Two Story Coffeehouse

Wow ~ It’s been awhile since our last blog post and so much has happened in the interim! We did,
indeed, begin “fiddling” with our Ambex roaster over the summer and Chris has dialed in a beautiful roast
for our inaugural Two Story offering - a Guatemalan coffee from the western highland region of Huehuetenango. It is a really delightful coffee with hints of chocolate and spiced honey and citrus. Chris is in the roasting room every Monday-Wednesday-Friday morning. Stop by and watch the process, it’s fun! We’ll begin fine-tuning our next offering soon, so keep an eye out.

You’ve probably heard by now that we are opening our second coffeehouse over on the eastside. We hope to be in the new space (old “Cups” location on Barnett Shoals) by the middle of September. The build-out is
almost complete and we will begin the process of training our new staff next week.

Speaking of new staff, we have a lot of new faces! Thank you for your kindness as we get all of our new
trainees up to speed! Several of our staff graduated and moved on to wonderful opportunities. Lauren moved
off to Kentucky for grad school, Caitlin took a position with AmeriCorp and Jessica is working with the national tour of Mutual of Omaha’s “Aha Moment”. We miss them and are always glad to hear from them! On the other hand, we’re looking forward to all that our new crop of baristas have to offer. Give them a smile next time you’re in!

We are excited to announce our new General Managers, Chris Barr and Matt Curtis. Matt and Chris have been working together for several months now, but just recently were “commissioned” as GMs. Matt is head of operations and Chris will continue to man our product development and training programs. Holly and Mark have also moved into management positions in regard to inventory and facilities. And, yes Kelly, hopefully this means that I will be able to sit and play with the babies more!

As usual, we want to thank all of our fantastic customers who continue to support Two Story and our mission of creating community and building relationships. You were awesome over the summer and we saw a pleasant increase in business over last year. As the school year ramps up, we welcome all of our student customers back and look forward to cooler weather, football and Pumpkin Spice lattes… or maybe a Toasted Marshmallow Mocha… no, make it a delicious Two Story Hot Chocolate… or Chai…or hot tea… well… there are just so many tasty options!
Stop by to chat and grab a cup… we’ll look forward to seeing you ~

Cheers,
Deandra

TWO STORY IS HIRING! We are accepting applications for long-term employment starting immediately. Applicants must be able to work 30+ hours per week and have open weekend availability.

Applications must be turned in to Two Story by Friday, March 26. We will contact all potential applicants for interviews starting Monday, March 29. You can print off an application here or visit our website at www.twostorycoffeehouse.com to print off the application. Contact us with questions or comments, and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@TwoStoryCoffee).

Wow.  Summer is over.  I have to say.  I enjoy the summer.  Things slow down.  But, I am so ready for our town to fill back in.  We’re excited to see some faces that we haven’t seen in nearly 3 months.  And, we’re excited to hopefully meet some new folks as this new school year rolls in.

We’re trying to make August as big and as fun as we can.  To do this, we decided to host a long weekend of amazing music.  The energy in Two Story is hard to beat on nights where we host concerts or other events.  So, in efforts to amp that up, we are having a total of 6 artists play over the course of 3 nights on August 20, 21, and 22.

If you have been to a show at Two Story before, then chances are you will remember some of these names.  If you haven’t been to a show at Two Story before, then I encourage and invite you to come experience one or all of these 3 nights in August!

Thursday:  Fletcher/McTavish
Friday: Lauren Price, Rachel Farley, and James Patrick Morgan
Saturday: Mark Bailey, The Less

Doors will open at 8:00 each night with the show beginning around 8:30p.  $5 cover to get in at the door.  And we ask, please, that you visit the coffee bar for a drink.  I hope everyone can make it out for these nights.  Help us spread the word around town.

See you there,

Chris

Are you pumped?

Our last Murder Mystery was a ton of fun as we gathered together for a good, old-fashioned who-dun-it. Wonderful turn-out of terrific investigators – so terrific, in fact, that 4 out of 5 groups solved the mystery! We’ll be hosting another mystery sometime soon as this is proving to be a great way to bring everyone together in 2 story.  So, keep an eye out for out next mystery- sometime near summers end.

Summer is here and the livin’ is easy at Two Story! We’re looking forward to lots of stuff goin’ on over the next couple of months. June 5th starts “Summer Stories” our summer reading program for 4-11 year-olds.  Over the summer, we’ve got Dance Nights and music and the Five Points Art Fest.  Even with the house a little more quiet and laid back with the majority of students gone for the summer, we still plan on having  busy couple of months with some great events.

Several of our staff have been out of the country and we look forward to their return, while others are getting ready to leave.  We also miss some of our regular customers who are travelling or working abroad and will be happy to see their smiling faces again.  To get ready for everyone’s return, we will be working on some renovations to make the upstairs even more useful for students and the downstairs even more conducive to connecting and conversation.