Arizona Coffee

Scooters Coffeehouse has one location in Arizona up at 30855 North Cave Creek Road. I went with a friend recently to visit and was introduced to the manager, Randy Maine.
Randy got his start in coffee years ago at Caffe D’arte in Seattle. They offer free wireless internet, and have plenty of seating inside for […]

Downtown Phoenix based Royal Coffee Bar is having a little party on November 7th. They made this video to promote the event.

12 Artists the shoes are the canvas! Silent Auction Shoe Show “Royal Kick for Kids” Proceeds will be given to HomeBase Youth services.
Royal Coffee Bar
209 W Jackson St
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Phone: (602) 374-8044

Maria Klimaszewski writes to let me know that Oscar’s Coffee Bar has been open for a full year. She says “It has been a year already since we opened Oscar’s Coffee Bar inside Harper’s Nursery. We would like to invite everyone and anyone to our special anniversary weekend… Nov. 8 and 9.”
She adds that […]

This morning I ran across this beta application called Bistro Buzz. Thought some of you coffee house owners might be interested. It looks like it’s designed specifically to help coffee houses handle marketing and reward programs.

Let’s recap briefly: The Willow House closes after many, many years of operation and then re opens on McDowell Rd. a short time later. However, it only remained open for a little while before closing. In the meantime, the former landlord opens The Willo House in the same spot as the old Willow House. (I […]

I received this information yesterday and wanted to republish it here for any interested:
The Specialty Coffee Association of America presents the 2008 Southwest and South Central Regional Barista Competitions hosted by Cuvee Coffee Roasting Co.
Calling All Competitors, Judges and Volunteers
More than 100 coffee  professional will be converging on Austin October 31 through November 2 at the […]

Arizona Coffee reader Mike wrote in this morning to let us know that Intatto Coffee has closed its doors. He writes: “Intatto Coffee is closed! I went be there yesterday and the windows were blocked out. The sign said you could still get there coffee on their website and thanked people for the patronage. […]

Founds this interesting blog post and thread up on the Starbucks Gossip blog.
According to the action item: Baristas are no longer required to pull shots into shot glasses where the quality of the shot can be seen. We are now allowed to pull the directly into the cup. If the timing of the shot is […]

Probably one of the most frequently asked questions I receive is if I have a list of coffee shops that stay open late. Well, here’s that list in all of its smallness. Thank you to Ben Atkin for contributing research.
Three Roots in Tempe is open to 11:00 during the school year.
Xtreme Bean 11:00 every night, […]

On Sunday I was in downtown Phoenix and decided to stop in at Lux Coffee Bar. Here are a few photos. The construction is all completed surrounding the light rail. My cappuccino was quite good actually. The foam while not being the greatest was decent (not great, but decent) and the espresso was perfect. No […]

Well, it only took me half a year but I just uploaded 79 photos from my Italy trip to Flickr (just the coffee batch, the others are here). Soon I’ll add captions to each one. If you have any questions just ask.
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Over the weekend Helen Yung emailed me to let me know about their new ice cream shop which also sells coffee! How exciting. She tells me they are “featuring ‘More Than Fair’ coffee from Café Cortez. Our coffee-based treats include Sumatra Espresso Shot ice cream, Java Brownie Sundae, Java Jolt shake, Cafe Americano and Iced […]

Another Dutch Bros. Coffee location is set to open on October 10th at Bell Rd. and 29th St. The location is the second in Arizona for the franchise. You can read about the opening on AZ Central.
An interesting tidbit I gathered from the article: “How many customers are your current Valley stores seeing a […]

The Ginger People were gracious enough to send me a free sample of their new product called Hot Coffee Ginger Chews.
So how are they? Well, it depends. Five of us at the Tornado office sampled these and the consensus is that two of us really enjoyed them. The other three didn’t. Now, I think the […]

A simple question for today, is it good business for a coffee shop to endorse someone in a political race? At a few coffee houses, I have seen expressions of opinion, posters, and the stickers supporting one candidate or another. So what do you think? Is it okay for a coffee house to support a […]

Pierce wrote in to let us know about Beale Street Brews in Kingman, AZ. I was surprised to hear about this coffee shop. It’s great to hear about it though so the next time I’m in Kingman I can stop in!

Beale Street Brews
418 E Beale St
Kingman, AZ 86401
Phone: (928) 753-4004