Herkimer at 74th and Greenwood has expanded its coffee roasting business and its beans are now available at a number of Seattle-area businesses. Its newest bulk-bean customer is a bookstore and cafe in Wasilla, Alaska, called Pandemonium.
Herkimer ships a couple hundred pounds of beans up there every week, about the same amount of beans it uses in its own shop. They used to roast on Mondays and Thursdays, but they’ve added more days here and there as their roasting business expands.
Note to parents: The PhinneyWood kid is fascinated by watching the roasting process. If you’re looking for a little educational entertainment, park your kid on a stool in front of the open roasing window and watch the Herkimer folks pour the green beans into the roaster and then watch the roasted beans come out and get poured into a big bucket, weighed and poured into paper bags. And the guys doing the roasting may even show your little one a handful of beans from before and after the process, and explain how it all works. Hours of fun!
8 responses so far ↓
1 Iron City Mike // Jul 30, 2009 at 7:12 am
Hmmm who do I know that was from Wasilla?
2 Woody Bombay // Jul 30, 2009 at 10:24 am
I can’t believe there’s a bookstore in Wasilla. What do they have, Bibles and coloring books?
3 Shiny // Jul 30, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I can see Herkimer from my house!
4 seasea // Jul 30, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Let us all know if Sarah applies for a job!
5 Muddycat // Jul 31, 2009 at 11:07 am
I knew this place was full of character.
6 momoftwo // Jul 31, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I am surprised they are encouraging kids to visit Herkimer. I never get a real “kid friendly” vibe there.
7 Dave // Aug 1, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Workimer loves kids! I always tell my kids to make lots of noise to bug the day-laborers slaving over their PCs in there.
8 coffee guy // Aug 3, 2009 at 12:41 pm
hey dave - gee, it sounds like you are a great parent. how about teaching your kids the importance of politeness and consideration of others instead?
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