Pages Tagged “Coffee”
Reviews
- Coffee Cartel ★★★★★ Offbeat local coffee house with atmosphere that makes you want to hang out there.
- The Crafted Scone
- Hamilton Beach 12 Cup Coffee Maker ★★★★☆ Basic coffee maker. It makes coffee. But be sure to mark the fill gauge on the side.
- Kéan Coffee ★★★★★ Great indie coffeehouse. Good coffee, good place to hang out. Established by the founder of Diedrich Coffee, a local chain back in the 80s and 90s.
- Lavender & Honey
- Neighborhood Grinds (Closed) ★★★★☆ This used to be a great local coffee shop.
- The Press Espresso ★★★★★ Good coffee with a wide range of flavored drinks. Small but inviting.
- Pure Bean ★★★★★ An indie coffee shop and roaster that opened in a space vacated by CBTL a few years back.
- Redondough (bakery/cafe)
- Remembering Diedrich Coffee
- Rival Coffee Co.
- Two Guns Espresso
Blog Posts
- The Essentials
When I took this photo back in 2016, it was a combination coffee/Chinese food restaurant: they sold coffee in the mornings and Chinese food for lunch and dinner. The owner had previously run a separate coffee shop (The Bean Counter, IIRC) in the same shopping center, then combined the two businesses to save on rent. […]
- How to Order Coffee During a Pandemic
Hmm, hope they didn’t leave anything out!
- Critical Infrastructure
Update: Oddly enough, I did find gopher access down the block: Gopher on iNaturalist Update May 2024: Coffee Cartel still has the sign outside, though of course they’d already switched to WiFi long before I took these photos. Come to think of it, I have no idea whether they ever did have a computer for […]
- Death Wish Coffee
Found this at the grocery store. I, um, guess that answers the question of what coffee to serve with Death By Chocolate cake. 🤷♂️
- Coffee Helps
Spotted at a local coffee/tea/boba place. I like the quote.
- (Ir)replaceable?
I have a bunch of old coffee mugs from TV shows, art museums, even an apartment complex where I used to live. In once sense these aren’t replaceable. If I ever break my Mozilla Coffee mug or the “I’m in the middle of fifteen things, all of them annoying” quote from Cmdr. Ivanova, or if […]
- Coffee-Stain Chic?
I was amused to discover that a Starbucks in Beverly Hills is decorated in coffee-stain chic.
- Pixar knows how to advertise with coffee.
Normally I don’t like glossy coffee sleeves because they don’t insulate very well, but I like the thought put into this one for Inside Out.
- Starbucks Meta Art
A bit meta, since both the art and the logo depict a two tailed mermaid with a crown, and the two circular light sources in the piece resemble the circular light in the room and the logo itself.
- Restaurant Crossover
Two Guns Espresso in Manhattan Beach makes a mean flat white and the perfect mocha. This month they’ve also been hosting pop-up dinners by Doma Kitchen.
- Going to the ER at Comic-Con: Not the Peanuts I was Expecting
You don’t expect to find peanuts in coffee, but two sips were enough to put me in an ambulance and wipe out an entire afternoon of Comic-Con.
- Now you can have that bacon latte youâve always wanted!
Seriously? Bacon flavoring syrup?
- Overheard: The Starbucks Buzz
Customer: Do you drink coffee? Barista: I work at a Starbucks. You’ve gotta stay buzzed somehow.
- Recent Links: Moon and More
Linkblogging: SMBC, XKCD, space pics, Flash Forward, mobile web usability and more.
