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Introducing: Local coffee shop Love Letters
Introducing Love Letters: a new way to show local coffee shops how much we love them.
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New Roast Ride dates—Summer 2025
Our Summer 2025 Roast Ride dates are here! (And I gush even more about the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.)
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2025 Roast Ride dates are here!
Announcing our 2025 Roast Ride dates in partnership with our friends at the Indianapolis Cultural Trail!
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How the Indianapolis Public Library helped me grow the Coffee Guide
I took one free class at the Indianapolis Public Library and it helped me grow my small business (which you’re on right now!).
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Local Pumpkin Spice Latte Guide 2024
Find your new favorite pumpkin spice latte at a local coffee shop in Indianapolis. We’ve rounded up a list of this year’s coziest fall coffee drink menus with our friend Kaffeinated Kyler!
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Our biggest collab ever: The Colts + AFSP Indiana
Learn all about how we’re tackling the stigma of mental health with AFSP Indiana and The Indianapolis Colts.
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Recap: Coffee Brewing 101 Classes at the Library
Read all about our free Coffee Brewing 101 classes at the Indianapolis Public Library!
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Coffee Reads for Your TBR List
Check out our list of coffee book recommendations from the Library!
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Tinker Coffee rounds up for The Cultural Trail in March
Our friends at Tinker Coffee are helping us give back to The Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Check it out!
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Announcing: Roast Rides with the Indianapolis Cultural Trail
I could not be more excited to announce a dream-come-true collaboration with the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.
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317 Questions with Life in Indy
I recently bumped into our friends at Life in Indy as I was biking over to Tinker Coffee at The Amp to get some work done, and they had a few questions for me!
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Local Coffee Shops Along The Cultural Trail
The Cultural Trail is one of our favorite things about Indianapolis, so it only makes sense that we have a list of all the local coffee shops along the trail!
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Local Pumpkin Spice Latte Guide 2023
Does hearing “PSL” make you want to grab your sweater? Skip the green mermaid and find your new favorite pumpkin spice latte at a local coffee shop in Indianapolis. We’ve rounded up a list of this year’s coziest fall coffee drink menus.
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Read Batch for IndyPL’s Adult Summer Reading Program
Read Batch as part of the Adult Summer Reading Program at the Indianapolis Public Library!
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Mental Health Awareness Month with AFSP Indiana
This May, the AFSP provided free coffee cup sleeves to 17 local coffee shops in Indianapolis for Mental Health Awareness Month.
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Digital editions of Batch magazine now available
All issues of Batch magazine by the Indianapolis Coffee Guide are now available for digital download and on Apple Books and Amazon Kindle.
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Batch magazine is in the Indianapolis Public Library!
We are beyond excited to announce that Batch—our magazine dedicated to the amazing local coffee community—is now in circulation at 20 branches of the Indianapolis Public Library!
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All the Local Coffee News — March 2023
The local coffee scene in Indianapolis has gotten a lot of great press lately—and not just from me! Read (and watch) all about it!
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The Importance of Black Coffee
“The Importance of Black Coffee” by Korie “KP” Griggs first appeared in the first issue of Batch Magazine. Photos by Sarah Jehoiada de Rueda.
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Introducing: The Weekly Wave
Introducing The Weekly Wave: Your Guide to the Best Local Coffee Shops in Indianapolis!
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New Coffee Shops Coming in 2023: A New Tinker, Blue Mind, Barista Parlor, Please & Thank You, and more
Sneak peek: Here’s a list of the new coffee shops opening in Indianapolis in 2023. (Plus an update on Thirsty Scholar and some more gossip.)
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Talking about Batch 2 on Indy Live! Now
Back in December 2022, our friends at Indy Now! invited the Indianapolis Coffee Guide to appear on their show to talk about the second issue of Batch. Of course we said yes, and of course we invited our friend Coye Lloyd, front-of-house and coffee manager at Chalet, to join us for a little demonstration. This…
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Bundling up at Chalet with North Indy Magazine
Check out our write up of Chalet in the December issue of North Indy Magazine. (Featured image by Michael Durr.)
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Talking Batch & Community on WRTV
Check out the Indianapolis Coffee Guide’s recent feature on WRTV Indianapolis!
