Verena Street Shot Tower Espresso: Verena Street Coffee was founded in late 2010 and provides their coffee to 800+ stores in the Midwest. They roast, blend, and package their coffee in Dubuque, Iowa. Their name derives from a street in Iowa that contained only five houses comprised of the founder's family. In the early 2000s the street was annihilated to make room for highway expansion, but the name lives on in the coffee. For my first review from their brand, I went with a whole bean bag of their Shot Tower Espresso blend. The company describes that blend as having a " smooth yet sharp character with no bitterness. The delicately dark roast level results in a taste and aroma that is full-bodied with a sweet and creamy complexity." Beans for their signature espresso blend are selected from Central America, South America and Indonesia in order for a unique and nuanced flavor profile. I found this particular roast to not only be delicious, but one of my new favorites. I'll be on the lookout for more of their blends at my local grocer. Doughboy approved Doughboy _Food_Reviews *I brew my coffee using 8oz of water to 2 Tbsp of grounds, adding 1 packet of Splenda and 1.5oz of unsweetened vanilla almond milk or skim milk read more

Verena Street Coffee - Verena Street Shot Tower Espresso - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Dubuque, Iowa

5/5 stares for my online ordering experience and customer service. I placed an order on Cyber Monday, figuring I would take advantage of the 40% off on ground coffees. Picked out what I wanted and ordered online...only to find out that my in-laws don't really use ground coffee, but single-serve instead. Agh! Once I found out this very-important-information, it was an 1.5 hours after placing my order. I emailed customer services asking about how I could change my order from ground coffee to single-serve. Eric immediately wrote me back and explained that it would be easier to cancel my order, then I could reorder what I did want, as they use a 3rd party credit card processor. I was instantly refund the $ I spent on my original order, so I turned around and bought the single-serve coffee instead. Less than 48 hours after placing my online order my in-laws received their coffee in the Chicago suburbs - super fast delivery. They were thrilled, and I can't say enough good things about Verena Street's products and their customer service. Would love to see them expand their single-serve coffee flavors in the future. The ability to choose a shipping date (especially for the holiday season) would be a nice option, too. Highly recommend. read more

I love the Mississippi Grogg coffee from Verena Street, and order it directly from the source. Just fantastic! read more

I'm from Oakland California where we have some very good local coffee roasteries. So when my Dubuque resident sister insisted we go to Verena I was skeptical. We went to the roastery, very interesting and very nice, a great lounge for coffee tasting with a transparent wall viewing the roastery. Amanda of the many hats, gave us tastings and talked about Verena, showed us a film. She made us feel very welcomed and more knowledgeable about coffee. And most important the coffee is really good. I bought a pound of Julien's Breakfast Blend to take home with me. It is as good if not better than anything comparable we can get on the West Coast. read more

Great tour and coffee. We went as a team building activity and it was a unique and really nice experience. We had an opportunity to try 3 different coffees at the end and that was amazing. If you are looking for a unique team building experience come and support a local company read more

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Wonderful customer service. I was looking for a specific coffee and they got ahold of me and let me know where I could buy it at a retailer closer to me.I'm a huge fan of their pumpkin coffee , Mississippi Grogg, and cow tipper. They have some great coffees check them out read more

What a wonderful new coffee house experience! See how their coffee is created in their impressive facility! Such an unexpected coffee experience! They also have their coffee beans integrated with a new lager. read more

This coffee is the BEST! My favorite is Nine Mile Sunset, but also enjoy Juliens Breakfast Blend! They are both smooth, flavorful, and a wonderful treat to start the day! What are you waiting for? Next time you are shopping, grab a bag or some brewing cups.....isn't it great that they have the cups available? You won't be disappointed! read more