Before Starbucks and other chains made it more popular, Cooperage Coffee’s Eric Kobus was making cold-pressed coffee, aka cold brew, and has been selling it to coffee lovers in the greater DuPage County area since 2013. They have built a loyal following at the Wheaton French Market, where they serve cold brew and rotating flavors of iced draft lattes, and will deliver it your door with a subscription on CooperageCoffee.com. Eric joined Kevin Powell and Michael Piff on the Chicago’s Very Own Eats podcast, sponsored by The Puckered Pickle Company, to talk about how Cooperage began, the consistency and quality you get with their cold brew, what he loves about Farmers markets, what kinds of cold brew and iced lattes that they offer, trends in the coffee industry, growing their footprint and much more!

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• Cooperage Coffee director Eric Kobus at the WGN Radio studios. Photo by Michael Piff / WGN Radio
• Eric Kobus from Cooperage Coffee meeting John Williams during his midday show on WGN Radio. Photo by Michael Piff / WGN Radio

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