Argonaut on Caffeine

The Argonaut has a front-page article on the the popularity of caffinated drinks on campus (including coffee): Among the five different locations on campus where coffee-based beverages are sold, CDS sold 113,181 drinks. “Coffee is more of a culture here. I don’t think you can go on a college campus these days and not see […]

Interview with Brendan O’Donnell (Part 2): Roasting and Coffee Varieties

This is the second installment of my interview with Brendan from Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub. He talks about coffee varieties and flavors and also how he got started roasting. Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of their new roaster from the shop. It was built in Turkey. Brendan informed me that even though the new roaster […]

Interview with Brendan O’Donnell (Part 1): Coffee in the Pacific Northwest

This is the first part of my interview with Brendan O’Donnell, the coffee roaster and new manager for Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub. We sat down and talked about quite a few things. I’ll be postings parts of the interview over the next couple weeks arranged by topic. Today, it’s about the state of coffee shops at […]

McDonald’s Specialty Coffee Story

McDonalds now has espresso! You can pick some up at the 3rd street location in Moscow. How does it taste? The short answer is: Not great, but I’ve had worse. On the sleeve of the new cups is a tale of how their delightful drinks came to be. In case you can’t read the picture […]