Arizona Coffee

Arizona Coffee exists to spread the word about independent coffee shops in Arizona. More often than not I end up at a coffee house on a Saturday afternoon and the best thing in the world is good atmosphere, and good coffee. A review can mean anything between a brief visit and opinion to a full blown analysis of coffee quality and preparation.

I started Arizona Coffee in March, 2005 and since then traffic has grown significantly. Now, it is the most popular web site about coffee in Arizona.

If I visit your coffee shop for the first time, I’ll probably order a cappuccino and a double espresso. In the summertime I might try an iced coffee, or all three.

About Chris Tingom — 30 yr old web designer / developer living in Scottsdale and working in Phoenix. I manage a number of web sites including a popular design blog called BrainFuel. I’m also the founder of Minuteglass.

Read the Arizona Coffee Archives.

You can follow me on Twitter at @christingom or @arizonacoffee and become a fan on Facebook.

The future of Arizona Coffee is bright. Everything is on track to bring the following ideas to life:

1. Interviews with people in the industry — coffee house owners, coffee roasters and these will be both audio and written
2. Guides for making great coffee — coffee terminology, equipment reviews
3. Coffee shop reviews — including photographs, openings, closings, and events at coffee shops
4. Maps — showing coffee shops on a Google Map DONE: arizonacoffeemap.com
5. Email Newsletter — this one will be big DONE
6. Arizona Coffee Industry Jobs board — if you’re looking for a barista or for a job as a barista this will be your place DONE
7. Sponsors — get in early! DONE
8. Contributors — Several folks have already contributed to the site and I’m looking for more help
9. Rankings — I’d like to come up with something like Ranking Arizona Coffee in which we award prizes to certain coffee houses for “Best” in a category
10. News — More coffee industry news from outside AZ
11. Travelling info –Links to other sites like Arizona Coffee that might be handy when you travel
12. Arizona Coffee Business Cards — Just something to hand out and leave on coffee shop poster boards
13. Community — The coffee industry has a great community and I’d like to bring that online to Arizona Coffee DONE

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As seen in The Scottsdale Times, Images AZ Magazine, The Arizona Republic (multiple times), Phoenix New Times, Barista Magazine, and heard on KFYI 550 AM.