“Choosing a favorite coffee—that’s like choosing a favorite child,” says Seth McCain, who co-founded Praxis Coffee with his wife Lauren in 2016.
Like a proud father, Seth gushes about all of his coffees equally. Their Brazilian from the Sul de Minas region with traditional caramel and cocoa butter flavors is farmed by a family with branches in Austin. Their Panamanian comes from Elida Estate, which has been growing coffee in the region since 1918 and naturally processes their beans with a sun-drying technique that brings out funkier flavors like candied strawberry and blueberry. Their Kenyan, featured recently at Bougie’s Doughnuts off 290, tastes of sun ripened tomatoes, blood orange and honey.
Bringing out these unique flavors requires roasting each bean to its unique potential using skills the couple learned by training at Counter Culture Coffee in Asheville, North Carolina, and The Brown Coffee Company in San Antonio. Seth handles most of the production, while Lauren works behind the scenes on the business side to keep the caffeine-fueled ship afloat.
Currently their coffees can be found around town at Bougie’s and Stonehouse, as well as at restaurants like Uchi and Tiny Boxwoods. They don’t have any plans for a café of their own, but the next move is a flagship tasting room where customers can sample a wide range of coffees at once, finding what best fits their palate.
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