Intelligentsia Coffee Shoal Creek

Rotating daily option of our finest Direct Trade coffees.

A cold coffee with clarity, vibrancy, and sweetness!

Our cold coffee blend infused with nitrogen for a creamy mouthfeel, served neat.

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.

Our coffee team carefully selected top lots from Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ethiopia for this blend honoring the athletes participating in the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Intelligentsia is proud to be the official coffee of the event.

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.

A double shot of our syrupy sweet Black Cat Classic Espresso crafted with a blend of coffees from Brazil and Colombia.

Equal parts espresso and steamed milk.

A double shot of espresso with 4 oz of steamed milk.

A double shot of espresso with finely textured, steamed milk.

Our classic latte with our house-made ganache, using Askinosie single origin chocolate.

A double shot of espresso with hot water.

A double shot of espresso with 3 oz of milk, steamed slightly cooler than a cappuccino. Crushable.

A double shot of espresso with 4 oz of steamed milk, served a few degrees hotter and with less foam than a cappuccino.

A double shot of our Black Cat Classic Espresso served over ice.

Our classic latte served over ice.

Our signature iced latte with house-made ganache, using Askinosie single origin chocolate.

A double shot of espresso with water, served over ice.

A double shot of espresso with 4 oz of milk over ice.

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.

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.

Welcome Spring with our take on an espresso tonic. Black Cat Classic espresso, Fever Tree tonic water, and Fee Brothers NA orange bitters.

Four shots of espresso shaken with milk and homemade vanilla syrup. A sweet treat.

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.

Our Matcha is an exceptionally sweet powdered green tea from our own Kilogram Tea. Made with steamed oat milk.

Our classic chai tea latte over ice. Made with our own Kilogram Tea's Organic Masala Chai Tea.

Made with our own Kilogram Tea's Organic Masala Chai Tea, combined with steamed milk.

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.

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.

Daniel Canales made history in 2004 as the first grower to win a Cup of Excellence competition with an organically grown coffee. We purchased some of that winning lot and have continued working with the Canales family ever since. Today, the Canales family's commitment to thoughtful farming and exceptional quality continues through Daniel's three sons, Milton, Norman, and Donal, who represent the third generation at the family's farm in Pueblo Nuevo, Estelí, where they have transformed former pastureland into a diverse coffee ecosystem. This year's washed Pacamara lot was produced by Norman Canales, whose careful stewardship carries forward a legacy six decades in the making. A variety known for its remarkably large beans and distinctive flavor, the Pacamara has become one of our favorite coffees from the Canales family.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A shade-grown organic blend designed to enlighten, anchored by a luminous Ethiopian single-origin lot.

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.

Our Black Cat blend has been a staple in the Intelligentsia espresso lineup since we opened our doors back in 1995. El Gato is Black Cat's alter-ego, designed to deliver the Black Cat experience for fans of filtered coffee.

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.

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.

A sweet, full-bodied espresso that balances flavors of roasted nuts and chocolate with cherry and dark fruit. Look for: roasted hazelnut, cherry, nougat.

Granny Smith Apple & Sunflower Cinnamon Oatmeal (Nut-Free)

Cultivated Blueberry & Vermont Maple Oatmeal

Sun-Ripened Strawberry & Madagascar Vanilla Oatmeal