VII Photo and Third Rail Coffee

invite you to their latest show,

THE UNDECIDED 

featuring photographs 

shot on assignment for

The New Yorker 

in a feature story about 

swing voters in Dayton, Ohio

by Ashley Gilbertson and Ed Kashi

The exhibition will run from Election Day through December 1st

For the full Undecided story, please see:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/11/video-the-undecided.html

 

SANDY has shut us down people! We're CLOSED until further notice. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ314hldal4&t=3m44s


 

Geisha/Gesha Time!

Starting this Sunday (9.23.12) we will be affording our customers a unique opportunity to experience the pinnacle of specialty coffee without any price markup on our end. 

Our current guest roaster, Ceremony, has two beautiful offerings from Ninety Plus Gesha Estates in Panama. These coffees represent the apex of what we believe specialty coffee can be. Loads of people in the coffee world have been able to experience coffees like these time and time again, but unfortunately the high price-tag they carry makes it difficult for the average consumer to justify purchasing. 

It's not that this cost is unwarranted (any product of equal quality in other food realms would carry the same), but there isn't necessarily the same understanding and appreciation of coffee to allow people to rationalize the purchase. We think that this is a shame and perhaps it's partially our (specialty coffee shops) fault for not sharing the experience with customers on a wide-enough scale for people to even be aware of what true quality can be. 

Therefore, we are going to sell these coffees for the same price as the other coffees on our menu to allow everyone the opportunity to taste them. We're sharing the cost, meaning we won't profit from this monetarily but we believe that there is still a huge benefit from making these available. 

They will be on our Chemex (made-to-order) menu for as long as we have them in stock, and if all goes well we'll order them again so those who miss out can have a chance to purchase a cup. We are also stocking order forms from Ceremony so you can buy your own bag from them if you're so inclined. Just ask the barista for one and we'll send it in with our next order so you can pick it up at the shop. 

We hope you're as excited for this as we are; tell your friends and share a Chemex if the 5 bucks seems too steep. We really want you to taste these. 

 

Really. 

 

See you this weekend,

Mike Jones

Coffee Director

Third Rail Coffee

Oh Summer, we're gonna miss you....

Summer 2012 from Third Rail Coffee on Vimeo.

New Exhibit - "Good Times" - Opening

Join us this Wednesday night, July 25th at 8pm as we celebrate the opening of a new photography exhibit and the start of an exciting partnership with VII Photo Agency! Over the next year, award winning photographer and VII member Ashley Gilbertson will curate a series of shows to be hosted at Third Rail Coffee. The first of the series is "Good Times" and includes seven prints curated from the VII Archive.

These celebratory photos were taken by members of VII, a photo agency based in New York and Paris. VII was founded in 2001 by photographers who focused primarily on conflict. In the ten years since, the agency catalogue has evolved to contain the full spectrum of humanity: even the good times. For more information about VII photographers and photos, please visit, www.viiphoto.com

Coffee with Joe Biden

We don't normally dish on the celebs that frequent the Rail, but you can't argue with the photographic evidence presented by our friends at Sprudge.com here...

CLICK HERE for the full article. 

Getting psyched for this...

NERBC 2012

Amazing weekend for Third Rail Coffee and one of our baristas. Jordan Barber competed in the Northeast Regional Barista Competition AND the Brewers' Cup and the results were astounding! 

Jordan took 2nd place in the Barista Competion and WON the Brewers' Cup!!!

Our man Jordan Barber taking the "Gold" at this year's NE Brewers' Cup!

Barista Competion

 Here's Jordan preparing the winning brew!