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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 [...]
Announcing the 417Coffee Disloyalty Card
Today I’m excited to announce the launch of the 417Coffee Disloyalty Card!
What’s a disloyalty card, you ask? We’ve all used loyalty cards before — a punch card or swipe card that encourages you to visit the same coffee shop over and over for some kind of benefit or perk once you buy the right amount [...]
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 [...]
Finland is the coffee king
Business Week has released a list ranking countries by coffee consumption per capita (yes, that per person for those who don’t do Latin). My first surprise was that the United States doesn’t even fall in the top 10. The United States is number 16 with 105.9 liters per person of annual coffee consumption. That’s less [...]
Rainy days? Just use your coffee cup holder umbrella
It’s been rainy here in the Missouri Ozarks for several days, and we’re expecting more on the way. But South Korean designer Jung-Woo Lee of ekdesign has created a way for you to enjoy your coffee and stay out of the rain as well in hopes of surviving the Springfield downpour of 2010. He’s designed [...]
A $12 cup of coffee? Not so crazy
Who knew all a coffee shop needed to do to make national news is offer a $12 cup of coffee? Crazy!
Over the last couple of days, Cafe Grumpy in New York City has gone viral for offering a $12 cup of coffee. This featured brew is a cup of Ethiopian Nekisse from the [...]
Analyzing coffee vs. enjoying coffee
If you haven’t noticed, I really love coffee, and I love every aspect of it. From the fruit of the coffee tree with its beans dried to green perfection, to the sweet smell of coffee roast smoke as the coffee beans are browned to the roast profile of preference, to the aroma from the grinder [...]
The Vacuum Pot
If you get a chance, be sure to stop by The Hub located in Springfield, Missouri, just north of Boonville and Chestnut. The Hub is a unique coffee shop in several ways. The owner, Jason Strother, focuses on manual coffee brew methods. One of the Hub’s brewing methods is the Vacuum Pot, which brews a [...]
Notes & photos from today’s Coffee Ethic cupping
This morning, The Coffee Ethic in downtown Springfield, Missouri hosted a coffee cupping for a small group of tasters. Our friend Adie Williams took part in the cupping, which used coffee beans roasted by PT’s Coffee out of Topeka, Kansas, and she’s submitted the following cupping notes and photos from the event. Thanks to Adie [...]
In support of hand grinding your coffee
A couple days ago, Oliver Strand of the New York Times Magazine blog offered his support for hand grinding coffee. I strongly agree with Strand’s stance on this matter.
Years ago, after buying pre-ground coffee for a while, like most people who delve into the world of grinding whole bean coffee, I started grinding my own [...]
