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The ABC of Tea at the T-Spot

Posted in Africa, Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, tagged green tea, kenya, nairobi, chai, Africa, east africa, t-spot, chai house, kenya tea development agency, cardamom tea, lemon grass tea, ginger tea, cinnamon tea, clove tea, masala tea, vanilla tea and hazelnut tea. iced teas, white tea, oolong tea, koinange street on June 30, 2009 | Comments Off

Our guest blogger Ndunge, lives in Nairobi and absolutely loves everything about tea. Her kitchen cupboard can testify that she owns stacks and stacks of different types of tea. In her words, “I went to kericho once and toured several tea farms…Funny thing was I had my worst cup of tea in Kericho.” I discovered [...]

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Wallingford’s Gypsy Cafe

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, tagged seattle, Wallingford, fremont, caffé vita, gypsy java cafe, caffé fioré, gypsy cafe, gypsy trader, debbie galassi, ben steele on June 26, 2009 | Comments Off

Gypsy Java, originally uploaded by andai. I visited Gypsy Cafe in Wallingford. Unfortunately my experience there was not quite what I had expected or hoped for. I’ll tell you why in a moment… but first, a little background… I have driven by Gypsy Cafe on numerous occasions over the last six or eight year now. [...]

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Coffee and Beignets at Cafe Du Monde

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, North America, tagged cafe du monde, new orleans, la, french quarter, beignets, chicory, coffee and chicory on June 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Our guest blogger Kathleen VanDerAa writes for the Seattle PI and Altrooist. She lives in Seattle where she takes her coffee with 2 sugars and 2 creams. Back in March I got a chance to take a business trip to New Orleans. Months before I had started making lists, where I wanted to go, what [...]

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Get Your Fix At “The Fix” Espresso

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Drive-Thru & Espresso Carts, North America, tagged seattle, usa, pacific northwest, montlake, espresso blend, espresso cart, the fix espresso, fix espresso, North America, seattle mountain coffee, columbian coffee on June 20, 2009 | Comments Off

I have always been a bit apprehensive about espresso carts and especially those espresso carts that tend to locate themselves in weird places like at gas stations or at Seven eleven type delis. In general, I rarely get my espresso drinks from espresso carts, not because an espresso cart equates to bad coffee, but because [...]

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e.t.g in Fremont is Espresso to Go

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, North America, tagged seattle, lighthouse coffee, fremont, caffé vita, pacific northwest, fcc, fremont coffee company, North America, e.t.g blend, espresso to go, e.t.g on June 16, 2009 | Comments Off

Whenever I’m in the Fremont neighborhood, I tend to head over to Fremont Coffee Company (FCC) for my latte. I do this for couple of reasons, first, they have great Wi-Fi and second but even more important, they serve Lighthouse Coffee. It is for these reasons that I often driven by e.t.g. Coffee and never [...]

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