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Indianapolis Coffee Guide: Batch Issue 2 release and launch party
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: INDIANAPOLIS, IN (November 17, 2022) The only magazine dedicated to exploring and discovering the amazing local coffee community in Indianapolis. This beautiful coffee table magazine features 128 pages of essays, articles, photographs, interviews, and much more from incredibly talented local writers and photographers. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/batch-issue-2-launch-party-tickets-446048782917 Batch is infinitely local, from the writers and…
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48-Hour Coffee Shop Hop in a Tesla
One of my favorite requests I get is from folks traveling to Indy asking, “Hey! I’m coming to Indy, but I’m only going to be in town for 48 hours. Where should I get coffee?” That request also comes in a lot for locals who have friends and family visiting from out of town, and…
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Introducing the Good Neighbor Alliance
What is a community? I talk about ‘community’ a lot, but I’ve never actually defined it. I know there’s a textbook definition of ‘community’ but there are also definitions of ‘good’ and ‘love’ and other feelings that we know but can’t describe. Feelings, like communities, are unique. They are living, breathing, amorphous things and not…
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Antisemitism and White Supremacy in Coffee: Community Statement
I can’t believe we keep having to have conversations like this, but as long as we have to have these conversations, we will have these conversations. Will this post be perfect? No. Will I keep adding to it and correcting myself as I learn more? Absolutely. I am a human with a platform and many…
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Why Pride Month is Important—Now and Always
Do you know how uncomfortable it is to be gay? I was uncomfortable every minute of every day for the first 17 years of my life. I knew I was different and didn’t know why, and sitting with that feeling every moment is massively uncomfortable. Then I realized I was gay, but SmallTown Tennessee &…
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Introducing: 2022 Coffee Pride Merch
It is with the utmost excitement that I give you the 2022 Coffee Pride merch from the Indianapolis Coffee Guide! I have been dreaming of this launch for several years now, and finally, the stars aligned to make it happen. This Friday, May 27, we’re dropping a very limited edition (and very cute) embroidered design…
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Coffee is Political: Community Statement
I had this idea in my head for this blog post based on a handful of conversations I’ve had lately. This could easily be a research paper, but doing so would have sanitized the major points I want to make. At the end of the day, this conversation is about the community—our community. Coffee…is political.…
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Home Brewing Game Changers (from Batch Issue 1)
This article first appeared in the first issue of Batch Magazine, which is available to order on BatchMag.com. “Hey! I want to level up my home brewing game. Where should I start?” You all ask a lot of great questions, and this one is especially great because it is a choose-your-own-adventure adventure we’re going to…
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Aeropress Brew Guide
Although the Aeropress is the home brewing method with the most pieces, it actually is one of the easiest and most versatile ways to make coffee literally anywhere. This plastic brewer has built up a cult following over the years and even has a World Aeropress Championship every year in Australia. In 2021, Indianapolis was…
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Chemex Brew Guide
Oh this ole thing? The Chemex has been a popular home brewing method since its inception in 1941. Not only does the Chemex brew a bright and clean cup of coffee, but it’s all-glass design is also a gorgeous addition to any kitchen. Chemex is only of my favorite ways to brew coffee, especially when…
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Hario V60 Brew Guide
Arguably the most popular method of home brewing coffee is the V60. This classic cone-shaped brewer comes in all sizes and colors, but it is most notably made by coffee giant Hario. Using a V60 is super easy for home coffee aficionados of all skill levels and can be found at many local coffee shops…
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Kalita Wave Brew Guide
Brewing coffee with a Kalita Wave is one of my favorite methods of home brewing. The Kalita Wave itself is a fairly straightforward piece of equipment with the typical cone shape, a small handle, and a flat bottom with three holes, all made of stainless steel. Unlike a V60 that has one hole for water…
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VOTE NOW: We’re a Sprudgie Award Finalist!
In 2019 when I set out to make a magazine dedicated to all of the amazing coffee shops in Indianapolis, I would have never imagined the journey that came with it. Now here we are—our magazine Batch is a finalist for the Sprudgie award for Best Coffee Magazine. And now we need your help to…
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On Indy Now! Live with Noble Coffee & Tea
There are few things I love more in life than making coffee and petting puppies. THANKFULLY, today I was able to do BOTH thanks to our local news station Fox59. Robyn Wilson, the owner of Noble Coffee & Tea, and I were invited onto Indy Now to talk about a holiday fundraiser we’re doing for…
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Coffee Shops with Online Ordering
Whether you’re in a rush or don’t feel like waiting in a line, coffee shops that offer online ordering can help you out. Coffee shops with online ordering are also super convenient during a global pandemic when you want to limit your exposure to other people while still supporting local coffee. 🙂 We’ve curated this…
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2021 Indianapolis Local Pumpkin Spice Latte Guide
It has come to my attention that—once again and to no one’s surprise—a global coffee chain has returned with their infamous Pumpkin Spice Lattes (I can’t say PSL because it’s copyrighted). THAT isn’t news to me or you (or anybody), but what IS newsworthy: the return of local pumpkin spice lattes in Indianapolis. I could…
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My Home Coffee Setup
I’m pleased to introduce you to some of my favorite home brewing coffee equipment.
