Boulder coffee shops by roaster

April 25, 2008 at 10:21 am (guides, roasters) (, , , , , , , , , )

[This will be another ongoing post. Please comment with updates and added intel.]

Alphabetical listing….

Allegro Coffee (consistently bland)

  • Joe’s
  • Ozo (they know how to serve Allegro, though)
  • Vic’s

Boulder Organic Coffee (just so-so)

  • Burnt Toast
  • Dish
  • Espressoria (Jet’s)
  • Tee & Cakes

Conscious Coffees (consistently the best roast in Boulder)

  • Coffee Sanctuary
  • The Cup
  • The Kitchen
  • The Rail Car (Nederland)
  • Sidney’s
  • Tea Spot

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More out of Boulder experiences…

April 18, 2008 at 8:46 am (Culture, elsewhere) (, )

I’ve never wanted to leave Colorado, but after spending some time in San Francisco, it’s darn tempting.  The weather there this last week was fantastic (60 and sunny), even by Colorado’s exacting standards.  And there’s certainly no shortage of coffee.  I found (with some key local insight – gracias AC) a great indie coffee scene.  Cafe Centro, on the corner of Jack London and South Park (like 2nd and Brannan), was awesome.  Views onto a beautiful mid-city park in an awesome neighborhood, decent (not exceptional) coffee service, ample seating, and a hipster trendified crowd (made apparent by the jackass BMW driver who literally parked on the sidewalk to display his awesomeness) set this place apart.  The bummer is that they close at 5pm.  What’s that about?  And the internet is shoddy at best.  You can pick up a signal, but it’s intermittent.  But for a good book or dedicated report writing (or blogging), it’s hard to beat.
Next time you find yourself in San Fran, take a deep breath, find this little oasis and enjoy a slice of SF’s cafe culture. 

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We ♥ Kelly Repassy!!

April 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm (Kelly Repassy) ()

kelly repassy! Ok people, meet our new BFF, Kelly Repassy. We don’t think she lives in Boulder, but we wish she did. This is her website and her LinkedIn page. If you want to try to figure out why and how we came to know Kelly, read this post and all the comments. Kelly was let go by HSN recently and people in the QVC community are understandably pissed about it. Ditto the netternerds on tvtalkshows.com. We’ve honored Kelly with her own tag and category on this blog.

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your ridiculous search terms

April 16, 2008 at 1:33 pm (Uncategorized) ()

We just have to warn you people: when you come in off the street (that is, when a google or yahoo search brings you here) we can see what your search terms are. Some things we’ve noticed:

Who’s searching “ozo coffee” every single day? The owners?

Does Saxy’s need a restraining order yet? Here are some search terms on Saxy’s:

“pregnant saxy”

“hot saxys pisces chicks”

“saxy old women”

“west indies saxy grils”

“saxy blog”

“best saxy ass”

and others we can’t even mention.

Searching for “best coffee in boulder” of course gets you here, since we are THE PLACE for answering that question.  Ditto “best cappuccino boulder.”  As well “girl ozo boulder pearl” and “best boulder coffee shop to work from.”

Finally, who the hell is “kelly repassy,” why did she get “fired” and why does searching her get you here?

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ok, fine, a Laughing Goat post

April 16, 2008 at 11:44 am (Laughing Goat) (, )

this is the deal: the authors of this bloggity blog blog are split on the Goat. Some like it, some don’t. The one who don’t has been waiting for the ones who do to write something good. They haven’t. But since some hazz named sarahcarson just commented on the Goat in anther post, and demanded we write it up, it’s time to write up the Goat.

The Laughing Goat is conveniently located on Pearl near 17th St. It features a full espresso bar, free wireless internet, pre-packaged drinks such as Odwalla and Izzy, and pastries conveniently wrapped in plastic. They also have tea, ice tea and hot chocolate.

Ok, seriously. You don’t come to this blog for that kind of boring tripe, do you?

The Goat’s coffee is decent (Kaladi Brother’s Coffee out of Denver — not CC quality, but not nearly as bad as Allegro). The baristas are fun. The owners are nice. The pastry selection is worthy, even though a lot of it is plastic-wrapped.

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Coffee outside of Boulder?

April 9, 2008 at 2:00 pm (elsewhere, guides) (, , )

Yeah, I know it’s tough leaving the bubble, but it’s Moab in the spring.  How can you go wrong?  I was stoked to get down there for the scenery, biking, river and what else?  Coffee.  I did a little bit of recon before getting down there, followed by some local insight.  Here’s a recap of what I found…

Arches Book Company
78 N. Main St.
These guys better be good at selling books because it’s going to be tough to succeed as a coffee shop. The seating/work area is super small, plug selection limited, coffee way inconsistent w/ no “love” in the preparation, and wireless is weak/slow.  On the plus side their tea selection is good (substantial organic menu), friendly and cute baristas, and for a distraction, they look right onto downtown Main Street.  They support local artists and have a great small town book store book selection, but the service leaves a little something to be desired.  The sales/coffee process is super inefficient and I found myself waiting in line for about 5 minutes watching my tea water cool before they got the tea bag in it.  Yeah, lukewarm is not the way I like it.  But the thing I really dig about the place, they roast their own coffee.  Yeah, probably not the same quality as some of the finer roasters mentioned on this site (Conscious Coffee, Novo), but you know it’s fresh and it’s great to have that ability for process control and refinement throughout the whole process.
Mondo Cafe
59 S. Main St
They’re just starting to figure it out.  They’ve got a good internet connection and friendly but grungy baristas (I know, to be expected in Moab).  Their layout is sterile and there really isn’t a cohesive “theme.” And for those tea lovers…better find somewhere else, they’re pretty minimal at Mondo.  They make good coffee though (at least from my conversations with other patrons – I was sampling their tea) and open earlier than the other coffee shops in town – great for those looking to catch an early ride.  They also have a great breakfast menu, making it a great one-stop-shop for the morning caffeine-food-blog routine, because really, how many stops do you want to make before you get going with what you came there to do – bike/camp/climb/raft/hike?
The other thing I found?  More BO per capita than in any city I’ve found in a long time.  So don’t waste packing space with your deodorant and know, you’ll be a long way from the comfort and variety of Boulder coffee, but close to a community with a growing coffee culture.

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the one thing about Brewing Market

April 6, 2008 at 1:05 pm (Brewing Market) (, )

The last time one of us wrote about Brewing Market (downtown on 13th between Walnut and Pearl) the review wasn’t overly generous.  Comments weren’t either.  Today I had to go there because the joint that’s been getting all of my bidness (Sidney’s) is closed on Sundays.

Providence smiles sometimes.  I think the coffee gods wanted me to know that BM puts a jar of shaved chocolate in the milk and sugaring area.  I had never seen that before, not at BM, not nowhere, and now I’m in love.  It just isn’t the same as powdered cocoa you can sprinkle from a shaker.  This is shaved chocolate off a bar and it’s a damn fine idea.  Enough to bring me back to BM and urge the other faves to pony up for the same treatment.

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