BREWED COFFEE
Brew
Daily Batch Brew
Rotating daily option of our finest Direct Trade coffees.$5.00Cold Coffee
A cold coffee with clarity, vibrancy, and sweetness!$6.00Box of Coffee (96oz)
96oz of our Barista's Choice of coffee that is being brewed that day. Dialed in perfectly for you and your group. Please allow up to 45 minutes for preparation. If ordering in quantities of 2 or more, please call 24 hours ahead of time.$34.00Decaf House Brewed to Order (12 oz)
$5.00Batch Brew Sidecar
$2.00Honduras La Tortuga Batian Brewed to Order 12oz
This year marks 30 years since Marysabel Caballero and Moises Herrera began their journey together in coffee. To celebrate, we are bringing back La Tortuga, a name first used in 2004 for coffee from Marysabel’s father, Don Fabio, as a nod to the classic story of the tortoise and the hare. What began as a reflection on Honduras’s steady rise in specialty coffee now speaks to the Caballero family’s approach to building their coffee legacy: patient, deliberate, and always moving forward. That spirit of progress comes through in this latest release of Batian, a prized Kenyan variety with genetics that include SL28, SL34, and Sudan Rume. Through selective picking, careful sorting, and washed processing, Marysabel and Moises bring remarkable clarity to the variety. The result is one of our favorite La Tortuga selections of the year. It's a compelling expression of Kenyan genetics adapted to Honduran terroir.$11.00Guatemala Kape'tenago H1 Brewed to Order 12oz
$13.50
ESPRESSO
Hot
Americano
A double shot of espresso with hot water.$4.25Cappuccino
A double shot of espresso with 4 oz of steamed milk.$5.25Cortado
A double shot of espresso with 3 oz of milk, steamed slightly cooler than a cappuccino. Crushable.$5.00Espresso
A double shot of our syrupy sweet Black Cat Classic Espresso crafted with a blend of coffees from Brazil and Colombia.$4.00Flat White
A double shot of espresso with 4 oz of steamed milk, served a few degrees hotter and with less foam than a cappuccino.$5.25Latte
A double shot of espresso with finely textured, steamed milk.$6.00Macchiato
Equal parts espresso and steamed milk.$5.00Mocha
Our classic latte with our house-made ganache, using Askinosie single origin chocolate.$7.50
Iced
Iced Americano
A double shot of espresso with water, served over ice.$4.25Iced Espresso
A double shot of our Black Cat Classic Espresso served over ice.$4.00Iced Latte
Our classic latte served over ice.$6.00Iced Mocha
Our signature iced latte with house-made ganache, using Askinosie single origin chocolate.$7.50Iced Cappuccino
A double shot of espresso with 4 oz of milk over ice.$5.25Iced Flat White
$5.25Iced Cortado
$5.00
SIGNATURE DRINKS
Iced Angeleno
Four shots of espresso shaken with milk and homemade vanilla syrup. A sweet treat.$7.50Avena Latte
Our Black Cat Latte made with Oat milk and our organic turbinado sugar simple syrup spiced with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, and orange peel. Served with an optional sprinkling of cayenne.$7.00Iced Avena Latte
Our Black Cat Latte made with Oat milk and our organic turbinado sugar simple syrup spiced with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, and orange peel over ice. Served with an optional sprinkling of cayenne.$7.00Black Cat Fizz
Welcome Spring with our take on an espresso tonic. Black Cat Classic espresso, Fever Tree tonic water, and Fee Brothers NA orange bitters.$6.75ICED Hojicha Latte
$7.75Hojicha Latte
$7.75Pumpkin Pie Latte
$8.00ICED Pumpkin Pie Latte
$8.00Black Sesame Latte
$8.25ICED Black Sesame Latte
$8.25Spiced Apple Chai
$6.50ICED Spiced Apple Chai
$6.50
TEA AND MORE
Matcha
Organic Iced Oat Milk Matcha Latte
Our Matcha is an exceptionally high quality powdered green tea from our own Kilogram Tea. Made with oat milk, shaken and over ice. Comes unsweetened.$7.75Matcha Latte
Our Matcha is an exceptionally sweet powdered green tea from our own Kilogram Tea. Made with steamed oat milk.$7.75Hojicha Latte
$7.75ICED Hojicha Latte
$7.75
Steeped
Black Iced Tea
OUT OF STOCK$5.50Herbal Iced Tea
$5.50Organic Blend 333 Brewed
$5.50Organic Chamomile Brewed
$5.50Organic King Crimson Brewed
OUT OF STOCK$5.50Organic Turmeric Tonic Brewed
$5.50Organic Emerald Spring Brewed
$5.50Organic Jasmine Green Brewed
$5.50Organic English Breakfast Brewed
$5.50Organic Earl Grey Brewed
$5.50Thai Assamica Brewed
$5.50Ruby Oolong Brewed
$5.50
PASTRIES
Publican Bread
Almond Croissant (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$7.50Butter Croissant (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$6.25Canele (PQB)
