Arizona Coffee

I have some sad news. The Coffee Vein in Tucson has closed. I’ve received this news from Matt Moran and confirmed it by looking at their MySpace page. Best wishes to the entire crew. It was great.

Sometime soon I’m planning a trip over to Cartel Coffee Lab, but for those not in the loop it is a new coffee bar / coffee roaster located in Tempe.
From their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/cartelcoffeelab
We’re a new coffee roastery located in Tempe, Arizona. We are excited to offer our customers quality whole bean coffee as […]

A new coffee brand is coming to Tucson, and they’ve just opened their first location in Arizona, a drive-through.

Waverly’s Premium Coffee Roasters is located at 5775 E Broadway Blvd. Donna Hammond emailed me to let me know that they are planning a grand opening in May. I believe they are now open for a soft […]

* Daily Buzz Coffeehouse is now closed *
I took a video of the Daily Buzz Coffeehouse and wanted to post it here on the site.

Daily Buzz Coffeehouse
22721 S. Ellsworth Rd.
Queen Creek, AZ 85242
(in the new Village Shops at Queen Creek)

* Daily Buzz Coffeehouse is now closed *
A few weeks ago I drove down to Queen Creek to check out the new Daily Buzz Coffeehouse. For people who live or work in that part of town, you are lucky.
Their are two things you need to know: First, the coffee is exceptional. They import all of […]

Terry writes:
I was at the Jamaican Blue last night and heard they are closing for good on May 1st 2008.
I am looking for a place I can go to late nights - 11PM or later in the east valley/south Scottsdale area.
Wanted to check out Contraband but cannot find an address. On Ash in Tempe south […]

Brandon from Coffee Plantation posted a comment in a recent thread and confirmed the upcoming location on Camelback Rd. & 20th St. at Town & Country shopping center.
It will be opening in May, 2008.
In addition, it looks like they have finally updated their web site with revised location information. Here are all of the current […]

I visited SOLO Cafe on Friday afternoon with a bunch of friends. I had a chance to meet Chad, one of the owners, and had myself a latte. Here is the video I shot that day.

SOLO Cafe
107 E. Baseline Road
A-4
Tempe AZ 85283
Phone: (480) 838-SOLO (7656)

John wrote to let me know about Cornerstone Coffee House in El Mirage (right next door to Surprise). They have a nice looking interior, live music, and free wifi.

Cornerstone Coffee House
13915 N. Dysart Road
El Mirage, AZ 85335
Phone: (623) 933-1118

Who has the best monthly “subscription” style coffee service? Thinking of a setup where you get coffee from a different roast in your mailbox every month.

Brian Shaler staged a protest at a local donut shop today. It was a blast (I went, but I’m not in the photo). More photos are on Flickr. If you’re confused, you should be as there wasn’t much reason to hold a protest. It was a lot of fun though, and a reaction to this.

I was invited to visit SOLO Cafe by the owners. Two gentlemen by the name of AndrewLiam Kelsey and Chad Bare. SOLO Cafe is brand new. Having only opened at the beginning of this year. They have a considerably nice shop and I was very impressed by the quality of the product. Take a look […]

Check out this womans reaction after tasting a macchiato she didn’t enjoy.

On Wednesday, there is an informal donut meetup at Wishill’s Donut House. Starts at 11 am for a little more than 1 hour. The event will probably be fun because it’s sort of a joke protest of the fact that Flickr now allows videos.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/474099/
This caused me to wonder about good places to get donuts in […]

Next on the Tempe Coffee Shop Circuit was Bunna Coffee.

Bunna has been open just shy of 2 years now and I’m afraid to say this is my first visit. The coffee shop is in a cozy little strip mall on the NW corner of Elliot & Rural. Bunna serves an almost exclusive organic menu. […]

Which coffee shops have the best breakfasts? I hear that Fair Trade Cafe has a Sunday brunch that is quite good.
Daily Buzz in Queen Creek just launched breakfast bagel sandwiches.
And besides that, 100% of all coffee shops have plain bagels, muffins, and donuts. But that gets old, fast. Have you eaten any good food at […]

I recently made a circuit of a few coffee shops in Tempe and Steve’s Espresso was my first stop of the day. I visited Steve’s Espresso on a Saturday in February before the weather had warmed up. One of the neat things about Steve’s Espresso is that they use a French Press for plain coffee. […]

Dylan Jung found Arizona Coffee by way of CoffeeGeek.com and wrote to let us know about Zelo Cosi Cafe in Sedona, AZ. Thanks Dylan!
Zelo Cosi Cafe
671 Hwy 179, Hillside Sedona
Sedona, AZ 86336
Phone: (928) 204-0051

As I mentioned, I made a trip out to Next Coffee Company on Saturday and took some photos and tried some of the food. The place is huge. Over 3,200 sq ft according to Josh Morris (an Arizona Coffee reader and one of the people who work at Next Coffee Company).

I had a latte. Unfortunately […]

Yesterday I visited a new coffee shop in Glendale called Next Coffee Company (I don’t think they have a web site). They’re having a grand opening celebration on April 17th. There were at least 40 people there when I visited yesterday (they opened two weeks ago).

Next Coffee Company
19420 N. 59th Ave.
Building J
Glendale, AZ 85308
Phone: (623) […]