Wilson's Coffee & Tea
3306 Washington Ave.
Racine, WI 53405
Our Hours:
Monday–Friday
6:30–6:30
Saturday
7:00–6:00
Sunday
10:00–4:00
Established 1991

What is Wilson's Coffee & Tea?

Wilson's Coffee & Tea is Racine's best source for great tasting coffee. We select exceptional coffees from all over the world and roast each on site to bring out its optimal flavor. Our coffees are available by the pound or by the cup.

Our full espresso bar offers delicious cappuccinos, caffé lattés, and caffé mochas, blended drinks, and more along with fresh, made-from-scratch bakery.

Wilson's also carries a large selection of premium teas and tisanes, fine chocolates, mugs, and tea and coffee accessories.

Coffee: Our sourcing and roasting philosophy.

Every coffee grew somewhere. The place where the coffee is grown has a tremendous influence on how it tastes. Soil, temperature, and rainfall have quite a bit to do with how a coffee will ultimately taste. Varietal selection, farming techniques, and the care taken in harvesting and processing the coffee also play a role. We try to find a variety of unique coffees, all different, but all delicious.

For each lot of coffee we buy, we evaluate several different roasts and try to find ways of roasting that coffee which bring out the best characteristics of that coffee. Even coffees which have very similar flavor characteristics from one season to the next may require a different roasting style to achieve that result.

Our coffee list has prices and descriptions of the various coffees we currently offer.

Tasting Event: Coffees of the Pacific

Coffee was introduced to islands in the Pacific in the early 18th century by the Dutch East India company, which took coffee seeds from Yemen and raised plants which were introduced to the island of Java. Coffee took well to the island and the plant was soon introduced to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Sumatra, and other Sunda Islands. While Sri Lanka no longer produces coffee, several islands in this part of the world produce some of the finest coffee grown today.

Wilson's Coffee & Tea will be holding a special tasting event on Saturday, 8 May at 1PM at which several coffees from this part of the world will be available to try.

Summer Hours

Wilson's Coffee & Tea will be closed Sunday, 30 May and Monday, 31 May for Memorial Day. We will also be closed on Sundays between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

New Tisanes

Two new tisanes (herbal tea) are now available: The Republic of Tea Coconut Cocoa Tea and The Republic of Tea Hibiscus Superflower Tea. These are available in tins of 36 tea bags.

Latest Newsletter

May, 2010.