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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 [...]
Latte art throwdown #2 scheduled for May 23
It’s official! After some discussion between several Springfield coffee shops, we’ll get to enjoy another Latte Art Throwdown amongst local baristas in the near future.
Dancing Mule Coffee, located at 1945 South Glenstone Avenue in Springfield, Missouri, (in the shopping center just north of the Brown Derby Wine Center and Aunt Martha’s Pancake House) will be [...]
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 [...]
417 Latte Art Throwdown was a success
The first 417 Latte Art Throwdown competition was a big hit last night! Thirteen baristas representing 7 different coffee shops competed for the title of best latte artist in the Springfield area.
The event was hosted by The Coffee Ethic in downtown Springfield, Missouri, and was sponsored by PT’s Coffee, a coffee roaster out of Topeka, Kansas, [...]
417 Latte Art Throwdown contest is tonight
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Coffee Ethic on Park Central Square in Springfield, Missouri, I’ll be one of the judges for the 417 Latte Art Throwdown contest. This event came together through conversations between the guys who run The Coffee Ethic, Dancing Mule Coffee, Hebrews Coffee and The Hub Bike and Beans, and I’m [...]
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 [...]
Congratulations to the Coffee Ethic
I just noticed that MetroMix Ozarks has released the results of its “Best Of” poll results, and the Coffee Ethic in downtown Springfield on Park Central Square was chosen as the Best Coffee House in the Ozarks. Other contenders in the polling were Big Momma’s Coffee, The Mudhouse, Kaldi’s Coffee, and Rendezvous Coffee.
Local MetroMix editorial [...]
Upcoming coffee cuppings & tastings
Both The Coffee Ethic and the Mudhouse in downtown Springfield will be offering opportunities to try out coffees in coming weeks. If you’re not familiar with a “cupping” or a tasting, it’s simply an event, much like a wine tasting party, where you sample different coffees to get a feel for their aromas and flavors [...]
Coffee cupping tonight Wednesday at Kaldi’s Coffee in Springfield
Kaldi’s Coffee in Springfield, located at 900 East Battlefield Road (in the same shopping center as Buffalo Wild Wings and Coldstone Creamery), will be hosting two coffee cuppings tonight, June 9 tomorrow, June 10, at 5:30 p.m and 6:30 p.m. Apparently the 5:30 event is full, so the second 6:30 event has now been [...]
Any interest in a 417Coffee meetup?
Recently I have had two different parties here in 417land suggest that I coordinate a meetup of people involved or interested in homeroasting coffee or simply the finer points of roasting and brewing coffee well. I’ve been noticing more and more conversation going on about coffee in general, and it seems that the specialty coffee [...]
