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Steadfast Coffee: A Nashville Pop-up With Big Ambitions

October 13, 2014 By Michael 3 Comments

Steadfast Coffee Nashville

A small Nashville pop-up shop is on the brink of something big. Currently located inside of Germantown’s collaborative workspace The Skillery, Steadfast Coffee is a collaboration between coffee veteran Sean Stewart and entrepreneur Dale Clay. The two previously founded coffee consulting company Steadfast Coffee will move into their permanent home in January, 2015. 

Steadfast Coffee

Come January, Steadfast will roast their own coffee. A Diedrich IR-12 has already been purchased and direct trade relationships with producers are being lined up. Considering that Sean used to be the head roaster at Crema, we expect great things.

In the meantime, Steadfast is brewing coffee from Slate Coffee Roasters in Seattle. When I visited they were pulling shots of the Finca El Eden, Colombia on their La Marzocco GS-3 (the permanent location will feature a Modbar). Their espresso parameters for this coffee are a rather unconventional 17.5 gram dose with a 57 gram yield, resulting in a higher extraction and a lower concentration. One sip made me a believer, yielding a balance of sweetness and a transparency of flavors one rarely finds in espresso.

Steadfast Coffee

Nashville is just the beginning for Steadfast. Their financial backers have already purchased the historic Spindletop Building in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood which will be the future home of a Steadfast location. The two cities have long had a friendly coffee rivalry, but this marks the first time a company has attempted to run stores in both cities. It’s a new era in Southern coffee, and Nashville is poised to become its capital. We expect Steadfast will play no small role in that.

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Crema, Louisville, Nashville, Sean Stewart, Steadfast Coffee, tennessee

About Michael

Michael Butterworth is an authorized instructor of the Specialty Coffee Association and the inventor of the Etkin Dripper.. He cofounded the Coffee Compass mostly as an excuse to visit more coffee shops. For consulting and training enquiries please visit butterworth.coffee.

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  1. Paul Butterworth says

    October 13, 2014 at 2:14 pm

    That’s fantastic! I’m wondering how long it takes for someone to troll about “buying local,” though?

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  2. Russ Benavides says

    October 27, 2014 at 9:24 am

    This is awesome! Can’t wait to try it next time I’m in Nashville. Completely missed the coffee scene when I was in school there.

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  3. Ingrid Abunda says

    July 9, 2016 at 2:20 am

    Looking forward to receiving your coffee philosophy newsletter! I have developed a taste for drinking and making it, I hope all is going great at Nashville!

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