A few months ago Jon got an email from Kaelin McCowan asking if he could stop by our shop (Great Plains Coffee at the time) as he was driving through South Dakota on his way to Toronto with a Deidrich IR12 coffee roaster that he picked up in Seattle. He's opening a quality focused roasterie called Detour Coffee Roasters. We had a great time chatting with him (as we do with any like-minded coffee lover), and wish him success in his new venture.
He wrote an article about the businesses he visited along the way, and he had some very kind words to say about our humble cafe. Here is a pdf copy of the article - reprinted by permission from Barista Magazine. (The section about us is on the second page.)