This from an old travelogue I read recently. This happened while the author was passing through a village in Switzerland in the early 1900s.
In his shoes, I would have done the same!
I also asked him for coffee, and as he refused it I took him to be a heretic and went down the road making up verses against all such, and singing them loudly through the forest…
-Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome, p.164
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The Moscow Food Co-op newsletter this month contains an interview with Hannah and Jon Binninger, owners of Landgrove, a local roaster just a few miles away in Troy Idaho. One World Cafe uses their beans.
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More info here.
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Some local folks produced a fun short video that takes place late at night at Bucer’s.
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To lazy to walk downtown or hop in the car? Used to getting your pizza delivered?
Yes, you can now get designer coffee delivered straight to you!
I’ve seen the Red Star bug dropping things off at a couple offices lately. I asked them how much it costs extra. Answer: Nothing, but you need a minimun $20 order. (That’s about 6 drinks).
Interestingly enough, Java Bug (formerly Jana’s Java) also has a branded red Volkswagen bug. Theirs is old-school though and I’m not sure if they deliver.
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Apparently, campus dining is farming out some of it’s locations to third parties. This is great!
Sister’s Brew now has a satellite location on the first floor of the administration building. The people that have worked there in the past have always been friendly, but I’m afraid the coffee has been a complete dud for years. Things are looking up! The drinks are better and they’ve painted the place and add a comfy chair by the cooler.
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A discussion over here shifted to a local coffee shop (in Austin, TX):
Bennu is the best coffee shop in Austin. Open 24 hours, 3 wifi access points, great access to power, and 7 distinct mochas. It’s where we go to get things done.
If you can find a table, that is. They are popular, so local dev entrepreneurs are frequently battling the University of Texas students for table space.
The comment thread is full of complaints about people with laptops taking up too much space in shops and camping out all day. Some even mentioned that their local shops were covering up all electrical panels to discourage taking all the seats away from new paying customers.
How does this shake down in Moscow?
Moscow Food Co-op: Intentionally no wireless internet available and very few outlets. Designed so nobody camps out there with their laptop. They eat and leave. It seems to work pretty well. I can always find a seat.
One World Cafe: Often a sea of laptops. Only 50% of the seats have people in them, but 100% of the tables are taken. I’ve been in here twice lately and been unable to find a single place to sit. Once I just left and the other time I finally asked a stranger if I could sit with them. They were fine of course, but it was ackward. Maybe it’s only this bad on a Sunday afternoon though. There is always plenty of room in the morning.
Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub: I seem to see fewer laptops here and more adults (non-students) talking together. NSA students usually have a stack of books. You can nearly always find a seat, especially if you’re willing to sit in the back. Friday and Saturday nights are a completely different story: standing room only and very loud. More pub and less coffeehouse.
Sister’s Brew: Lots of laptops again. Often people hanging out together, each with their own laptop! They have gone out of there way to have power strips everywhere though. I also see a bit more board game action. It’s been tight a few times, but I (or my wife) have always been able to find a seat.
Common Grounds (in the UI Commons): Don’t ever go here between 0:15 and 0:45 of the hour. The line can be 20+ people long in-between classes. Often busy, but you can always find a seat in the rest of the Commons if the coffee shop proper is full. It seems like students come here to hang out and not so much to study.
Starbucks in the Palouse Mall: Always a line, always plenty of seats. Almost nobody stays at the shop in the mall. They get their drinks and continue their shopping.
Cafe Silos: A loyal core of customers who often stay long and order food. I rarely see any students or laptops here.
Daily Grind: WSU has a lot of students, but relatively few shops to hang out in. This place is often packed out for hours on end. Tons of laptops. Might as well bag the books and walk next door to Rico’s and have a whiskey.
Cafe Moro: This is decent shop, but never seems to be busy. I’m not sure why. The prices are kind of steep but the espresso is better than Daily Grind.
Anyway, these are my limited observations. Do I have this wrong? Should campers be banned? (Like at Denny’s!)
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I did a fun activity with my kids this morning. Being that my daughter is least is nearly of Kindergarten age, it’s time for her to learn some REALLY important things, like where yummy coffee comes from. So we walked down to the Co-op and bought a handful of beans from as many different geographic regions as we could find. Then, we came home and placed the beans on a map of the world. They all looked pretty similar, except for the huge fat ones from Sumatra (good for espresso, bad for press-pot!). It was fun though, and when we were done I made them vanilla steamers.
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Omie at the Daily News wrote a story before the recent contest.
You can find it here.
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