No. 0214Wed 28 OctSunrise 7:24

Good morrow.

Pour-over, a window seat and the first hour of the day, taken slowly. A neighborhood coffee house on the corner of Elm & 4th.

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The Morrow paper cup with its amber half-sun mark, lit by low sun

Every morning is a new page.

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Today

The morning entry, printed daily

No. 0214Wed 28 OctSunrise 7:24

Sunrise was 7:24. The kettle was on at 6:30.

We print today's number, date and sunrise on every sleeve, receipt and the board by the door. Keep one, and you have a diary of mornings.

A barista pouring water into a ceramic Morrow pour-over dripper in striped window light
On the bar this week

Guji, Ethiopia

Peach · jasmine · black tea

Pour-over 7.00

03

The room

Oak, plaster and tall windows facing east

Take the window seat. Nobody's rushing you.

The coffee house just after sunrise, light on oak tables beneath the half-sun mark
06:58 · Before the door opens
The coffee bar with an espresso machine, a pastry case and the Morrow mark on the wall
07:05 · Buns out of the oven
Someone seen from behind at the window seat holding a Morrow cup, leaf shadows on the table
07:30 · The east window
A notebook, a Morrow cup and a morning bun on the sunny window ledge
08:10 · The ledge
The coffee house mid-morning, a few people reading and working at oak tables
09:40 · Mid-morning

Pull up a chair.

Find us
04

The regulars

Same table, most mornings
A woman with freckles holding a Morrow cup by the window, smiling
7:10 · window seat"Pour-over, whatever's on. I don't check."
A man with glasses reading a newspaper at an oak table, a Morrow cup beside him
6:45 · table four"The paper, a drip, and twenty quiet minutes."
A barista in a brown apron pouring latte art behind the counter
6:00 · behind the bar"I light the kettle before the sun's up."
Two friends laughing at the window seat, each holding a Morrow cup
8:30 · Saturdays"Two cortados and the long version of the week."
An older couple on a bench outside the brown storefront at sunrise, holding Morrow cups
6:30 · the bench outside"We wait for the door, then we wait for the sun."
05

Beans

Roasted weekly, shipped Mondays
A kraft bag of Morrow First Light coffee on a linen breakfast table with a carafe and a morning bun
House blend

First Light

Our morning coffee, for your morning. Sweet and round enough for a drip machine, bright enough for a pour-over.

Origin
Huila, CO · Guji, ET
Notes
Honey · stone fruit · cocoa
Roast
Medium-light
Size
12 oz · whole bean or ground
$24
Ten mornings

The sun rises one stamp at a time.

Get a card at the bar. Every cup lifts the sun a little higher, and the tenth morning is on us.

The dark brown Morrow storefront at sunrise with its tall arched window and the door open
06

Visit

Corner of Elm & 4th

Hours
Monday – Friday6:30 – 2:00
Saturday – Sunday7:00 – 3:00
KitchenUntil 1:30

Open before the sun most of the year. Dogs welcome on the bench outside. The window seat is first come, first served.

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