J.P. Licks Celebrates 25 Years of Coffee Roasting with New Blend

J.P. Licks, Boston’s favorite ice cream shop is excited to continue commemorating its 25th anniversary year of roasting coffee with a celebration at its South Bay location in Dorchester on International Coffee Day -- Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Fair Trade and Organic Certified coffee have been freshly micro-roasted from the Jamaica Plains headquarters since 1999, and J.P. Licks will continue to honor the anniversary milestone with a new coffee blend and an in-house brewed frozen coffee product, FrōJō.

The J.P. Licks Anniversary Blend continues the J.P. Licks tradition of big, bold flavors, with a smooth blend highlighted by notes of peach, cocoa, and sugar cane. FrōJō is J.P. Licks very own blended frozen coffee, made from in-house brewed espresso beans, brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla ice cream. The new coffee items are available now in all 17 J.P. Licks store locations.

J.P. Licks is hosting a 25 Years of Roasting Coffee Celebration on International Coffee Day, Tuesday, October 1, 2024 from 6-8PM ET at the South Bay store (25 District Ave, Dorchester, MA). Join to sample the new coffee blend, FrōJō, meet the J.P. Licks artists in residence, and win prizes.

“Everyone knows us for our ice cream, but over the last 25 years we also have been roasting our own coffee,” says J.P. Licks founder and owner Vincent Petryk. “We roast down the middle . . . dark enough for a hearty brew but not so dark that every bean tastes burnt. We can’t wait for our customers to try our tasty new blend, and we are thrilled to finally offer our own frozen coffee, and it’s pretty delicious!”

Fresh micro-roasted, fair trade, and organic certified coffee is available by the cup or pound, whole bean or ground, at all locations. Coffee is roasted in a Dedrick 25 lb. roaster, producing about 20 different types of coffee, both single origin and blends. J.P. Licks has a few direct buyer relationships with farms, including farms in Guatemala and Nicaragua. These farms help the community earn fairer wages and build schools, houses, and other things needed to sustain their communities. The team at J.P. Licks has visited some of these communities, including the family-owned farm, El Recreo Estate Farm, in Jinotega, Nicaragua.

J.P. Licks has been showcasing local artists in-store for over 20 years. Artists display their work at J.P. Licks for a minimum of three months and their artwork is often available for purchase. J.P. Licks seeks artists local to each store’s neighborhood via arts councils, alumni groups, artist studio spaces, and word of mouth. The full list of artists currently showing at J.P. Licks can be found here, along with a list of every artist who has shown since the beginning of 2019.

ABOUT J.P. LICKS

Locally owned and operated by Vincent Petryk, J.P. Licks now boasts 17 store locations throughout Massachusetts and has remained homemade and locally owned and operated. The company employs up to 453 employees in the summer months and ships coffee (which is roasted in-house at the Jamaica Plain store) and merchandise anywhere in the continental USA. All ice cream and ice cream cakes are made in-house in the Jamaica Plain headquarters. Since opening its doors, J.P. Licks has been committed to supporting each store’s community by donating in-kind donations to small, local organizations.

J.P. Licks has won many awards over the years for their intensely flavored homemade ice cream and frozen yogurt, most recently Best of Boston 2021 from Boston Magazine. J.P. Licks has received over 300 “Best of” awards over the last 40 years. Known for their high quality, scrumptious treats J.P. Licks was named Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s 2006 “Small Business of the Year”.

J.P. Licks Locations:

Andover MarketStreet

28 Park St. 800 Market Street

Andover, MA 01810 Lynnfield, MA 01940

Assembly Row Mission Hill

611 Assembly Row 1618 Tremont St.

Somerville, MA 02145 One Brigham Circle

Boston, MA 02120

Boylston Street

1106 Boylston Street Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02115 173 Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02116

Charles Street

150 Charles Street Newton Centre

Boston, MA 02114 46 Langley Rd.

Newton Centre, MA 02459

Coolidge Corner

311 Harvard Street South Bay

Brookline, MA 02445 24 District Ave.

Dorchester, MA 02125

Davis Square

4A College Ave. Wellesley Square

Somerville, MA 02144 63 Central St.

Wellesley, MA 02482

Harvard Square

1313 Mass Ave. West Broadway

Cambridge, MA 02138 397 West Broadway St.

South Boston, MA 02127

Jamaica Plain

659 Centre Street West Roxbury

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 661 VFW Parkway

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Legacy Place

704 Legacy Place

Dedham, MA 02026

Visit www.jplicks.com for more information.