Peristyle Espresso Co-Proprietor Charlie Eisenstat. All pictures courtesy of Peristyle Espresso Roasters.

Charlie Eisenstat, a towering determine within the fertile Cleveland specialty espresso scene, is the architect of a brand new roasting firm referred to as Peristyle Espresso.

After launching initially with wholesale accounts, the roasting firm is now increasing with direct-to-consumer gross sales and subscriptions, providing a rotating choice of high-quality specialty coffees.

Coffees originating from South America are first on the inaugural provide sheet, out there in 12-ounce luggage with a black-and-white artwork deco design that references the corporate’s namesake columnade construction whereas conveying a way of prosperity and precision.

“Peristyle is the fruits of my 13 years in specialty espresso, my roast type being closely influenced by roasters I really like — 5 Elephant, Koppi and Tim Wendelboe,” Eisenstat just lately advised Day by day Espresso Information. “We roast lighter and brighter than our native opponents, however nonetheless develop coffees sufficient to realize an approachable stability and sweetness.”

Eisenstat, who was beforehand the pinnacle roaster and director of espresso for Cleveland-based Edda Espresso Roasters, additionally beforehand ran an all-Nordic-focused multiroaster on-line retailer referred to as Pour Cleveland. With Peristyle, he continues to hunt a stability of acidity, florality and sweetness via a lighter contact, utilizing the Diedrich IR-12 owned by Goodkind Espresso in Lakewood, Ohio.

“We’re at the moment renting time whereas we discover our personal roasting house, hopefully within the close to future,” Eisenstat advised DCN. “We have now a brand new Diedrich DR-12 able to roll.”

Inexperienced coffees at the moment attain Peristyle by the use of importer Real Origin, which Eisenstat favors for conveniently sized smaller packages of greens.

“We’re capable of supply top quality, present crop coffees and preserve our menu always rotating via no matter is in season and thrilling to us,” stated Eisenstat.

Eisenstat is joined within the Peristyle enterprise by co-founder Will Hollingsworth, who helped develop the imaginative and prescient and branding starting in 2023. Subscribers to the roasting firm are supplied two unique coffees every month that aren’t in any other case out there for buy.

With the brand new roaster ready within the wings, plans name for Peristyle to ramp up each wholesale and retail — slightly in Column A, and slightly in Column B, so to talk.

“[We will] proceed including extra high quality wholesale prospects who worth high quality espresso and repair as we do,” stated Eisenstat. “We’re having plenty of enjoyable with our subscription program and hope so as to add extra subscribers within the coming months.”

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