Arizona Coffee

A company in New York called R.BIRD has produced a series of reports on Patterns in package design (especially as it relates to specific industries like coffee, energy drinks, juice, etc.).
The one about coffee is very good. I highly recommend it. It shows how certain colors used in coffee packaging communicate certain things, the imagery […]

“The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drinks.” - Sir James MacKintosh (1765-1862)
If you’ve been hearing all of the fuss lately about Fair Trade Coffee you are not alone. Lately there has been a challenge of sorts - you could call it grassroots - to see if […]

Photo by yours truly.

Has anyone tried Rich Aroma Coffee in Queen Creek? It was mentioned in this article
(near the bottom) as having free wireless internet. Is the coffee any good?

Has anyone been to Java Jive? I discovered it actually reading the newspaper online. Apparently it has free Wi-Fi and is owned by two young siblings who recently purchased the store.
[S]iblings Ray and Lizette Fonseca, 24 and 26, were looking for a business. They saw an advertisement for Java Jive, a coffee shop for sale […]

An Arizona Republic article by Lindsay Butler caught my interest just now. It’s about how a Starbucks recently moved in across the street from two of Tempe’s best independent coffee houses.
Now that alone isn’t shocking. Starbucks has been opening so many stores that it happens every day. What I found interesting was was the owners […]

Here’s an interesting bit of local news. The Mayor of Chandler helped unveil the newest coffee at a Starbucks on Ray Rd.
From the article:
You know an election is right around the corner when the mayor is on hand to “unveil” the newest coffee brand at Starbucks. Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn did just that Tuesday at […]

I heard this morning that Starbucks’ sales for September were up 10% and attributed to sales of the seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte drink.
Something i think is really cool about Starbucks is that they don’t milk a product to death like so many other companies. Do you know how easy it would be for them […]

According to this article, Starbucks has far exceeded their expansion plans for 2005. Check out the details:
The company said in a statement that it had opened 1,672 net new stores worldwide as of October 2 — 1,170 in the United States and 502 abroad, exceeding its 2005 target of 1,500 stores.

Ok barista’s, here’s your chance to tell us about your milk froth designs. I’ve been perusing the froth art gallery over at CoffeeGeek. There are some cool ones! I wanted to ask where people do this around town because most of the places just cover up the coffee with plastic lids. Plastic lids are great […]

Thanks to Allison for suggesting Steve’s Espresso. I hadn’t heard of it before. Here’s what she has to say:
I just had a suggestion for great coffee, Free Wi-Fi and great live music. It’s Steve’s Espresso on McClintock & Baseline in the shopping center on the Southeast corner. They grind their own coffee and […]

If you’re a coffee shop owner and you haven’t decided to offer wireless internet in your shop here’s a few interesting quotes from an article that discusses the pros and cons of providing free wireless internet. Essentially the research says that providing free wireless is cheaper for you to run and manage (by a significant […]