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Coffee Varietals Explained

The cup you drank this morning had a lineage. It came from a specific plant, with a genetic history, grown at an elevation, selected by the farmer for particular reasons. And almost none of that appears on the label. The varietal of a given coffee is an entrance into the story of that lineage. 

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Barista Beats: Winnetka Cafe Playlists

A Spotify daylist is like a sock lost to the dryer, once perfectly paired but never to be seen again. Barista shifts at Tala in Winnetka are no different. When they’re not blending bags of Ruca, find out what your Winnetka baristas are blending on Spotify — because you can curate your own coffee-shop-core playlist, too!

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