- You Know You Need Coffee When… (Volume 2)
Continued from volume one… You put a filter in the coffee maker, then go back to getâ¦a filter for the coffee maker. And then put the bag of coffee back in the fridge…where you’ve never kept coffee. Ever. (Yeah, I was batting 1,000 that day.) You get halfway up the stairs before realizing you left […]
- The Office Barista: Simple Drinks For Your Coffee Break
Don’t have time to go to Starbucks, but want something more than plain coffee? Here are some simple drinks you can make with ingredients that might be in your lunch room, or that you can easily keep at your desk. Coffee + hot chocolate mix = mocha Coffee + hot chocolate mix + cinnamon Hot […]
- Starbucks’ new Trenta Coffee: Big Deal
I can’t get worked up about Starbucks’ new super-size for iced drinks, the 31-ounce Trenta. Here’s why: It’s only on iced drinks. Iced tea, lemonade, iced lattes, etc. Unless you’re getting plain iced coffee, you’re not getting 31 ounces of fully-caffeinated coffee. Even then, there’s ice taking up a lot of that space. So you’re […]
- Links: Coffee, D&D Advice, Paused Niagra Falls
Some interesting links I’ve encountered over the past week or two. Help! My Half-Elf is Pregnant! – The 11 strangest Dungeons and Dragons questions from the “Sage Advice” Column 15 things worth knowing about coffee by The Oatmeal. Photos: When Niagra Falls Ran Dry
- Comic-Con Coffee Quest
Lion Coffee near Ralphs really knows how to take advantage of the Comic-Con crowds. Last year they weren’t even open and still managed to sell me coffee!
- Speaking Starbucks
Me at Starbucks: “I’d like an iced chai, medium. I mean grande.” Barista: “It’s OK, I speak both languages.”
- Central City Comic Con
I stopped for coffee on the way to Anaheim Comic Con. Yes, actually, I am wearing a Flash T-shirt. Why do you ask?
- Coffee Halo
Photo of a halo around the sun, with the sun itself blocked by a coffee mug. Behold…COFFEE!
- MMM…
Found a bottle of cinnamon in the lunch room and added it to coffee and a hot chocolate packet for a makeshift Mayan mocha.
- Monday Morning
I’m not sure light drizzle counts as “wind and rain,” but since I’d like to have water next year, I’ll take what I can get. (We did finally get some later in the day.) You know you need coffee when you bring your travel mug from home and leave it in the car.
- Coffee Saving Time
Since the time change, coffee has been running out an hour earlier. Coincidence?
- All it Needs is an iPod
Seriously: this Starbucks VIA stand-up looks like it could use an iPod.
- Venti Schmenti
So what do you think… Would it be a bad idea to bring this travel mug to Starbucks?
- Powerless at the Mall
How an outdoor mall dealt with a lunchtime power outage. And some Apple observations.
- Coffee Cliché
Realized I’m doing the cliche coffee+laptop+wifi thing…except I’m at home with coffee I brewed myself and using my own network.
- Coffeechocolatea
I’m trying to make 8-hour old coffee palatable by adding both chai tea and hot chocolate mix. It’s…palatable.
- San Diego Weekend
We went to San Diego this weekend for a company event. The drive down on Saturday was quite nice — much faster than any of the times we’ve driven down for Comic-Con, for instance. It took us only an hour and 20 minutes to get to Old Town San Diego, and that was with taking […]
- Starbucks Overreaching
A couple of years ago, Starbucks bought all 30 or so company-owned Diedrich Coffee stores. Â There were a couple of franchise locations left (well, kiosks, really) in Orange County, and one of the Texas stores, but that was it. Â Most of them were converted or shut down, with only two keeping the Diedrich name and […]
- College Essentials
Let’s see… coffee mugs, latte mugs, travel mugs… yep, that’s everything you need for college! (Found at Target earlier this week.)
- Easy Office Environmental Tip: The Disposable Cup
If you work in an office, chances are there’s a water cooler somewhere. And if there’s a water cooler, chances are there’s a stack of disposable paper cups (or possibly, even in this age, styrofoam). And chances are that most people will walk up, grab a paper cup, take it back to their desk and […]
- Full-Spectrum Coffee
Between cash, lunch and an errand, I walked the full length of the Irvine Spectrum today, and realized there will soon be 7 coffee shops in or near the shopping center—and 4 of them are Starbucks. It opened with just one: a Diedrich Coffee, attached to Barnes & Noble. Phase 2 (from the movie theaters […]
- Safari Blend Coffee
In honor of the release of Safari 3, here’s a little something we found at Trader Joe’s. The mug is from the short-lived Mozilla Coffee. It seemed appropriate. Now if I can just track down some Opera Coffee, or Explorer Coffee…
- Priorities: Caffeine!
