Arizona Coffee

Maile from The Coffee Beanery Cafe (8267 W. Lake Pleasant Pkwy.) emailed me to let me know about their coffee shop. They offer free wireless internet and despite the address are not on Lake Pleasant. They’re in Peoria, AZ.
Free Wifi. Soups, salads, sandwiches, espresso and great coffee!
coffeebeanery.com (franchise site).

I had a Spanish Latte at La Grande Orange this morning and man was it good! I asked the barista what makes it “Spanish” and whether they’re importing them legally and the woman said that it’s a combination of sweetened condensed milk and whole milk. And I said: “Is that legal?” and she said “we’re […]

Oh yes, we all know what drives politicians. Coffee. Apparently it drives Newt Gingrich. Also note the clever shirt.

Elijah Wood (Frodo in The Lord of the Rings)

Louis L´Amour enjoys a cup of coffee. He was a popular American writer of western fiction.

What coffee related web sites do you read? I’m trying to expand my reading list as far as popular coffee blogs. There’s CoffeeGeek.com and Starbucks Gossip. Locally I know of AreopaBlog (local coffee shop owner), but what other ones exist?

Just a quick note that The Village Coffee Roastery on Via De Ventura and Hayden in Scottsdale has their WiFi back up. It was down for several months. Today I was able to get a very good connection.

John Wayne enjoys a cup of coffee and endorses the stuff at the same time.

A quick note: I visited Weather & Coffee today (Bell Rd. & the 51 freeway) and enjoyed a cup of coffee. They have free Wi-Fi which I was connected to easily and plenty of places to sit. They close at 2 pm weekdays. Full review in the works.
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Max Delbrück drinks a cup of coffee. He was awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969.

Can I just say there is something reassuring about the fact that Starbucks was still open at 8 pm on Labor Day. I sure needed a cup of coffee and am glad I went.

Scott Walters recently wrote a fantastic review of Counter Culture Cafe which is a 24 hr coffee shop in Phoenix. It is posted over at Arizona Reviews and I wanted to cross post it here.
Review by Scott Walters:
When I heard the name, I knew I had to go. I walked through the back door into […]