$5.00Chocolate Brioche Bun (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$6.75Chocolate Chip Cookie (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Chocolate Croissant (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$7.50Financier (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Fruit Danish (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$7.00Ham & Cheese Croissant (PQB)
$8.00Kouign Amann (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$6.00Savory Danish (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$7.00Savory Scone (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Sweet Scone (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Seasonal Muffin (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$6.00S'mores Cookie (PQB)
OUT OF STOCK$5.00
Big Star Tacos
WHOLE BEAN COFFEE
Single Origin
Ethiopia Abana Estate Sulladjah (10oz Wholebean)
Established by the Omran family in 2009, Abana Estate is a 300-hectare farm near the village of Gera in western Oromia. Now overseen by the second generation, the farm is planted with heirloom varieties that honor Ethiopia's legacy as the birthplace of wild Arabica coffee. This lot, Sulladjah, is named after the farm’s highest point, which sits at 2,200 meters and is surrounded by lush forests and a pristine mountain spring. The cherries were picked and sorted by hand before being pulped, fermented, and washed at the on-site wet mill, then dried on raised beds.$25.00Ethiopia Alaka Natural (10oz Wholebean)
This lot was grown by members of the Alaka Farmers Association and processed by our longtime partners, METAD, at their Hambela washing station in the West Guji Zone of Oromia. Led by the Adinew family, METAD consistently produces some of our favorite coffees from Ethiopia. Farmers delivered their daily harvest of ripe coffee cherries to the station, where they were meticulously sorted and dried on raised beds with the fruit fully intact. METAD’s expertise and attention to detail are especially evident in natural coffees like this one, where careful processing allows the heirloom varieties and terroir to shine, preserving the distinctive expression that makes Ethiopian coffee unlike any other.$26.00Ethiopia Kirite Washed (Wholebean 10oz)
This lot was grown by smallholder farmers who are part of METAD's Kirite network in the Guji region of Oromia. It is an elegant coffee with floral aromatics and notes of fresh peach, sweet meyer lemon, and hibiscus.$25.00Guatemala Kape'tenago H1 (10oz Wholebean)
$25.00Guatemala Milder Velasquez (10oz Wholebean)
This exceptional lot was grown by cooperative member Milder Velásquez, whose farm is situated in Huehuetenango within the expansive Cuchumatanes mountain range. It is appearing on our single-origin menu for the first time.$24.00Kenya Kiangoi (10oz Wholebean)
In the foothills of towering Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest peak, members of the Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society grow Ruiru 11, SL-28, and SL-34 varieties. Each day during the harvest, farmers deliver their ripe coffee cherries to the Kiangoi Coffee Factory, where their coffee is combined and undergoes meticulous sorting, fermentation, and washing before it is carefully dried on raised beds. To form this lot, the coffee was then expertly milled and further sorted to achieve the premium Kenya AA grade, distinguished by its large, uniform bean size and high quality. The precision in picking, processing, and milling brings out the vibrant acidity and expressive character we love in Kenyan coffees.$25.00El Salvador Malacara SL-28 (10oz Wholebean)
Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez is the fourth-generation steward of Finca Malacara, one of El Salvador’s most venerable coffee estates. Established by the Alvarez family in 1888, the farm sits near the north slope of the Santa Ana volcano. Malacara’s reputation for quality dates back more than a century, with its coffee earning a gold medal at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris. That legacy continues under Epe, and we accompanied him when he first planted this SL-28 variety alongside the storied Bourbon trees that have long been cultivated at Malacara. Coveted for its remarkable quality in Kenya, SL-28 has found compelling expression at Malacara. It has been a staple of our single origin menu for more than a decade.$25.00
Blends/Decaf
26.2 Blend Whole Bean (10oz Bag)
