Anyone that lives or travels by 5047 Forest Hill Ave knows when the folks at Blanchard’s are hard at work roasting their coffee. We have been lucky enough to have access to truly locally roasted coffee. It doesn’t get more local than a few blocks. I heard rumors a little bit ago that Blanchard’s was [...]
Relay Living the blog arm of Relay (an online food market and delivery service in Charlottesville and RVA) has a nice profile of our friends David Blanchard and Stephen Robertson at Blanchard’s Coffee. Definitely worth a read to find out more about our extremely local roaster.
If he isn’t up late at night helping to roast 1,000s of pound of coffee, he might be at Crossroads sipping a beer, or more likely he is running about to various RVA businesses either singing the praises of Blanchard’s locally roasted beans or making sure that every aspect of their relationship with Blanchard’s is [...]
Local coffee roaster Blanchard’s is continuing their philanthropic efforts by donating a portion of their sales of their Holiday blend to the Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence. So buy some beans and help out some local charities including HandsOn Greater Richmond, ConnectRichmond, Nonprofit Learning Point, and Consulting Solutions. You can buy Holiday Blend at Ellwood Thompson Market, Taza Coffee & Creames, [...]
Our good friends Tim and Mary are having a drawing for free Blanchard’s coffee. Click on the image above to see them wax poetic about our local roaster and enter the contest. After you do that be sure and wander around the site. The photography and writing are always topnotch.
Jason Guard of Caramelized OpiNIONS and Byrd Park has an extensive post on the wonders of TaZa. He hits all the things I love about the place, the coffee, the pastry, the chocolate and the ice cream. Give it a read and more importantly check out the shop and support local business. Not on the [...]
Blanchard’s Coffee our beloved roaster has a bit of good news/bad news for the community. First the bad news. Two employees that many in the neighborhood know are leaving the company. Tom Thorogood, Blanchard’s Roastmaster, is taking a job in the non-profit world and Assistant Roastmaster, Jonathan Lesko is heading to the coast of Africa with [...]
Blanchard’s and Farm to Family announced today that Westover Hills roasted coffee will be available at the Farm to Family retail location and on the bus as it motors around the city. From Facebook; We are excited to announce that Blanchard’s Coffee beans will now be available at the Market and on the Bus, along [...]
Change is in the wind. Blanchard’s will no longer be managing the coffee shop at 5047 Forest Hill Avenue. Kelly of Chocolates by Kelly is working with Ben Spencer and Don Costello to take over the space and will be running the show after 9/11. Blanchard’s coffee will remain but changes will include expanded hours, [...]
Local coffee roasting czar Blanchard’s is one of several RVA companies that has signed up for Relay Foods. Relay Foods allows you to select items on-line and then go to various locations in the city. Other local companies participating include; Montana Gold, Carytown Cupcakes, Twin Oaks, J Emerson Wines, and Agriberry. RVAnews has some more [...]
Blanchard’s coffee shop has a set of keys left over the weekend. No distinguishing characteristics except a Kroger card and an odd shaped key narrow key.
The story below was submitted by David Hathcock and published with much enthusiasm and thanks. There are heroes among us, and sometimes we don’t even know their names. One of our local angels gets around on a bicycle, but she’s doing good work anyway. Dena Fultz, a Forest Hill resident, is making her first long [...]
Want to learn more about coffee? Now you have a chance Wednesday, May 12 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. From the Blanchard’s Coffee Blog: Come out and get even more obsessed with coffee! We’re going to roast coffee, drink coffee, smell coffee, talk about coffee, make espresso, steam milk and have a great time! [...]
Good news for our local coffee roaster Blanchard’s and all you caffeine addicts out there. When Ukrop’s rides off into the sunset you will still be able to buy your freshly roasted beans at the Martin’s when it opens in the spring. From Valerie Catrow at RVANews. Blanchard’s persistence paid off. Yesterday, he and his [...]
No surprise but the Winter Farmer’s Market is officially canceled on Saturday. Blanchard’s will be open, at least for a little while, dependent on the number of folks that brave Snowmageddon. Yours truly will be slinging the java and if you bring me a doughnut you get a free coffee drink of your choice.
The South of the James Winter Farmer’s market will be open for business on Saturday for your post Christmas purchasing. I just saw that Norwood Cottage Bakery will be there and I am sure that other vendors will be as well. The market runs from 10 – 12 at 5047 Forest Hill Avenue between the [...]
Local food blog, River City Food and Wine gave a shout out to local coffee roaster, Blanchard’s Coffee and Chocolates by Kelly, which they discovered while visiting the first, and so far only, South of the James Winter Market. Does anyone have confirmation that the market will be open December 26th in its winter home [...]
Blanchard’s Coffee is open and being operated by yours truly. Come on in and get some sweet, sweet, caffeine. How long I stay open today will depend on how busy it becomes, right now I am all by myself. Chocolates by Kelly is snow-bound so they are not open but you can get your Christmas [...]
Just saw on Twitter that Blanchard’s Coffee will be staying open until 2:00 p.m. through Christmas Eve. Normally they close at 11:30 a.m. so now all you coffee addicts can get your bean on for an extra 2 1/2 hours. While you are there make sure and check out Chocolates by Kelly’s new space on [...]
As well as all the goodness above there is going to be a coffee raffle ($1.00/ticket), big burlap coffee sacks for $1 and other fun possibly even a game or two. The Blanchard Coffee Lab is on the bottom floor closer to The Forest than the regular entrance on the alley side of the Antiques [...]
For every bag of Tanzanian Peaberry purchased, Blanchard’s Coffee Company will donate $10 directly to Light in Africa, a non-governmental organization that cares for the sick and orphaned children and other unsupported people in Tanzania. The five dollars that isn’t being donated is just enough to cover the cost of production. Blanchard’s Coffee Company is [...]
Are you a little obsessive about coffee? Always wondered about the roasting process? Blanchard’s Coffee is launching their brand new Coffee Lab which will offer a variety of classes about roasting and brewing our favorite bean.
