saturday
• Shipping orders received on Saturday will continue to ship the following week
• Coffee availability on Saturdays is first come, first serve unless you have pre-ordered following the guidelines listed above

We had an excellent 2023 and start to 2024, gaining lots of new customers along with our faithful regulars. We couldn’t be more honored and happy with the support that you all give us!

That being said, some of you may have noticed that our coffee selection is a little slimmer than usual right now. The fact is we went through our stock of some coffees quicker than expected. But please no fear, we will have your favorites back in stock as soon as we can! If you didn’t know, when we purchase coffee we have to try to buy enough to last until the harvest season the next year. So we’ll probably be buying a bit more of some than we used to!

Over the last week or so we have sampled, and approved some Costa Rica Monte Crisol, Ethiopia Harrar, Guatemala, Jamaica Blue Mountain, and Kenya. We should have samples from Mexico arrive very soon as well. Once we have those we’ll be able to get a coffee shipment to the store to replenish our stock. Coming up over the next couple months will also be samples from Brazil, Costa Rica (Natural), Honduras, Sumatra, and Yemen.

Our featured coffee this month is the WLRH Morning Blend, on sale for $16.95 per pound. This is a very pleasant blend of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru coffees that we created for them several years ago. We also have some personal blends that different WLRH staff created after doing a tasting with us. WLRH is a great entity to have in our community and we are proud to support them!

Other Updates

We are happy to be celebrating our 48th year of business this month!!

Kaffeeklatsch branded mugs will be back in stock in a few weeks. We’ll have one new style available so look out for those soon.

We are continuing to work on our online checkout process to make improvements. We really appreciate your patience as we make changes and please let us know if you have any questions! In the meantime, please note:

• Options for “Shipping” or “Pick up in store” will only show up once you have entered an address
• The automatic default is “Shipping” so you must switch to “Pick up in store” if that is your preference
• These options show up underneath the “Subtotal” in the “Your Order” section on the right side of the page as shown in the picture below

We are excited to have some new website features!

An option to order coffees in pound or half-pound sizes is now available. When you click on a coffee to select options, there is a second drop down box for bag sizes in the same area to select your grind preference. If we have a coffee available in the quarter pound size that will also be an option on those specific coffees. *Please note, if you want us to blend caffeinated and decaffeinated coffees together make sure to let us in the “Order Notes” section at checkout.

Order shipping costs now show on the checkout page giving you your full order total. Once an address is entered at checkout, the options to “Pick up in store” or “Ship” will show up. When “Ship” is selected you will see your shipping cost displayed. Shipping costs are calculated based on your address and order weight. *Please note, if you have a preference for shipping via UPS or USPS make sure to let us know in the “Order Notes” section at checkout.

For gifts, an option for gift packaging is available. This option is located on the checkout page below “Ship to a different address?”.

Our payment system has changed some as well. The option to pay with a gift card is now located above the credit card information area. There is also a new option to save your credit card information securely.

Our mobile phone page view has been upgraded. At the top of the drop down menu there are links to “My Account”, “Cart”, and “Checkout”. This should make navigating while on mobile much easier!

We hope these changes will make your online shopping experience with us even better and thank you for your patience as we were working on this! If you have any questions, or any issues placing your order, please reach out and let us know!

The holidays are upon us, and 2024 is not far away at all! As Christmas nears, we have plenty of gift options for the coffee and tea lovers in your life.

Our ever popular seasonal coffees, Holiday Blend and Yuletide Cheer, are available. Holiday blend is an easy-drinking, non-flavored blend of our Mexican and Peruvian coffees. Yuletide Cheer is a flavored blend with a mix of our Bavarian Chocolate, Frangelico & Creme, and Irish Cream coffees. Both are excellent for gifting, serving at holiday events, or for yourself to enjoy!

Of course we have plenty of other coffees to choose from; single origins, blends, flavored, dark roasts, and decaffs. There are descriptions for all of our offerings to help you choose. If you need some help picking something out we are glad to help as well, just email or call and we’ll get you taken care of!

We have a new Festive Cranberry Green tea SOLD OUT! Nice and refreshing, with a light cranberry flavor, tasty hot or iced and it’s Tea Of The Month so it’s a dollar off all of December! Another great winter time tea is the Masala Chai, very aromatic and complex! Our tea selection is well stocked and includes black, green, oolong, flavored, and herbal types. Brewing suggestions are included on the tea descriptions so if you are gifting to a new tea drinking they’ll have a reference.

Along with coffees and teas, there are plenty of accessories and Kaffeeklatsch merch! Just click on the “Accessories” tab. Everything from coffee and tea brewing equipment, storage, mugs and glasses, along with Kaffeeklatsch shirts, stickers and pins.

We want to thank all of our patrons for the continued support and love of our business! We love what we do here and we are so glad we can share it with you! Happy Holidays and Good Will to All!! – The Kaffeeklatsch Crew-Joanna, Katie, Amanda, Paron, Diana, Anna Ruth, and Grant & Kathryn