Our coffee team carefully selected top lots from Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ethiopia for this blend honoring the athletes participating in the 2026 Chicago Marathon. Intelligentsia is proud to be the official coffee of the event.$26.00
Diablo Whole Bean (12oz Bag)
$17.50
El Gallo Organic Breakfast Blend Whole Bean (12oz Bag)
$18.50
House Blend Whole Bean (12oz Bag)
$17.50
Illumination Blend Whole Bean (12oz bag)
A shade-grown organic blend designed to enlighten, anchored by a luminous Ethiopian single-origin lot.$20.00
Otoño Blend Whole Bean 12oz
Fall is here, and with it, the next release in our seasonal blend lineup. Otoño is inspired by the reflection that autumn brings, when nature reveals its texture and each step outdoors is a chance to slow down and observe a beautiful transition unfold. For this blend, ingredients were carefully selected by our coffee team and combined in a recipe designed to match the transition from summer stone fruits into deeper fall flavors. The 2025 edition of Otoño brings together three distinct lots from three distinct countries, each renowned for producing exceptional coffee: Kenya, Ethiopia, and Colombia.$30.00
Decaf House Blend Whole Bean (12oz Bag)
$18.50Intelligentsia Instant Coffee 5 Pack
We've teamed up with Swift Cup Coffee to bring you an instant coffee with quality in mind. Try our Intelligentsia House Blend instantly with just 8oz of hot or cold water! This 5 pack of single-servings is perfect when traveling or on-the-go.$13.00
Espresso

Black Cat Classic (12oz Wholebean)
This syrupy sweet espresso blend has been the staple of our lineup since the very beginning. Supreme balance and a wonderful sweetness make this a classic.$17.50Sublunar Espresso (12oz Wholebean)
A sweet, full-bodied espresso that balances flavors of roasted nuts and chocolate with cherry and dark fruit. Look for: roasted hazelnut, cherry, nougat.$17.50Colombia Cauca Castillo SOE (12oz Wholebean)
This washed Castillo lot comes from neighboring farmers in the Cauca region of southwestern Colombia. After selectively harvesting cherries from only their Castillo trees, they delivered their coffee to our partners at Banexport for classification and processing. Introduced to Colombian farmers in 2005, Castillo has since been widely adopted for its resilience against coffee leaf rust, a devastating fungus that affects farms around the world. A testament to the quality potential of hardy varieties, this coffee shines as espresso with notes of sweet orange and dried fruits.$22.00Ethiopia Ayla Bombe SOE (12oz Wholebean)
This lot comes from the Ayla washing station in Bombe, a high elevation coffee growing community in Ethiopia’s Sidama region. Established in 2010 by family-owned Testi Coffee, Ayla receives freshly picked coffee cherries from neighboring smallholder farmers. Farmers in Bombe cultivate coffee on small plots of land that reach as high as 2,150 meters above sea level, with coffee growing alongside other crops and beneath the shade of native trees. At the washing station, careful sorting begins the moment the cherries arrive and continues throughout processing. The coffee is washed in fresh water from the Bonora River before being dried and sorted on raised beds. As espresso, the sweetness and complexity of coffees from this region really shine. Expect notes of ripe stone fruit and fresh lime zest.$24.00Black Cat Instant 5 Pack
$13.00Black Cat Espresso Capsules (10pk)
$13.00
SNACKS
Mylk Labs Oatmeal
Mylk Labs Almond & Pink Salt Oatmeal
Roasted Almond & Himalayan Pink Salt$5.00Mylk Labs Apple & Cinnamon Oatmeal
Granny Smith Apple & Sunflower Cinnamon Oatmeal (Nut-Free)$5.00Mylk Labs Banana Bread Oatmeal
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Mylk Labs Blueberry & Maple Oatmeal
Cultivated Blueberry & Vermont Maple OatmealOUT OF STOCK$5.00Mylk Labs Coffee Oatmeal
OUT OF STOCK$5.00Mylk Labs Strawberry & Vanilla Oatmeal
Sun-Ripened Strawberry & Madagascar Vanilla OatmealOUT OF STOCK$5.00
All hours
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | 7:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Tuesday | 7:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Wednesday | 7:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Thursday | 7:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Friday | 7:00 am - 5:45 pm |
| Saturday | 8:00 am - 1:45 pm |
Restaurant info
Freshly roasted and proudly poured, we're working every day to bring you the finest Direct Trade and In Season coffee available.
Location
53 West Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
