July 2008 Blog Posts (37)

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Newbie

I used to be an office monkey. It was...a paying gig, that I slowly grew to hate. I went through 8 years of thankless, meaningless paper pushing for neurotic monkey bosses. It was soul crushing, spirit killing, muse destroying toil. So, when a friend of a friend mentioned his coffee house staff was somewhat lacking in awesomeness, I leaped at the chance to do something...well, at least different that involved something I enjoyed - drinking coffee and hanging out at coffee… Continue

Added by Christine on July 14, 2008 at 11:55am — 3 Comments

Visiting coffee friends in Brazil...

I recently traveled to Brazil to visit several coffee producer organizations and friends. I went to Poco Fundo and Nova Resende in Southern Minas, to Lajinha in Eastern Minas and to Venda Nova do Imigrante in Espitito Santo (a lovely town founded by Italian immigrants, many of whom arrived to Brazil to work in coffee in the 1800’s).



Poco Fundo grows one of my favorite coffees from Brazil. I visited COOPFAM http://www.coopfam.com.br/ and spent time with Luis Adauto, president of the… Continue

Added by Miguel Zamora on July 14, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Coffee Families Confront the International Food Crisis

While consumers in the United States fret over gas prices, a food crisis threatens millions around the world. Coffee Kids staff visited with families in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico and learned about the effects of the international food crisis and how they are confronting the problem.



According to women working with Coffee Kids partner organization FomCafé in Oaxaca, they have seen prices for basic products such as corn, oil and rice more than double since October of… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on July 11, 2008 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

New Gift Card Method in SP-1 For Coffee

Now that our 7.50 version is being released, we have finalized some re-vamping of the gift card system as well. Those of you who have looked at POS systems before probably realize that most gift card systems only allow you to take one card at a time or load one card at a time. In the real world, it's common to have a customer want to use three $.50 gift cards and cash to pay for a $3.50 drink.



We have taken some serious time and re-vamped the system to make it work as smoothly as… Continue

Added by Mike Spence on July 11, 2008 at 10:43am — No Comments

New Web Site For SP-1 For Coffee

Well, we finally got upout of our chairs here at SelbySoft and replaced our outdated website with a new one!

Content is being added daily.

Added by Mike Spence on July 11, 2008 at 10:02am — No Comments

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i am so confused about how to use this whole thing... i dont even think my songs really work! but oh well, coffee is cool!

Added by meagan maki on July 10, 2008 at 1:14am — No Comments

Coffee Brewing Revolution

The Coffee Brewing Equipment Company is on the verge of a major coffee extraction breakthough. Their new device is called the Milkthistle Non-Automated Coffee Brewing Device. Developed in a "Cosmic" rocket ship circling the globe, this device allows the barista to brew single servings of coffee in an environment where he/she has total control of all variables of the brewing process. Here is a photo of how it works:



P.S.- Any similarities to… Continue

Added by Troy Reynard on July 9, 2008 at 11:03am — 5 Comments

Changing Espresso Technique

I have posted a semi-detailed blog post on my wordpress site in regards to "Changing Espresso Technique." Be sure and check it out and please give me some input, that is why I put it up there.
Thanks and have a good espresso!

Added by Wilson Hines on July 9, 2008 at 10:40am — No Comments

La Macchina and La Manna

In the school of traditional thought concerning espresso, there seems to be a consistent focus on primary characteristics that attribute to the quality of espresso extraction. Undoubtedly, two primary factors in espresso quality are the equipment and the the person using the equipment. Needless to say, a high caliber machine only produces quality espresso when used by a well-trained, well skilled, and knowledgeable barista and vice versa. This seems to be common sense in our line of work. We… Continue

Added by Chris DeMarse on July 8, 2008 at 1:26pm — 1 Comment

New Single Origin Arrivals

Digging two new single origin coffees as both press and espresso:



Guatemala “La Virgen”

Acid: 6

Body: 7

Texture: Carbonated, milk chocolate.

Flavor: Spicy sweet seed fruits like cherry, strawberry and blackberry reminiscent of Harrar coffee from Ethiopia. Tinder box spices, with a milky cocoa body. Sparkly start with smooth sweet finish. Fairly simple and direct in flavor and presence, not huge but not small either. Intriguing departure from the normal… Continue

Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on July 7, 2008 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Best summer drink?

What's your best summer drink.
Not most popular but favourite.
The one with the most redeeming features...

Added by Stickman on July 6, 2008 at 9:35pm — 4 Comments

Temple 1 - *$ 0

That's right.
This past holiday weekend saw the closing of a Starbucks right around the corner from us at Temple. We've heard reports this is in part of their 600 shop closings, but lets face the fact: Temple is the reason. Superior drinks, service, and levels of barista hotness. The Green Goddess aint got shit on us.

Added by Benza Lance on July 6, 2008 at 3:35pm — 1 Comment

Bodum Santos Electric for the 4th



We purchased the Bodum Santos Electric from my friend Shannon at Coffee and Crema of… Continue

Added by Wilson Hines on July 6, 2008 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

Happy 4th of July!

Added by Matt Milletto on July 4, 2008 at 9:22pm — No Comments

Ride On!!

Hey e'erbody
You should definately check out the "RIDE ON!!" event we at Temple, in conjunction with Barefoot, are doing. Its going to be hella sweet, and so awesome you'll probably have to change you pants a few times. Yeah. Do it.
Plus, we can get burritos.
jawesome.
-bza

Added by Benza Lance on July 2, 2008 at 2:25pm — 1 Comment

Introducing...Milwaukee Blend!

Posted by: Steve Hawthorne



From a city that has always known how to work hard comes a coffee that works as hard as you do. Milwaukee Blend is a well-crafted combination of strength, balance, and dark-roasted flavor that yields a great tasting, rock solid cup of coffee, time after time. As strong as the bricks that built our city, Milwaukee Blend will give you the fuel to start your day and the muscle to finish your work.…



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Added by Stone Creek Coffee Roasters on July 2, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

A Code?

15 miles from here a new Starbucks opened a few months ago. It's a drive-thru/walk-up/stand-alone shop in the parking lot of an existing strip mall. There had been a small and successful independent in the main portion of the complex that sold just prior to the Starbucks' opening. There's also a Tim Horton's (big Cdn chain) across the street.



Last night I went in to the old shop to see how things were going. The new owner was there by himself cleaning up behind the counter. I asked… Continue

Added by Stickman on July 1, 2008 at 9:33am — 6 Comments

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