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Tinker Coffee Lands at the Airport
Next time you take to the tarmac from Indy to warmer weather, our friends at Tinker Coffee will be there to send you off to caffeinated skies.
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Where to Find Milk Alternatives in Indy Coffee Shops
Dear Diary Dairy, Listen, you’re not here for me to yak on-and-on about milk, are you? I could write a bunch of content for you to skim or make a million jokes about cashews but now’s nut really the time. So I’ll just give you what you came here for: here’s where we’ve found non-dairy…
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Batch Magazine Launches Inaugural Issue Focused on Indianapolis Coffee
Batch Magazine is a new high-end coffee table magazine dedicated to exploring the local coffee scene in Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS—March 20, 2021—Released today is the first issue of Batch, a high-end, coffee table magazine by the Indianapolis Coffee Guide created to showcase the tight-knit local community in Indianapolis. The inaugural issue explores more than 50 local…
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Decaf Diaries: Debunking ‘Death Before Decaf’
Dear Diary, There’s a bit of disinformation plaguing the world of coffee that we need to talk about: “death before decaf.” For as long as I can remember, the devilish idea of decaf has been demonized by coffee drinkers, and I can no longer sit idly by while the community deems decaf distasteful because it…
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Recap: Indianapolis Monthly’s Coffee Issue
Have you seen the latest issue of Indianapolis Monthly on newsstands? October 2020 I was in the throws of working on the first issue of Batch (which is available for preorder here). While we were 10 months into the project, I was still very much so building the plane as I was flying it. I…
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Local Coffee Lover’s Gift Guide 2020
It’s that time of year for the annual Local Coffee Lover’s Gift Guide brought to you by the one-and-only Indianapolis Coffee Guide. It may be “that time of year again” but nothing has been usual about this year. We may be completely adjusting how we buy gifts this year, but where we buy presents remains…
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GUIDE: Local Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Grab your sweaters and turn those Instagram filters on: it’s pumpkin spice season. Find all the local coffee shops serving up pumpkin, only on the Indianapolis Coffee Guide. Everywhere you look, you find pumpkin spice everything, and it really does seem like they’ve infused everything with pumpkin spice nowadays. We’ve got cookies. We’ve got lattes.…
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The Best Cold Brew in Indianapolis
We asked, now you receive. (Is that how that goes?) Here’s a list of Indy’s best cold brew from local coffee shops as recommended by YOU! I’ve had this blog post ready for a while, but this summer was a little weird. So to help us all through this last heatwave, I’m gonna tell you…
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Black-Owned Coffee in Indianapolis
We curated a list of Indy’s Black-owned coffee shops, roasters, and coffee-adjacent cafes. Check them all out because they’re all amazing – and also all owned by women! (Who really should be running everything by now, tbh.) Community. Community. Community. ‘Community’ is one of the guiding principles of the Indianapolis Coffee Guide and has been…
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The State of Coffee in Indianapolis
In January of this year, I wrote a long article called ‘The State of Indianapolis Coffee.’ It followed my usual pomp & circumstance of praising all of the awesome things going on in Indy’s coffee scene. You know I’m the biggest cheerleader for this community. Even though I don’t even work in coffee (and never…
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Still Open: Where to Get Curb Side Coffee Right Now
We’re updating this list as often as possible, so keep checking back! And let us know if we’re missing any shops. Regardless of our individual situations, we’re all just trying to figure everything out right now. We wake up every morning with new experiences to understand. Nothing is regular. Everything is new. If you’re reading…
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How to Support Coffee Shops through COVID-19
Local coffee shops & roasters need us right now to continue supporting them. Here’s how we can help these businesses during these weird times. The negative effects of COVID-19 on our communities are growing stronger every day as we struggle to understand it and how to deal with it. Coffee shops and coffee roasters are…
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New Year. New Website.
