Hi There!
Welcome to the online Community Bulletin Board! Here you can find out about new and exciting news, events happening, special hours, and so much more!
What's Brewing?
April Features
are live and ready to rock! This month proceeds of our April features will benefit the Ostara Initiative. Check out our latest blog post to learn more, or visit there website here.
This month we've got some yum spring flavors for y'all. Our Lavender Fields is making a return visit in a new, shaken fashion. Rishi Blue Jasmine Tea sweetened with Monin Lavender syrup and lemon juice shaken up and served over ice. You can also enjoy an old favorite a new way by way of the Kokomo 2. Monin coffee berry extract caffeinates fresh coconut water and it's all topped with a delicious coconut lime cold foam (10/10 no notes). And finally behind the bar, we've got a gorgeous Cinnamon Bun Shaken Espresso. A house made cinnamon bun syrup by our lovely Kusu gets shaken up with espresso and topped with our delectable tres leches sweet cream.
Behind the prep line you can find our usual Fish Tacos on Fridays as well as the Migas con Salchipulpo. Let your inner child out with this special, featuring scrambled eggs, corn tortilla strips, beef franks, mayo-ketchup sauce, and a side of orange slices. We hope your April is off to a great start. See you soon friends <3
Your friendly neighborhood Microroaster
One of the many cool things to happen in 2024 is our (finally) operating Bellwether Roaster. Standing just over 6' tall, this pretty lady is handling all of our roasting operations IN HOUSE!
We're so excited to be partnering with Bellwether on this new chapter of our business. A fully electric, completely ventless design, this roaster helps to eliminated eliminate billions of pounds of CO2e in the coffee roasting process.
There's much more to come with this awesome news so stay tuned! <3
Special Hours
Saturday April 26
We will be closing early at 2pm for a private event. Interested in hosting your next party or private event at the cafe? Email us! coffee@lafinca.cafe
Easter Hours
We will be CLOSED all day on Sunday April 20 and Monday April 21.
Saturday Popup Series
Brews & Roots in full swing
If you've stopped in to visit on a Saturday you may have noticed a local vendor hanging out with us from 9am-1pm showcasing their goods. It's a part of our Brews & Roots pop up series where we invite one local maker to join us for FREE so you can meet the makers behind the craft and support LOCAL <3
Here's the lineup:
04/05 Määtsä (traveling artesan from Oaxaca)
04/12 Cuatro Uno Cuatro
04/26 Daniel Klysh with Edward Jones
Are you a local maker interested in joining us? Click the link below to fill out our interest form!
414 Day with
Cuatro Uno Cuatro
Our friends are readyyyyyy to celebrate our fantastic city with you!💖🥳
Join us on Saturday April 12 from 10am-2pm to gear up and rep the Brew City with your fav MKE brand Cuatro Uno Cuatro
If you somehow haven't heard us talking about them, Cuatro Uno Cuatro is a husband and wife duo highlighting the Latino presence in MKE one t-shirt at a time. Ivan and Caitlin will be at the shop from 10am-2pm providing you with exclusive deals, merch, and everything you need to celebrate Milwaukee on 414 weekend. The first 100 guests will receive a complementary Cuatro Uno Cuatro Tote Bag! Plus, we'll be up to our usual shennans again with fun specials you won't want to miss! Nos vemos!
Story Time Sessions
We are so very thrilled to be partnering with David Emmanuelle Castillo from We Will All Rise to host monthly Read Aloud Sessions.
We Will All Rise's "I Can Teach" is a teacher residency program for Black and Brown boys ages 18-24. The areas of focus for the program are workforce development, diversity & representation to mitigate inequities in Early Childhood Education (ECE), and encouraging teaching as a viable career option.
Join us on Saturday once a month for one of two sessions available (2pm or 3:30pm). Children and their parents will work on dialogical reading as well as other ECE competencies. Sessions will be led by David as well as program fellows, and you can learn more about the program here!
Ways to support We Will All Rise
visit https://wewillallrise.org/support or learn more at https://wewillallrise.org/icanteach.
Next Read Aloud Sessions and what we're reading:
04/12/2024
“The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab & Family”
05/10/2024
“A Child's Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander History: The Heroes, the Stories, and the Cultures that Helped to Build America (A Child's Introduction Series)”
by Naomi Hirahara
06/14/2024
“Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders”
07/12/2024
West Allis Location
As you may have seen, we are planning a second location for our little shop in West Allis! We're so very excited for this project and we cannot wait to share more info with you as we start this! We're teaming up with our long time customer, Luis Sosa of Nova Lux Homes, to build out a new beautiful cafe space on 70th and National. We don't have a projected opening date set yet, but we'll keep you posted :)