Tontine

Coffee Profile

Toffee, brownie, amber honey, ripe plum

Origin

Costa Rican Tarrazu Honey

What to expect from this coffee

Notable for producing some of the best coffee in the world, Costa Rican Tarrazu makes the perfect roast for those who enjoy a cappuccino.

About this coffee roast

Established in 1793 at the corner of  Water and Wall streets on southeast tip of Manhattan, the Tontine Coffee House stands as a beacon to the foundation of post-Revolution American commerce and finance. A result of the May 17, 1792 creation of the Buttonwood Agreement, which bound its signatories to trade only with each other the coffee house was built by a group of stockbrokers to serve as a meeting place for trade and commerce, and organized as a “tontine” – a type of investment plan – funded through the sale of 203 shares for £200 each. The Tontine was noted as ‘classless’ individuals from all social strata met there and collectively engaged in the many civil and economic affairs.  John Lambert, an English traveller, wrote in 1807: 

“The Tontine Coffee House was filled with underwriters, brokers, merchants, traders, and politicians; selling, purchasing, trafficking, or insuring; some reading, others eagerly inquiring the news […] The steps and balcony of the coffee-house were crowded with people bidding, or listening to the several auctioneers, who had elevated themselves upon a hogshead of sugar, a puncheon of rum, or a bale of cotton; and with Stentorian voices were exclaiming, "Once, twice. Once, twice." "Another cent." "Thank ye gentlemen." [...] The coffee-house slip, and the corners of Wall and Pearl-streets, were jammed up with carts, drays, and wheelbarrows [...] Everything was in motion; all was life, bustle and activity...” 

With our Tontine roast, we celebrate coffee not only playing a roll in sparking the Revolution, but also being in the very midst of fueling the formation and growth of the country thereafter.

Net Weight

285g, Whole Bean Coffee