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Enamel Coffee Mugs

Carrboro Coffee Roasters have some new and exciting merchandise to share! Check out their enamel camp coffee mugs for all your outdoorsy friends and family Buy the enamel mug here

Green Bean Totes

Carrboro Coffee Roasters’ Green Bean Totes are local, NC handmade totes crafted from the green coffee bean bags we receive from our farmers at origin. Each is one of a kind and features the artwork of our farmer partners. We’re all about re-using these cool coffee bags and making them into an awesome, lined tote. […]

CCR Holiday Coffee Blend

To kick off the holidays, Carrboro Coffee Roasters are rolling out their 2017 Holiday Featured Coffee! This limited quantity, Direct Relationship coffee comes from the Veracruz region of Mexico. For over 200 years the family of Francisco Caraza have grown coffee & sugar cane along the slopes of Sierra Madre Oriental mountains. At Finca La […]

New Bike Installation

Last year, if you happened to be standing on Franklin street, or Main street in Carrboro during the Holiday parade, you would have seen, blocking the skyline, a rather large bike making its way from Morehead planetarium to Town Hall in Carrboro. Designed by Tim Peck and friends, This 35+ foot bike suddenly needed a […]

Carrboro Coffee’s New Direct Relationship Coffee

We are excited to announce Carrboro Coffee Roaster’s new direct relationship with farmer Nancy Hernandez. Open Eye will offer coffee from Nancy’s own farms’ – Finca El Jazmin in Honduras. This coffee is amazingly balanced. The care that went into its growth and processing is teased out by Carrboro Coffee’s careful and expert roasting. It […]

Now Serving NITRObrew!

This past weekend, Carrboro Coffee Roasters installed a keg and tap into Open Eye Cafe to serve both their cold-brew & the first NITRObrew coffee in Carrboro, available to the public Tuesday, September 5th. ‘NITRO brew’ or Nitrogen infused coffee is cold-brewed and stored in a pressurized keg. The coffee infused with Nitrogen as it is […]

August 26th Jordyn Pepper Performance!

Saturday, August 26th Jordyn Pepper will be performing at Open Eye from 8-11pm. She is the perfect blend of organic, deep-mountain roots, folk (with a little splash of soft blues), rock and country.  Put it all together and you have the makings of an Americana artist.  Her name is Jordyn Pepper, and she has something to […]

Closed Labor Day

Open Eye Cafe will be CLOSED this Labor Day to finish our renovations! We’ve been working on an exciting new project with Carrboro Coffee Roasters, so be sure to stop back by on September 5th to check it out! Stay tuned for more details.

Chapel Hill Magazine’s “Best of 2017” Results

Chapel Hill Magazine has announced this year’s “Best of 2017” winners, and we are excited to announce we won “Favorite Coffee Shop” alongside our sister cafe, Caffe Driade. We couldn’t do it without the support of all our customers, thank you for everything! It is an honor to receive this recognition, and we will continue […]

New Espresso Lip Balm!

We’re excited to announce Carrboro Coffee Roasters have collaborated with Durham handmade body care company, Lo & Behold,  to produce an all natural espresso lip balm. The product is now available at retail outlets throughout the Triangle including Open Eye Café. Carrboro Coffee Espresso Lip Balm is handmade by infusing freshly ground Carrboro Coffee Roasters […]