Storyteller and Jackrabbit Java
VerifiedProThermopolis, Wyoming
Est. 2015
Dark Roast
About
Storyteller is an independent bookstore and coffee shop on Broadway in Thermopolis, and Jackrabbit Java is the coffee roasted in house behind it. Ellen Reed had been selling coffee and gifts at the bookstore for six years before adding a roaster in 2015. The bookstore and cafe are hers; the roasting side is a family operation she co-owns with her son and roaster Jackson Reed and her son-in-law and roaster Payton Gonzalez. The lineup runs from single origins to signature blends, alongside a huckleberry-flavored coffee, a half caff and a French-roast Robusta, and the roastery has been reviewed by Coffee Review. All retail coffee is sold in 12 oz bags.
Our Story
The coffee came out of the bookstore rather than the other way round. Ellen Reed had been selling coffee and gifts at Storyteller, on the main street of Thermopolis, for six years when she expanded into roasting in 2015. The roasting happens in the shop itself, and the two names have travelled together since: Storyteller for the books, Jackrabbit Java for the coffee. Storyteller is Ellen's. Jackrabbit Java is a family business, co-owned by Ellen with her son Jackson Reed and her son-in-law Payton Gonzalez, both of whom roast. The blends are named for the country around them - the Hopper, Cowboy Blend, Rise and Shine and a Midnight Blend French roast - and the roastery has picked up recognition well beyond a town of a few thousand people in the Bighorn Basin.
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Coffees
MediumBrazil
Brazil Natural Process
Natural process
Chocolate MaltNougatHoneyGraham Cracker
A heavy bodied natural process Brazil, medium roasted. Chocolate malt, nougat, honey and graham cracker.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica Tarrazu San Diego Honey
Tarrazu
Honey process
ChocolateNectarineGuavaHoney
Honey processed at Beneficio San Diego in Tarrazu. Strong bodied, with chocolate, nectarine, guava and honey.
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Medium
Cowboy Blend
Chocolate-Covered StrawberrySweetBalanced
A light to medium roast blend that opens on chocolate-covered strawberry and finishes sweet and satiny.
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Half Caff
Balanced
Equal parts water-processed Mexico decaf and natural process Brazil, for half the caffeine.
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I'm Your Huckleberry
HuckleberrySweetSmooth
Their signature huckleberry flavoured coffee, sweet and smooth.
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I'm Your Huckleberry Decaf
Water process
HuckleberrySweetSmooth
The huckleberry coffee again, this time water process decaffeinated.
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K-Cup 12 Pack
FruitChocolateGreen AppleKey Lime
Twelve single serve pods, in either the Hopper Blend or the Laos Naga single origin.
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Mexico
Mexico Altura EP Royal Select Water Decaf
Chiapas
Water process
PineappleMolassesBarbecue
A water processed decaf from Chiapas that does not taste like a decaf. Creamy, with pineapple, molasses and barbecue.
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Dark
Midnight Blend
SmokyCaramelized
Their darkest roast, a French roast made entirely from Robusta for a heavier caffeine hit. Smoky and caramelized.
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Light
Rise and Shine Blend
FloralNutty
A light roasted breakfast blend, bright and floral to start and nutty at the finish.
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Tanzania
Tanzania AB - Nsoga Iwezya
Mbeya
Washed process
ChocolateCreamy HazelnutCherry
A washed AB lot from the Mbeya region of Tanzania. Good body, with chocolate, creamy hazelnut and cherry.
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Med-Dark
The Hopper Blend
FruitChocolate
The signature blend, built to work as both espresso and drip. Smooth, with fruit and chocolate running through it.
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Location
524 Broadway St, Thermopolis, WY 82443, USA
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