Arizona Coffee

From the newspaper today:
Coffee shops to celebrate fundraiser
Valley Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf stores have donated thousands of packages of ground coffee to American troops in Iraq during a fundraiser that ran from Memorial Day through July Fourth.
In honor of this achievement, all 13 Valley stores will be offering free coffee to immediate family members […]

Here is a great link to some coffee drinks that have been illustrated. This sort of material would be really handy in explaining the espresso drinks menu to someone new to coffee.

Someone reminded me about The Beanery Bakery & Deli, in Peoria and I wanted to post the address in case anybody wanted to check it out. I’m not out that way very often, but I’ve added it to my list to visit next time I have a reason to drive that way.
The Beanery Bakery & […]

Is anyone familiar with Into The Bean Coffee House? I ran across it, of all places, in the Arizona Coffee archives. They appear to be right across from Mesa Community College and have been open since 2004.

Into The Bean Coffee House
1710 W. Southern Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85202
Phone: (480) 890-0579
Located between Dobson & Longmore, across from MCC

On my way back from a meeting, I decided to stop in at Unlimited Coffee for a quick refresh. I’m pleased I did. I’ve driven past this location at least a hundred times, always wondering about the story.
Inside, it’s one big room with a massive conference table in the center. I count 14 chairs around […]

Randy writes:
Chris,
We are getting close to opening. Would you please post that we are now accepting applications for experienced baristas. We anticipate opening in October.
Applications can be downloaded on our website, www.toshisroast.com.
Thanks,
Randy
Toshi’s Roast
17058 West Bell Road, Suite 100
Surprise, AZ 85374
Phone: (623) 518-6279

It’s a Grind Coffee House in Tucson made the newspaper.
When Julie and Felix Muñoz decided to chase their dream of working for themselves, they decided on coffee.
“We love the coffee shop environment,” Julie Muñoz said. “We enjoy meeting and greeting customers. We knew we could create an atmosphere that’s fun and upbeat.”
It took the couple […]

Tucson coffee shop Caffé Lucé will soon ad music and other events to its calendar. The Arizona Daily Star has the story.
Owners Michael Foster and Martyn Meisner plan on starting a live music series — first on weekends then also on weeknights — as soon as the University of Arizona’s fall semester begins.
The two-month-old coffee […]

I noticed that Ground Control has been featured in the newspaper. Congratulations on the press!
Brewing up community
Annemarie Moody
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 14, 2007
With a European sensibility, Ground Control in Goodyear is both a cozy neighborhood coffee shop and an urban wine bar with live music three nights a week.
Goodyear residents Sean and Tara Rassas opened Ground […]

Anthony Santa Cruz writes (in a press release sent to us):
We are very please to announce the introduction of the first organic coffee bar drink menu available in the Phoenix area. We now offer a full organic drink menu including all organic milks and a selection of organic flavored syrups to go with our organic […]

A teenager was rushed to hospital after overdosing on espresso coffee.
The 17-year-old downed seven double espresso coffees while working in the family’s sandwich shop and was left “burning up and hyperventilating”.
Full article.

I received an email yesterday from Charlie Panipinto and Renee Wold letting me know about their switch to Intelligentsia.
In celebration of FOUR YEARS of service we are proud to announce our new business alliance with Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea! Intelligentsia is definitely a coffee connoisseur of independents with a serious mission to work at origin. […]

Last Friday I needed a break from work and so I drove over to Copper Star Coffee. I must have driven past 10 other potential coffee spots, but I knew I could get a comfy seat and a brownie. Mmm.

Espresso bar.

Interior shot, menu boards.

Funky shot of the garage door.

Espresso machine.

Delicious latte.

Did you know that Copper […]

Does anybody know who roasts coffee for Hava Java? We’ve been enjoying some Vienna Roast here at Tornado Design and enjoying it quite a bit.

Julie Sagasta writes:
Hi Chris, I’m looking for someone to rent my coffee shop. I own a salon and coffee shop [and] I no longer have the time to run both. I personally went to ABC Barista School, and know good coffee. My manager also has barista training and has been to the big coffee […]

I drove up to Cave Creek yesterday for a meeting and stopped at Cave Creek Coffee Company. They have quite the morning rush of customers. I was there at 8 am and was surprised by the number of people coming and going.
I had a few moments so I took this video (before my drink and […]

Jackie Chan is opening a line of coffee shops in the Philippines and also in the Middle East. The espresso is sure to be a rush.
I hope he isn’t rushing into things. Chan he do it? I think he can, and he is, and it’s called Jackie’s Java Coffee.
i immediately thought of Coffee Rush, here […]

If you were worried, coffee helps prevent liver cancer…
After comparing the results of five different studies, a health ministry panel has concluded regular consumption of coffee will “almost certainly” reduce the risk of liver cancer.
One study showed that people who drank coffee nearly every day had half as much risk of liver cancer as those […]