The weather continues to warm up and the barrage of pollen has begun – that’s how you know it’s officially spring here in Huntsville!
April brings rain showers and new monthly sale selections, read on to learn all about them!
Coffee of the Month: Timor Leste Ermera Eratoi
Deep aroma with nuances of rich chocolate and fudge, toffee, and hits of sweet berries and stone fruit. Smooth, full body in the cup with notes of dark chocolate syrup, fudge, milk chocolate, and toffee nut, with soft hints of raspberry, cherry, and candied lemon. This single origin is rich and sweet! This coffee is Certified Organic.
Tea of the Month: Honeysuckle Oolong
This oolong has a lovely floral aroma, round and mellow with a sweet finish. In the cup, notes of honeysuckle are prominent, along with some apple and melon notes.
Featured Brew Style: French Press
A compact counter option for manual coffee brewing, a french press is great for those beautiful chilly into warm mornings out on the porch. This brewer takes a coarse grind, some hot water and a few minutes of steeping and creates a lovely coffee with thicker mouthfeel and smooth finish. Remember that slow and steady is the name of the game when pressing that plunger down, too fast or too much pressure can force the grinds up and around the strainer and end up in your coffee! Take the opportunity to slow down and savor the ritual of brewing in a french press as well as those morning hours, before the heat and excitement of summer set in.
Cool Store Finds: Have you checked out our various reusable tea strainers? We have a variety of fun and interesting types, including fillable bags, easy-clean stainless steel, and ones topped with fun animals like sharks or cats! These and even more tea accessories are located at the end of the front rug next to our collection of Airscapes.
Reminders: Blooming plants means pollen, and temperature fluctuations can mess with our immune systems and make it easier to catch those spring colds. Whatever the reason for the sniffles, take care to keep yourself and those around you healthy by covering your nose and mouth when you sneeze, and frequently washing your hands while out and about enjoying the spring warmth downtown. We have hand sanitizer at our Coffee To Go station should you need it while waiting on your cup to be poured.
Downtown fun this month:
Huntsville Babypalooza Baby Expo
April 5th at the VBC Saturn Ballroom
10:00am – 2:00pm
New and expectant parents don’t miss the Huntsville Babypalooza Baby Expo! It’s a free day of fun and information to connect you with essential resources, education, and community support. From car seat safety, infant nutrition, breastfeeding and postpartum care, our expert-led seminars will help equip you for parenthood.
Battle of the Buffalo (Wing Fest)
April 12th at Big Spring Park 12:00pm-5:00pm
$$ This is a ticket required event $$
Alpha Tau Omega created this event called Battle of the Buffalo to raise money for HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and Russel Hill Cancer Foundation, for the purpose of cancer research and treatment. Battle of the Buffalo is a chicken wing festival that takes place in Big Spring Park every year in April. The event started after the loss of a member to acute myeloid leukemia in 2007.
Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo
April 25th – 27th at the VBC
The 2025 Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo (Year 10) is a family-friendly 3-day event in the heart of beautiful downtown Huntsville celebrating ALL things Comic & Pop Culture! The show will include 60+ Special Celebrity Guests, 200+ Vendors, Artists/Authors Alley, Cosplay Contests, a Gaming Room, Discussion Panels and much more!
Panoply Arts Festival
April 25th – 27th at Big Spring Park
Make plans to join Arts Huntsville in celebrating Panoply Arts Festival in downtown Huntsville’s Big Spring Park where we will welcome more than 100 visual artists from various mediums in the fan-favorite Art Marketplace, two musical performance stages featuring 30+ musical acts by local bands and musicians, a variety of culinary artisan food trucks, kid-friendly interactives and STEAM activities, community art projects, and so much more!