Arizona Coffee

In September I posted a post about The Coffee Lifeline Project, well, a Tucson auto dealership is now offering a free bag of Rwandan coffee with every test drive to help the effort.
From The Arizona Daily Star article today:
Hoping to promote economic development in the war-ravaged African nation he recently visited, Click has teamed with […]

Coffee Rush has a new web site, and it’s at www.coffeerush.biz — just thought I’d mention it since I’m enjoying a coffee at their Gilbert location, and dig their place.

The Arizona Republic has a feature on Weather and Coffee, providing some insight into the coffee shops founders (Ed and Anne Phillips) and what makes the shop tick. Read it here.

Ty writes:
Hey… you should check out “Caffeine Online” (www.CaffeineOnline.com). They are located on the SE corner of Dobson and Guadalupe (I think it is in Mesa).
They have free WiFi and three free-use PCs. It is run by Toby & Aqua, a married couple with great personality. They opened up the shop a short time ago […]

The Tucson Weekly reports on a new coffee house:
The recently opened El Ojito Springs Center for Creativity and Coffeehouse serves up free-trade coffee and organic food daily. Most nights, there’s live music, poetry or an open mic. And coming soon will be plays and art exhibits at 452 S. Stone Ave.; 624-4800. The coffee house […]

Clever play on words there. I had a tremendous visit to Red Rock Foods on Monday, and let me just say that these guys have it down. Bill McCouley (General Manager), Fred Bartholomew, and Steve Kessler gave me the grand tour, and I’m quite impressed. We must have talked for two hours, and tried all […]

Here’s a rather different idea… JL Hufford Build-Your-Own Espresso blend. Their e-commerce order form actually allows you to blend up to 4 beans, for a total of 16 oz of roasted coffee.
Adds a whole new blend to things, literally.

Bags And Beans has re opened as A Shot of Java. Jonathan writes:
Bags And Beans is now A Shot Of Java. They opened up the new place mid Oct. They have revamped the interior and the coffee is very good. The owner started a myspace page for the place.
www.myspace.com/ashotofjava
It’s comfy, with the usual: couches, […]

I received an email yesterday from Kirk Douglas, to let me know about their new coffee shop in the west valley called Over Coffee.
Over Coffee
Building C Suite 101
16572 West Greenway Rd
Surprise, AZ 85388

Monarch Coffee is to open in early December according to The Arizona Republic.
Despite all the Starbucks and other coffee shops that have opened up, Scott McKeag, a Las Vegas engineer and geologist, decided to open a coffee shop because he wants to share with others what he claims was the best cup of coffee he […]

At the beginning of November I reported that the Mokarabia Coffee Bar would be opening soon in Verrado. Well, they have plans to open in December.
From The Arizona Republic:
Mokarabia, a company whose other planned locations include Tokyo, London, Paris and New York, is now wedged in the Verrado Main Street District, sitting alongside luxury lofts, […]

The Chocofin Chocolatier in Fountain Hills should get an espresso machine. They could serve up mocha’s and chocolate espresso drinks, and expand their business. They probably don’t need my advice though, I hear they have plenty of business.
Researchers sampled coffee from 10 coffee companies and only Folger’s Instant contained no caffeine.
CoolCorC is an environmentally friendly […]

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Trying to put together a list of the chains that sell coffee in Arizona.
Updated based on comments.
Starbucks Coffee — 265 locations
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf — 12 locations
Seattle’s Best Coffee — 12 locations
Coffee Plantation — 7 locations, another opening in Dec.
Coffee Exchange — 7 locations in Tucson
Gloria Jeans — 6 locations
It’s A Grind — […]

Senta Scarborough
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 20, 2006 09:15 AM
A suspect wearing a ski mask, gloves and a blue hooded sweatshirt robbed a coffee shop at gunpoint Saturday evening, police said.
The robbery occurred around 8:47 p.m. just before the Coffee Bean in the 1900 block of South Power Road closed, Mesa police spokesman Jerry Gissel said.
The suspect […]

I just got an email from Jeff Fearing about a new coffee shop in Mesa. He pointed me to their MySpace site which has a ton of info, including a video.
Rejuvenate is now open for business! Our hours are Tuesday-Friday 7:00am - 12:00pm and on Sunday mornings during the 9:00 and 11:00 services at Latitude […]

I drove by JavaCo on Saturday and while they aren’t open yet, I did take a few photos. Looks like a neat place. I’ll let you know the minute I hear they are open.

Here’s a free marketing idea to the first person that can make it happen. Start a blog that reviews coffee shops and roasters who are the cream of the crop. They are out there — coffee shops that get amazing reviews, and innovate. This blog could also extend to coffee roasters, and baristas. It would […]

What are some good questions that people should ask coffee roasters when interviewing and sampling coffee? Thinking especially about someone who is opening a new coffee shop — what are the things they should ask, and do, to determine that they are making a good choice in a coffee roaster.
Also, what can a coffee shop […]

Ok, after all of this heated debate (ok, more of a friendly exchange), we need a fun site with some videos that rant against the Evil Empire. It’s rare that such a cool, amazing, and refined web site is produced, but the new Storyville web site is exactly that. The detail put into […]