Starbucks: You Are Beautiful
Randomly, I happened to go to the Starbucks at Jackson/Wabash, and spotted a server there who was wearing a You Are Beautiful sticker. I was pretty excited to see this, and asked to take her photo.
Posts Tagged "coffee"
Coffee Is For Closers
Cause we’re adding a little something to this month’s Sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anybody wanna see second prize?
White Coffee Lids and a Question About Sensation Transference
Normally, the lids are black. In fact, out of all the time I’ve been getting coffee from New Wave… I can’t recall a time when the lids weren’t black. Seeing white lids actually gave me a physical pause, and putting the thing on top of my cup looked a little… well, it looked weird.
Seeing these new lids, I couldn’t help but think about the concept of sensory transference, a brilliant concept coined by marketing researcher Louis Cheskin.
Mugshot Monday
Mugshot Monday is a great collection of people, with their coffee mugs. Created by Lisa Frame, it’s a fun site – and I can see the appeal (particularly for both designers and coffee geeks).
4 Shots On Ice
Finding this here, I imagined a guy who sat for a while, got pretty amped up, and then ran off to go attend to some important task or errand. I started laughing to myself, imagining a guy running full steam…
Intelligentsia iPhone App: How to Make French Press Coffee
Whenever I try to make coffee using a French Press, I’m never quite happy with it. On the whole, I think I tend to make my coffee overly strong… so it helps me to actually have specific directions to follow. I recently heard about Intelligentsia’s iPhone App from my friend Matt (who works at Intelligentsia,…
Coffee Cup Seam and Lid Placement
Whenever we go out for coffee, Liz always makes fun of me whenever I undo the lid and reposition it. I take great pain to put the opening on the other side of the seam, as I’ve spilled a lot of coffee on myself in the past whenever the seam lines up with the hole….
The Best Coffee Mug in the Office
Yesterday, I was a little late in getting my coffee. By the time I meandered into the kitchen, most of the mugs were taken… and this is what was left. Why wasn’t this guy the first mug taken? Your guess is as good as mine. Trying to decipher the narrative here was a bit tricky….
Spilling the (Coffee) Beans
I was in line at New Wave Coffee this AM, and grabbed a pound of coffee beans from a nearby display. As I was checking out the info on the bag of coffee beans, I turned it forward a bit, so I could see better. Apparently, someone had opened up the bag to smell it……
La Esmeralda: The Most Expensive Coffee in the World @ Intelligentsia
Last week, my friend Matt (aka Tha.Riddla as well as the Best Barista in the US 2006) told me about a special event: a tasting at Intelligentsia for the most expensive coffee in the world. A few months ago, last May, Intelligentsia purchased 100 pounds of La Esmeralda for $130 each (that’s a grand total…
Matt Makes the News
As many of you know, my friend Matt Riddle (aka Tha.Riddla) competed in the United States Barista Championships a few months ago – and WON! Well, since then he’s been doing a ton of interviews, for both paper and television. I saw on his blog that the most recent TV interview for CBS took place….
The Best Barista in the United States
Earlier in April, my friend Matt (aka Tha.Riddla) went to go compete in the 2006 United States Barista Championships… and won! Since then, Intelligentsia has opened up a new store downtown. To help celebrate their opening day, Matt was there to serve coffee drinks on-site. I was bummed I missed it (I forgot until about…
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