Arizona Coffee

Beginning tomorrow I’m excited to bring you a month of coffee trivia! Every morning I’ll be posting a new fact about our favorite drink. From the obscure to the obvious — every day in February.

Hi folks, I wanted to tell you about three things I liked on the CoffeeGeek site.

The CoffeeGeek Podcast — I’ve been listening to this for a few months now. At times he starts to ramble on and on however the news is always interesting. You can get the audio through iTunes (that’s how I listen) […]

Continuing my quest to be the definitive guide to coffee in Arizona I have news of a new coffee shop in Tucson. It’s called The Coffee Vein and it’s at 1545 N. Stone Ave just north of PCC. Here’s a map.

Photo of the establishment — looks really classy
It looks like her first employee is an […]

There’s a recipe for Orange Cardamom Coffee in the Arizona Republic (January 25, 2006). It sounds really good AND it looks good, too. I wondered if anyone had tried it?
Seeds from 2 cardamom pods
1/2 cup whole coffee beans
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups cold water
6 ounces Grand Marnier (optional)
Whipped cream for garnish
Grated orange […]

Hello folks. It’s Friday and I hope you have a great weekend! We’re working on some new projects for Arizona Coffee which we hope to announce soon. Meanwhile, I wanted to post a new link to the coffee section of Slashfood. They have some good content up there.

I’ve been searching Google and Yahoo! for Arizona + Coffee Shops and finding some gems plus a few places I haven’t heard about before.
Anyone want to scout out a few locations for me and report back?

Roma Coffee Company — All I know about this places is from this Yahoo! listing.
Jacquee’s Espresso — Appears to be […]

Irene Müller from Germany took some high speed photos of milk splashing into coffee and they’re really cool. Without further ado, check out the Milk meets Coffee Photo Gallery. If you’re a photography nut you can read about the process here.
Hat tip: shades*of*grey

Besides the awesome new design here at Arizona Coffee (more about that later), I recently added two new content pages.

An updated “Master List” of coffee shops in Arizona, leaning towards the independent shops
A new list of coffee roasters who roast in AZ

2006 Goals: Update to include maps, wi-fi listings (for now reference this page), and […]

Lux Coffee Bar on Central is under new ownership as of October 2005. I’ve heard from several people including Juli who kindly left a comment in this post that the new owners (Jeff and Tara Fischer) have made many changes for the better. That’s really great news and I’m anxious to get back over there […]

Why are the logos of coffee shops so very dull? I don’t mean to harp on small businesses or even the big chains, however Starbucks, Coffee Plantation, and even The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (three of the big chains that come to mind) have the most monotone logos you can conjure up. I’m also […]

You’ve always wondered. Now you can find out. Learn about the various ways to decaffeinate coffee.

Someone asked me today if I have an email newsletter for Arizona Coffee. What do you think? Would you subscribe? I’d like to do it and I’d like to have a sponsor or company to partner with for the first few issues before I put the time into something like that. Post a comment if […]

I just came across Roadside Peek which has a page up showing old coffee shops from Arizona. Some of the coffee houses are just old roadside diners, but there is one from Globe that is neat. The rest of the site is interesting and especially some of the other coffee shop photos.
Does anybody remember the […]

How many espresso shots have you consumed in a single drink? What’s the highest number all at once?
Update: Just went to good o’le Starbucks and had 8 shots of espresso!!!!!!!! I dare you to top that! We had the first four shots hot and with 4 pumps of white chocolate syrup and a little bit […]

Bitter Brew is a short story about a couple that opened their own coffee shop in New York City and closed it within just 6 months.
The failure of a small cafe is not a question of competence. It is a sad given. The logistics of a food establishment that seats between 20 and 25 people […]

I recently stumbled upon some really cool coffee greeting cards by Nina Seven. They’re all about celebrating the art of coffee! There are over 50 different designs and you can order cards online. I really liked the style and thought you might, too.