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Available for download: the Bloom coffee timer app for iPhone & iPod Touch

The Analog Agency, a firm based in Springfield, Missouri, and run by coffee fan Jeremy Boles, has produced a useful and customizable coffee brewing app for the iPhone and iPod Touch called “Bloom – Coffee Timer.”

Latte Art Throwdown this Friday at The Hub

The Hub Coffee and Bicycles in Springfield, Missouri, will host a Latte Art Contest Friday night, September 30, at 8 p.m., and they expect former World Barista Champion Michael Phillips to be in attendance.

A look inside Classic Rock Coffee Company

Classic Rock Coffee Company is now open in Springfield, Missouri, offering locally roasted coffees by Ed Kuhlman under the Classic Rock Coffee label. The shop is eye-popping and follows the rock ‘n roll theme of the coffee brand.

A look inside Boca Mocha

Boca Mocha Coffee Cafe is now open in downtown Springfield, Missouri, at the old Rendezvous Coffee location at 320 Park Central West, featuring coffee from Haiti.

Boca Mocha Coffee and Cafe coming to old Rendezvous Coffee location

Signs have gone up at the former Rendezvous Coffee location in Springfield, and they show that Boca Mocha Coffee and Cafe will be coming soon

COPPER CANYON TO OFFER NEW SHOP IN SPRINGFIELD

A coffee roasting company popular to the Ozarks will soon open a full service coffee shop in Springfield. Sean Hunziker of Copper Canyon Roasters said his new shop will hopefully open its doors by spring. “We are shooting for no later than May 1st,” he said. The café will operate in conjunction with a Copper [...]

The Badger is In @The Hub Bikes & Beans!

When asking Jason Strother, owner of The Hub Bikes & Beans, his favorite thing about Intelligentsia’s latest seasonal espresso blend “Honey Badger”, he just smiles. “That’s easy!” he says. “It’s the complexity. It’s not just sweet. It’s not just bright. It’s not 1-sided. There are layers to the espresso that only become evident once you’ve [...]

Dancing Mule Coffee hosting Mule-only latte art contest

Dancing Mule Coffee in Springfield, Missouri, will be hosting a head-to-head competition of its own baristas in a latte art competition this coming Sunday, February 13, at 5 p.m., and the public is invited.

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A Tanzania coffee side-by-side: Heroes vs. Intelligentsia

Recently I’ve been sampling the roasts from Heroes Coffee, a local coffee roaster based here in Springfield, Missouri.  Heroes Coffee also owns the Heroes Coffee Cafe located at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway in Springfield, which is one of the shops taking part in our 417Coffee Disloyalty Card.   It’s the best location [...]

This Donkey Knows How to Kick

This morning I had an 8:00 am car service appointment on the southside of Springfield. Yes, 8 o’clock in the morning. On the southside. Two things that put my little hipster brain in a tailspin. But alas, I decided to try out Dancing Mule Coffee Company while I waited for my freshly serviced Jetta. To [...]

The latest Black Cat espresso from Intelligentsia

Pictured here is my afternoon espresso shot from The Hub Bike and Beans (@insidethehub on Twitter), located north of Chestnut Expressway on Boonville in downtown Springfield, Missouri.  They serve Intelligentsia’s Black Cat Classic espresso blend, pulled using a lever-driven espresso machine. On Friday, I bought a quarter pound of Black Cat beans from the Hub, [...]

Pursue great coffee and don’t settle for less

Daniel at Daniel’s World of Coffee posted a review on the Zoka coffee shop in Kirkland, Washington in the Seattle area.  On first look, I was about to be unimpressed because it’s another coffee shop in the Seattle area that’s making good coffee, but something about this review hit me differently.  What he’s really trying [...]

Kuhlman’s Koffee reviewed on CoffeeNate

Tonight I was surfing through the coffee podcast and videocast scene, and I stumbled upon a video post by CoffeeNate in which he reviews Kuhlman’s Koffee, which originates from the roaster of Ed Kuhlman in Nixa, Missouri.  Very cool!  Ed’s a good guy who knows more about the coffee industry than I’ve forgotten, so it [...]

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