My main goal has always been to get everyone in Indianapolis to love local coffee as much as I do, and y’all are really catching on. Instagram January 23, 2016: A curated guide to Indianapolis coffee. Ahhhh, yes. Can I paint you a picture? In 2016, I was lost. I was chained to my desk…
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Indy Coffee Box : Our Coffee Prayers Answered
There’s an exciting new way to explore and discover local coffee in Indianapolis that isn’t inside a coffee shop or on the Indianapolis Coffee Guide (wink). Entering the ring: Indy Coffee Box. Power couple Zach Guthrie and Stephanie Poppe (Poppe, for short), recently launched Indy Coffee Box to deliver freshly roasted local coffee to our…
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SO MANY NEW COFFEE SHOPS IN 2019
So listen. It’s not often we are this BLESSED with this much good coffee news in Indy. We’ve got a lot of new shops on the horizon (not to mention the recent opening of Gavel), and I’m about to break it down for you. Tinker Lands a Sweet Gig Fresh off of the tarmac, the…
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Rabble Coffee Fights the Opioid Epidemic – Literally
SERIOUS UPDATE. Josie has literally been fighting the opioid epidemic. Check this crazy sh!t out. And go buy everything from Rabble. READ THIS: Indy coffee shop owner saves man’s life just hours after store hosted naloxone training Small gestures. Big impact. That should be Rabble Coffee’s motto. Rabble Coffee on the Near East Side recently…
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Gavel: What We Know So Far
If you’ve taken a scroll through Instagram lately (especially mine), you already know that the Indy coffee scene is readying to welcome a newcomer to Fountain Square: Gavel. Before the unveiling of the name, Gavel was shrouded in secrecy (it was impossible to miss those giant TBD signs). And now, the cat is out of…
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Everything to Love About Provider
Coat Check Coffee’s rise to the top of Indy’s coffee scene was no easy feat, even with Indy’s coffee Zues Neal Warner at the helm with his brother and sister-in-law by his side – Paul & Audreyalice. But damn, they made it look easy. Now, just two years after Coat Check’s official opening in the…
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Community Update
Coffee shops, traditionally, are known as hubs for gathering and community. And Indy’s cafes are shining examples of this. Over the last three years, the coffee community here in Indy has overwhelmed me with hospitality and warmth, and I know that I am no exception to this. These folks have become my friends. And they…
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RECAP: 2018 #IndyCup by Tinker Coffee
If there’s one thing I love more than coffee, it’s an over-abundance of coffee. And right now I’m riding a caffeine high from this year’s Indianapolis Cup that will last me at least a week. And before we get started, I gotta give a huge shoutout to Steve, Jeff, Dylan, and the entire Tinker crew…
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The Rise of the Hybrid Coffee Shop
With specialty coffee in such high demand, different roasters, shops, and non-coffee companies are finding unique ways to bring amazing coffee to the masses. It makes coffee fun, and it brings it into cool, untraditional spaces. Here are some of my favorite places to get coffee in Indianapolis that are more than just a traditional…
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Thank You, Quirky Feather
It is with a heavy heart that I announce the closing of The Quirky Feather Confectionery in Carmel. 🙁
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Indie Coffee Roasters: A New Shop with a Power Brand
Visit the amazing Indie Coffee Roasters in their BRAND NEW SPACE on Main Street in Carmel, Ind. The coffee shop and roastery is officially open on January 23.
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Gifts for Coffee Lovers – All Budgets
We’ve wrangled a list of the perfect gifts for the coffee lover in your life.
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New Indianapolis Coffee Shops Coming Winter 2017
Check out our list of new coffee shops in Indianapolis opening this winter.
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All the Tinker Coffee, None of the Effort
Tinker Coffee delivered to your door every month. Sign up now using the code EXTRACT for 25% off your first month’s order.
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Reintroducing: Monon Coffee Company
This year, Monon Coffee Company in Broad Ripple celebrates it’s 20th Anniversary by welcoming new owner, Leslie Dolin.
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New Early Morning Hours for The Quirky Feather!
Stoked stoked STOKED to announce that The Quirky Feather Confectionery in Carmel has new morning hours! See you at 6 a.m.!
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Tinker Coffee + The Garden Table Conquer Amsterdam
Watch out, Dutch. Tinker Coffee Co. & The Garden Table are coming to take over. Well, your coffee competition at least.