Archive for June 2005

When coffee doesn’t sound good what do you get?

June 30, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

Tea, do you ever drink it?
What about chai drinks? Love ‘em? Hate ‘em?
In the past I’ve voted The Village Coffee Roastery as the best place in Phoenix to get a chai.
Another alternative drink is Starbucks’ Caramel Apple Cider. Try ordering it with a shot of espresso and watch the baristas face when they tell […]

R2-D2 at Starbucks

June 26, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom


Coffee Bean

June 24, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

I hear the Coffee Bean at Scottsdale and Doubletree has free wireless internet. I’m going to check it out on Saturday. The Coffee Bean at Camelback/Scottsdale used to have WiFi but I haven’t been there in months.

People watching at 92nd St.

June 23, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

Do you ever go to a coffee shop and people watch?
I do. I’m usually hiding behind my laptop working, and it’s easy to watch the crowd and listen in on their conversations at the same time.
Right now I am waiting for a colleague at Starbucks. The one on 92nd St. I’m inside seated on one […]

Creative Coffee: 8 AM this Friday

June 22, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

Some of you might be interested in Creative Coffee, it’s this Friday, June 24th at 8 am. Happens every month and designers and others in the creative business usually show up. This is the first month they’ve had it in Tempe as well as Phoenix.

You want that iced?

June 21, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

Even though the temperature is 115 by the readout in my car, I still order my coffee hot when I order at a coffee shop. Why? It’s an odd question. I suppose it might taste better, maybe I’m used to it hot, but there is another reason. It’s that I get more drink for my […]

Third place or a quick stop?

June 11, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

When you visit a coffee shop do you stay around after you get your drink? Do you sit down and enjoy your coffee? Do you take a laptop, a book, a pad of paper? Or are you in and out, and fast?
I know a lot of people who like to visit a coffee shop and […]

Coffeeshop Turns off Wi-Fi on Weekends

June 2, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

Wi-Fi News reports that a Seattle based coffee shop turns its wireless internet connection off on weekends. Apparently the owners felt to many people brought laptops in and didn’t buy anything, stayed for the entire day, and didn’t socialize with the other patrons. Here’s a link to the article.
My question for you:
If you frequent coffee […]

Jolt of Mocha

June 1, 2005Posted by Chris Tingom

I took this photo over at Mama Java’s Coffee House.