Happy National Coffee Day!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 by

Today, September 29th, is National Coffee Day! Who knew? I know I didn’t. This calls for a celebration!
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Coffee/Tea Cup Cozy

Friday, September 25th, 2009 by

Hey Everyone!

Look at these cute coffee/tea cup cozies I found online! Each cozy is hand knitted using ego friendly yarn and fastens with a cute hand-carved wooden button. It’s a really neat way to keep your coffee/tea warm and your hands cool.
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What Happened to Coffee?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 by

Hey Everybody,

In my most recent internet quest in search of nuggets of wisdom for you guys, I came across a really great blog post. I was going to try and summarize it, but I felt it best to just let you guys read it for yourselves. It’s a post that touches on the importance of small specialty coffee roasters called “What Happened to Coffee?” So, thanks Coffee Break and Review… I couldn’t have said it better myself! Here’s the link!
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Who ordered the skimpaccino?

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 by

Have you guys heard about this dude in Washington who is attempting to boost sales at his coffee shop by having his barristas sport bikini tops? Yikes! We all know sex sells, but you know what else sells… GOOD COFFEE. And if you make it they will come…
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Cool Stuff

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 by

Hey Everybody,

Today a customer ordered our smoked coffee with the intentions of making her own smoked porter… um that’s pretty flippin’ cool, right? So, that lead us to Google things like ‘coffee and beer’ and ‘how to make beer in a coffee pot’. We found a few cool techniques that seemed way to complex to even try… have any of you tried something like this? Was is successful? What did you make? How did you do it?!
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