Other People’s Coffee: Knoxville, TN- Remedy Coffee
This installment of “Other People’s Coffee” holds a special place in our heart…and the reason is two-fold:
1) It is written by Nick Hamilton – a good friend/man and former Everyday Joe’s regular whose job took him & his family to Knoxville, TN.
2) Remedy Coffee is a shop managed by David Teten – another former Everyday Joe’s regular that called a few months ago and said, “A shop with the same heart as Everyday Joe’s is opening in Knoxville and I’m going to run it. Here are a lot of questions.” They even made the choice to buy beans from Intelligentsia.
We get a lot of phone calls like Dave’s, and rarely does a shop open after the conversation. It is good to see it happen, and having the man at the helm be a part of the Everyday Joe’s family is even more exciting. Things are happening and Remedy is making a difference. Please support them.
Coffee Shop: Remedy Coffee
Location: Knoxville, TN
Drink: Double Americano
Drinker: Nick Hamilton
I’m not accustomed to early mornings. Five months of fatherhood under my belt and I still cringe at 7 a.m. I meant to get to Remedy Coffee at the crack of opening. Crack of grand opening I suppose. Missed it. Rolled into The Old City at 7.45, parked, paid for parking, walked from parking to door.
The first time I stood at this door was January of this year. I heard about Remedy Coffee through the power of the interwebs. 
Being a recent transplant to Knoxville I had been looking for good coffee. My friend David and I headed to The Old City to give it a whirl only to find it closed. Disappointed we began to head down the street to see what else was around when a woman from inside Remedy asked if we’d like to check the place out. We said sure and she proceeded to give us the “grand tour.” Turns out that Remedy is the brainchild of a local church called Knoxlife Church. The church met there on Sundays but the hope was to open up the space to the surrounding community during the rest of the week.
It’s quite a space. Set in The Old City the feel as you walk in is industrial. From the outside you might expect Rocky Balboa to be tenderizing a half slab of beef just inside. Fortunately for all involved this is not the case. Their motto is “coffee and conversation” and this atmosphere is successfully achieved. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable about their product without making the untrained palette such as my own feel inferior.
I am mostly a black coffee kind of guy, but enjoy the occasional espresso. So, I decided to give an Americano a go. Four delicious shots later I was quite satisfied. I was told my Black Cat espresso had a “chocolate 
covered cherry taste,” which was easily discernable. Maybe just because it was mentioned, maybe because they pulled some good shots, whatever the case it was still delicious.
Remedy has chosen to use Intelligensia Coffee as their go to and ‘tis a delightful choice.
Hand made mugs from a local artist cover the brick walls. An acceptable music mix tickled my multiplying ear hairs (comes with fatherhood, I think…). The various tables and chairs set about make for comfortable, uncramped atmosphere.
All in all I’m grateful to find a place that serves a mean Americano, a comfortable environment, and a welcoming feel where one might even become a regular.
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