Who doesn’t want the barista to call out “Handsome Latte for Scott!” as they set the drink on the bar?  Why yes, that handsome latte is for me.  On my last trip to Houndstooth Coffee, I noticed they had a new espresso bean option (there are usually at least two options)- the “Handsome Roast”.

I ordered a latte and, because I need to cut down the bitterness of coffee a bit more than that, added two brown sugar packets.  And that latte was perfect, espresso art and all.

But it turns out that’s not all.  After my colleague and I each raved about our Handsome coffee, I got back to the office and not long after, saw this tweet from Phil Gilbert:

RT @1shot4theroad: first @handsomeroaster is on dieline and now @dinnerpartydnld ! my nerd life goals are complete... publicradio.org/columns/dinner…

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Phil Gilbert (@philgilbertsr) January 07, 2012

And so it turns out Phil is involved in the Handsome Coffee Roasters project. Kudos to these guys for serving up great product, and for Houndstooth for consistently impressing me with their coffee (no matter what I order).  If they aren’t serving it as one of the espresso options when you get there, you can always buy a bag of the Handsome Coffee beans to take with you.