Award-winning local coffee company opening second store near Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A local, globally recognized coffee roaster is opening its second brick-and-mortar store and café.
Crimson Coffee and Tea is opening a café inside the recently renovated St. Thomas More Newman Center across from Ohio State University. The local coffee company, which roasts its beans in Columbus, has sold both wholesale and at-home quantities of coffee online for years before opening its first retail store and cafe at Easton Town Center in 2020.
“With the rising popularity of our Crimson Easton Town Center location, we knew there was a coffee enthusiast population who loved the Crimson experience and we wanted to share that with a wider audience,” CEO Greg Ubert said in a news release. He added that the cafe has a large student customer base, and they wanted to cater to it.
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Like the flagship Easton location, Crimson at 64 W. Lane Ave. will highlight its roasts and blends of coffee and tea with a rotating menu of drinks alongside coffeeshop staples. The shop will also serve breakfast sandwiches, baked goods from local bakeries and new items being developed.
Crimson has won multiple national and international awards for its coffee, including earning second place among small franchise roasters for its espresso blend and single origin Peruvian coffee at the 2023 Global Bean competition. Its newest single origin offering, Colombia Sudan Rume, earned bronze at the 2024 Golden Bean World Series in the filter category.
Ubert and others at Crimson go on sourcing trips to Costa Rica, Kenya, Guatemala and other countries to identify small-plot farmers. Crimson directly trades with farmers through its Friend2Farmer initiative. Crimson has won multiple Good Food Awards, which recognize both quality and commitment to responsible business practices.
Crimson hopes to open its second store at 64 W. Lane Ave. in mid-to-late April, noting the shop will have “shared comfortable space” with the Newman Center. The hours will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
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