Browsing all posts in February, 2010.
What does your coffee say about you?
This week, Rogersville-based coffee roaster Ed Kuhlman tweeted an article from Australia titled “Your choice in coffee says much about you” that I found humorous but also pretty accurate as well. An excerpt from the new book, The You Code, the article involves the work of body language experts Judi James and James Moore [...]
Latte art competition scheduled for March 7
It’s official! We finally have the first open invitation Latte Art Throwdown scheduled in southwest Missouri. Over the past several weeks, I have heard parts of discussions on the matter with details here and there, but today I finally got an invite to the event.
This latte art throwdown has been scheduled for Sunday [...]
Comfort Drink
This morning I got rejected from two of the nine graduate programs I applied to. One, I fully expected, being one of the most competitive programs in creative writing in the country. The other, well, let’s just say my head got a little big for my britches (I’m not even using puns right at this [...]
Submit a photo of your favorite coffee mug
Everybody I know who drinks coffee has a favorite coffee mug. It’s funny how we get sentimental about coffee mugs, but I definitely have mine, pictured here (slightly out of focus). I actually have a favorite mug when I’m drinking coffee at home on the weekends and then a favorite thermal mug that I [...]
Siphon coffee brewing now at The Hub
Yesterday I got a text from the guys over at The Hub Bikes and Beans in Springfield that they had just taken delivery of a siphon coffee brewer. This morning, I stopped by and let Jason brew up some coffee from Rwanda (roasted by Intelligentsia) in their new siphon pot. I’ve actually never seen one [...]
If you haven’t tried the Mule, give it a chance
This morning I stopped by Dancing Mule Coffee in Springfield, Missouri, on the way to work. Because it’s on the other side of town from my typical path, I have to intentionally go out of my way to get over there, and I usually only make it once a week, but more and more, [...]
Latte art from Kevin at Hebrews Coffee
This latte art was created by Kevin Roy of Hebrews Coffee in Springfield, Missouri on top of today’s Turtle Latte in a to go cup. Apparently, they have an internal latte art competiton weekly at Hebrews for tip money. Maybe it’s time to open that up and have a more public latte art competition of [...]
Breakfast of Champions
Skim Cap with asiago cheese bagel at The Coffee Ethic.
