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15th Avenue E Coffee & Tea. Inspired by Starbucks?

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee Business, Coffeehouses & Shops, North America, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

15th Avenue Coffee & Tea Sign, originally uploaded by andai. 15th Avenue East Coffee and Tea opened their doors bright and early this morning and I was in the vicinity later that morning. As I drove by the store around 8 AM, and it was interesting to note that there wasn’t a huge crowd trying [...]

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A Starbucks By Any Name Tastes Just As…

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged , , , , , on July 24, 2009 | Comments Off

15th Avenue Coffee & Tea Remodeling, originally uploaded by andai. Today at 6:00 AM marks a new era in the ‘reign’ of Starbucks Coffee. At that time, Starbucks will open its first ‘I am not a Starbucks’ coffee shop up on 15th Avenue in Seattle’s Capital Hill neighborhood right next to Smith. Now if you [...]

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Stella Caffé’s Italian Style Espresso

Posted in Beverage Banter, North America, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Stella Caffé Flagship, originally uploaded by andai. I really like Stella Caffé. It has to be one of my top five favorite coffeehouses in Seattle. The only problem for me though is that I just don’t find myself too often hanging out in the area around the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) which is the next [...]

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LOC.18 Cafe in Thailand

Posted in Asia, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, Reviews, tagged , , , , , on July 21, 2009 | Comments Off

Our guest blogger Michael Wu tends to travel extensively in the Asia region and sent us this brief post from his recent visit to Thailand Suwat de ka. That’s the proper greeting in Thai. Thailand is known for many things but I was pleasantly surprise to see that coffeehouses and cafes are very much part [...]

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Porchlight Coffee, Cafe Char and that Other Coffee Company

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee Business, Coffeehouses & Shops, North America, tagged , , , , on July 19, 2009 | Comments Off

Porchlight Coffee Sign, originally uploaded by andai. In the last month or so, two new coffee shops have opened up on the upper Capital hill and Madison areas. These are Porchlight Coffee and Cafe Char. But now there is a third coffee shop that will be opening soon. This new, yet to be opened coffee [...]

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