COMING SOON:  The new O’Henry’s Coffees next to Brookwood Mall is less than a month away.  The facility is on the far right side of the nine story office building at 569 Brookwood Village.  It is just to the left of Applebee’s.

          This coffeehouse will be a little larger and feature a fresh lunch menu seven days a week.  It also has a patio and a second story loft inside for private functions, business meetings or lunch groups.

          Espresso drinks will come from a state-of-the-art LaMarzocco GB5 triple group espresso machine.  We will rotate through about 40 different coffees of the day every month.  We roast our own specialty coffee beans at our roasting facility in West Homewood.  Fresh from the oven morning baked goods, a large selection of desserts, frozen drinks and lunch are offered daily.  Birmingham's largest offering of coffees by the pound is found at O’Henry’s.

        We found some fun materials to build into this new location.  The word re-claimed (vs. recycled) comes to mind.  Re-claimed means items that had a prior use are being used again with little or no modification.  Old pine flooring, decades old doors, a maple gym floor used as wainscoting, a stair railing from an old house, newel posts and many other items were incorporated.

          More information, and maybe an opening date, are coming soon.

 

 

 

The first batches of Pumpkin Spice coffee are still warm out of the roaster at O'Henry's Coffees roasting facility.  This annual tradition features the smells of Mom's kitchen on a cool, fall Sunday afternoon. Cinnamon and nutmeg with a touch of allspice in a rich and creamy brew fills the senses.

Pumpkin Spice is available at all four locations and on the web now through November. It will be brewed as Flavor of the Day frequently and is also available in 12 oz. foil gift bags and 2 oz. samplers.Make sure you check out the new logo design on these gift bags!

Cool weather, hot coffee and good friends all come together at O'Henry's. More fall favorites are coming soon! Homemade Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Icing and Homemade Pumpkin Bread will be in stores soon!

 

 

For Immediate Release                             Contact:  Randy Adamy

Date: June 15, 2009                                                   205-945-8970

Birmingham, AL

      O'Henry's Coffees has signed a lease to open a new location on the corner of the new Colonial Brookwood Center adjacent to Brookwood Village. Colonial Brookwood Center is the corporate office of Colonial Properties Trust.  Other tenants include El Paso and Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP.  O'Henry's will join Jos. A. Bank also on the street level. 

The operation will feature specialty coffees, espresso drinks, frozen drinks, fresh baked goods and desserts daily.  In addition, this location will offer a unique lunch menu of soups, salads and sandwiches similar to the O'Henry's in the Regions/Harbert building downtown.  A large, outdoor patio will be part of the plans. 

Birmingham's largest selection of fresh-roasted coffee beans will  come from a wall of custom brass coffee bins. O'Henry's has been roasting premium coffees in Homewood since 1993.  The first O'Henry's opened on 18^th Street South in Homewood where founder Dr. Henry Bright roasted beans right in the store.  The Adamys purchased O'Henry's in 1999.

The local firm of Hendon & Huckestein is being used for architectural design.  Maxus Construction will be the general contractor.

"We are a small, local company", says Randy Adamy.  Adamy and his wife Mary own O'Henry's Coffees and live in Hoover.  "Being part of the surrounding community is key to our success", he continues.  "It's more fun to run a business when you know most of your patrons by name.  This gives us a chance to reach a new group of people."

Some of the décor and architectural components of the coffeehouse will be "reclaimed".  Southern Accents in Cullman is assisting the Adamys in this area.

O'Henry's is a recipient of the TOPS Award from the Specialty Coffee Association of America.  This award recognized O'Henry's as one of the best coffeehouses in the country.

On May 1^st, Red Mountain Coffee Roasters will officially change its name to O’Henry’s Coffee Roasting Company.

Red Mountain Coffee Roasters was formed in 1995 when O’Henry’s Coffees founder, Dr. Henry Bright, moved the “Little Red Roaster” out of the Homewood, Alabama retail location.  It was relocated to west Homewood in a warehouse area.  Red Mountain Coffee Roasters was one of the earliest specialty coffee roasters in the Birmingham area of Alabama.  The store had become too busy for Dr. Bright to roast all the coffee he needed and serve hundreds of guests every day.  Red Mountain Coffee Roasters began to roast coffee for other retailers in Birmingham, Montgomery, Cullman and Florida.  Dr. Bright sold O’Henry’s and RMCR to Mary and Randy Adamy in 1999.  He still assists the Adamys with projects on a regular basis. 

As the demand for specialty coffee grew, so did RMCR.  The company now roasts premium coffees for customers throughout Alabama and the Southeast.  These include other coffeehouses, specialty markets, bakeries and grocery stores. 

O’Henry’s Coffees also expanded and retail locations were added at the Regions/Harbert building downtown, St. Vincent’s East Hospital and the Samford University campus. 

The reason for the name change came from O’Henry’s retail heritage.  “The O’Henry’s Coffees name has 15 years of history in Birmingham.  Our customers know us much more by the O’Henry’s name than the Red Mountain Coffee name.”, says owner Randy Adamy.  “A big part of what we do as a coffee roasting company is helping other people open retail coffee businesses.  Sharing our knowledge and experience can help them get started on the right foot”, Adamy continued.

RMCR moved into a 9000 square foot building on West Oxmoor Road in 2007 to accommodate current demand and support future growth.  This facility serves as the offices for the company and a training center for O’Henry’s employees and the customers the roasting business serves.

The new coffee roasting website will be up and running on May 1^st at http://www.ohenryscoffeeroasting.com/.  The retail site is www.ohenryscoffee.com.