Wilco have already inspired a Toronto sandwich shop with no connection to the band, and teamed up with with Chicago 's Intelligentsia Coffee for a mug. Now they've turned to their neighborhood roaster -- which provided coffee at the band's Solid Sound Festival this past summer -- for Wilco-approved beans. The energizing product is now available from the band's online store.
The "Wilco Selects" coffee brand was personally tasted by the band's John Stirratt and Patrick Sansone (also of the Autumn Defense) at Intelligentsia's Cupping Lab earlier this fall.
The unanimous selection is the Single Origin, Organic Ethiopia Sidama Homecho Waeno. This coffee comes from the Sidama region ofEthiopia and is grown by the Homecho Waeno co-op. There's also a decaf option, called the "Wilco Doesn't Select" because, the band admits, they didn't taste-test it themselves.
The unanimous selection is the Single Origin, Organic Ethiopia Sidama Homecho Waeno. This coffee comes from the Sidama region of
"In full disclosure, no decaf coffee was selected by the members of Wilco during the tasting field trip," reads the product description. "But our friends at Intelligentsia tell us this is as good a decaf as it gets."
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