East View Coffee Company
VerifiedProKenosha, Wisconsin
Light Roast
About
East View Coffee Company is a small-batch roaster and cafe in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin, founded by Jenny Ulbricht. Nearly all of East View's green coffee comes from women producers - a commitment that began at just over 50% of the lineup and now runs close to 100% - bought through direct relationships with farms in Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. Coffee is roasted two days a week on 58th Street and shipped carbon-neutral, and the shop doubles as a tasting room and community space.
Our Story
Jenny Ulbricht came to coffee by way of plumbing at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, a kayak circumnavigation of Lake Superior, and graduate school in geoscience. "I fell in love with geology because it was this perfect vehicle of scientific application," she says. "Coffee is very similar, and I love to ask questions and apply knowledge to keep improving and understanding all the changes that take coffee from a green seed to a beverage so full of flavor, depth, and fun." East View is her way of making "small, consequential decisions toward making the world a little kinder, more accessible, and more inclusive" - the goal, she says, is progress and not perfection.
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Coffees
Med-DarkBrazil & Colombia
Artist Fuel Freshly Roasted Coffee
Big Ol' BodyDark ChocolateDark Fruit
A repackaging of East View's popular Dark Horse blend, released with Kenozia, a Kenosha arts and literary zine. Bold, sweet and full-bodied.
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DarkCosta Rica
Bold Ascent Freshly Roasted Coffee
RoastyBoldSweet
One of East View's darkest roasts, taking their direct relationship Costa Rican coffee to new depths without tipping into bitter or burnt.
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MediumCosta Rica
Café con Amor Direct Relationship coffee from Costa Rica
Honey process
Honey SweetnessClementine
East View's first direct-partnership coffee, honey processed by Marianella Baez Jost of Farmers Project. Clean, smooth and sweet with citrus tones.
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MediumBrazil
Cat's Pajamas Half-Caff Freshly Roasted Coffee
BrightCherryMilk Chocolate
The half-caff counterpart to Sunrise Tiger: Brazil blended with a rotating single-origin decaf. Juicy cherry and smooth milk chocolate.
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DarkSumatra & Ethiopia
Catalyst Freshly Roasted Coffee
Toasted CerealNuttyApricot
A dark roast blend from women-owned farms: Gayo Arabica co-op Sumatra for body, and a natural Yirgacheffe from Tigest Wako for balance and sweetness.
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Med-DarkColombia, Brazil & Sumatra
Cold Brew Blend Coffee
BoldChocolateSweet
Built for cold brew and sold whole bean or coarse ground. Rich, chocolatey and naturally sweet, bold enough to hold up to milk, cream or syrup.
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MediumColombia
Community Freshly Roasted Coffee
Huila & Cauca
SmoothCaramelizedBright
A women farmer community lot from nine producers in Huila and Cauca. Caramelized sweetness with enough brightness to keep an everyday cup interesting.
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Med-DarkColombia & Brazil
Dark Horse Freshly Roasted Coffee
Big Ol' BodyDark ChocolateDark Fruit
The best-selling crowd favorite: the same washed Colombia and natural Brazil as Sunrise Tiger, roasted darker. Versatile from espresso to pour-over.
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LightEthiopia
Dehab's Diamonds Ethiopian Freshly Roasted Coffee
Kaffa
Natural process
SweetBlack CherrySmooth
Naturally processed single-farmer lot from Dehab Mesfin Bitewlign, whose farms sit inside the UNESCO Kaffa Forest biosphere. Cherry, raisin, chocolate.
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MediumCosta Rica
Don Clodoveo Direct Relationship Coffee from Costa Rica
Natural process
VelvetyCranberryMilk Chocolate
A natural pacamara microlot from Kathia Zamora's Cloza Estate, named for her father's 50+ years in coffee. Cranberry brightness, creamy milk chocolate.
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MediumMexico
Doña Duglas - Mexico
Villa Corzo
SweetCitrusPlumChocolate
Single-estate lot from El Cielo, the farm Duglas Molina has run since 2016 in the highlands of Villa Corzo. Plum, soft citrus and milk chocolate.
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MediumGuatemala
Dos Niñas Direct Relationship Freshly Roasted Coffee
Finca San Luis El Volcancito
PecanMolassesSmooth
Direct relationship lot from two sisters, fourth-generation farmers at Finca San Luis El Volcancito. Warm pecan and deep molasses sweetness.
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Location
716 58th St, Kenosha, WI 53140, USA
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