Delivery service

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 […]

Sister’s Brew in the UI Administration Building

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 […]

Popular places filling up with people and…laptops?

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, […]

Coffee map

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 […]

More on the Latte Art Throwdown at One World

Omie at the Daily News wrote a story before the recent contest. You can find it here.

Latte Art Contest at One World Cafe

One World Cafe is hosting a “Latte Art Throwdown” this Sunday, August 23 at 7:00 PM. From the flyer: Rosetta vs. Heart $5 buy in, winner takes all Lots of prizes from local businesses for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place. I spoke with one of the Baristas there and he said some friends of his […]

Pom Coffee

Whoa! Anyone know where to get one of these? Photo credit

The Circle of Life

An Impromptu Poem: Another day another dollar Another dollar another coffee Another coffee and Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Another day.

Pike’s Place and the (not so) light roast

Starbuck’s latest gimmick is their Pike’s Place Roast. It’s a lighter, smoother drip coffee that is guaranteed to be brewed fresh every 30 minutes. They also put up the date and location where the current batch was roasted at. It’s never supposed to be more than a few weeks old. The batch I had a […]