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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 [...]

Bid at the Coffee Kids charity auction at HomeRoasters.org

Throughout the month of May, Homeroasters.org is running an auction on a broad array of coffee-related items, many of which have been donated to the cause by sponsors in the coffee industry. Items up for bid range from top-quality green coffee beans to magazine subscriptions, plus coffee grinders, coffee brewers, coffee roasters and much more.  [...]

Goodbye to Caffeine Awareness Month

If you didn’t notice, March was dubbed National Caffeine Awareness Month.  I didn’t note it here, and that omission was intentional.  I’m glad it’s April now.
Why?  When I first heard that March was National Caffeine Awareness Month, I was intrigued and interested, but I slowly became disillusioned.  Yes, caffeine can cause problems if it’s overdone, [...]

Video intros to cupping coffee

“Cupping” is  a term used to describe the process of sampling a small amount of coffee to get a sense of its aroma and flavor.  Cupping is to coffee as tasting is to wine.
If you dive into the world of specialty coffees, you’ll hear the word “cupping” quite a bit because this is how those [...]

Fun food and upcoming events at Big Momma’s Coffee

I just stopped by Big Momma’s Coffee on Commercial Street to pick up a sandwich. If you like pesto, try the Jacquelin. It’s wonderful — the pesto sauce and focaccia combination are great! It’s even better hot off the panini grill.
While there, I also noticed a new triangular pastry in the case. [...]

It’s Skingo time again at the Coffee Ethic

Don’t worry about the ice/snow storm predicted for 417land. The Coffee Ethic is pulling out all the stops and hosting another Skingo along with the Skinny Improv and Swagbot tomorrow night, Tuesday, January 27. The Skingo event will run from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Coffee Ethic at 124 Park Central Square in [...]

Dogwood Canyon and Mackenzie Moore tonight at the Coffee Ethic

Tonight the Coffee Ethic (124 Park Central Square)  is hosting some musical talent.  Starting at 8 p.m., check out the music of Dogwood Canyon and Mackenzie Moore while imbibing on great coffee.  As their promotion says, “early-ish, no smokey, no drunk hecklery, all agey, and free” — what else do you need?  It is very [...]

December Skingo this Tuesday night at the Coffee Ethic

This Tuesday, December 9, starting at 8 p.m., The Coffee Ethic will again be hosting SKINGO, which is dubbed as being “More than regular bingo”.  I haven’t been to a SKINGO yet, but my understanding is that the people from the Skinny Improv and Swagbot put on the event consisting of Bingo with a funny [...]