Kelly and Thomas (a couple of our passionate employees) had been begging for a pourover drip coffee bar for weeks if not months, when the right combination of factors came together by chance (as often seems to happen at Cellar Door).

Why would we even want a drip bar? Well as many of you know, we prepare a rotating selection of our coffees in french press throughout the day, ready to go in an airpot (we only keep the coffee in there for 1/2 hour max). But some coffees just plain taste better in drip. It's like they were born to be brewed that way. So fine, we need a drip bar, but how should we make it?

We wanted something compact due to limited counter space. It had to be sturdy enough that if someone bumped into it, the ceramic drippers wouldn't go flying either. One of our regular customers, John, horned in on the conversation and suggested that we build it like a wine glass rack upside down (check the photo). That way the drippers would slide into their spots and not ever fall off the bar.

I consulted with the friendly and knowledgeable folks next door at Hammer & Hand and learned that wine glass rail stock could be had locally. That was all I needed to hear. A couple of shopping stops and a couple of nights of sawing and welding later, I was rubbing butcher block oil into our new bar. Come try a cup of the coffee of the day!