The new shopping center, The District (built on a corner of the former MCAS Tustin base), has an ad campaign with the slogan, “A million reasons why.” Each poster shows someone posing with a random number and something that can be found, done, or resolved by going there. Here’s a guy who has his priorities […]
- C is for Coffee
NPR’s Morning Edition ran a story on finding the perfect balance of caffeine. Apparently as little as 100mg—typical for a 6-ounce cup of coffee—is enough to give most people a lift. Depending on tolerance, anxiety and jitters start showing up as early as 200mg. And yes, a cup of plain coffee has more caffeine than […]
- Drazi Drinks
Last week, after going out to see Superman Returns, we wandered over to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. I ordered the new honeydew ice blended drink. Katie ordered the pomegranate-blueberry drink. When we picked them up from the counter, though, the combination struck us both as funny: Yes, they were green and purple.
- Paper cutter with laser sight!
Every once in a while you see something that gives you the feeling that yes, you’re living in the future. I got it the first time I saw Wolfgang Puck’s self-heating coffee at the grocery store. I also got it when I saw this: I mean, how can you go wrong with a paper cutter […]
- You know you need coffee when…
You pour yourself orange juice, then very carefully put the carton back…in the cupboard. You walk into the lunch room for coffee, but forget to bring your mug. You momentarily forget how to make coffee. You set up the coffee maker, but leave out a critical step like positioning the coffee pot. You get the […]
- Coffee rings caused by capillary action?
I was preparing my latest favorite work-suitable drink a few minutes ago, and a drop of tea spilled over the side of the mug and ran down to the base. Naturally it immediately spread around the entire base, forming a ring on the desk. It was easily wiped up, but then I thought—why does it […]
- Makeshift Moroccan Mint Mocha
CBTL has a drink they call a Moroccan Mint Latte. It’s a tea latte with chocolate. You can make something close by making hot chocolate mix with mint tea.
- Chains of Coffee
We have four coffee-house chains in the area, in addition to local places. My favorite is Diedrich Coffee, with a couple dozen locations in Orange County, two each in LA and San Diego… and three each in Houston and Denver. (In the last few months, Diedrich has started selling T-shirts that say, “Venti, Schmenti.”) Then […]
- Useful warning labels
Forget “Coffee is Hot!” and its variations. What they really need is a warning on iced blended drinks that anything larger than about 12 ounces may separate and require frequent re-mixing unless drunk rapidly. And those are the ones that are mixed well. Let us not speak of the ones you get at the café […]
- Last of the Lazy Lizard
While cleaning the apartment, we found a long-forgotten bag of Mozilla Coffee. Sadly, the company’s long-gone, and year-old decaf isn’t worth brewing.
- At least it’s pricier than a candy bar
Maybe it’s the housing costs, but people in San Francisco need a little extra incentive to give out their computer password than people in Liverpool. Last year a survey found that 71% would reveal their password for a chocolate bar. A similar survey this month in San Francisco found that 66% would give it up […]
- Iced mochas for the Amazons
I recently rented two of the Justice League DVDs. So far I’ve gotten through the opening 3-parter, “Secret Origins,” and the 2-part “Paradise Lost.” I have no idea how far into the series the second disc is. A scene that stuck in my mind was the newly-formed League looking around their headquarters. As the heroes […]
- No More Mozilla Coffee
Remember Mozilla Coffee? In the first month they offered it, RJ Tarpleyâs Coffee raised $400 for the Mozilla Foundation by donating a percentage of the profits. We ordered it a couple of times, and it was actually pretty good. I even picked up a Mozilla Coffee Mug at one point. Alas, the website (formerly www.rjtarpleys.com) […]
- Mugzilla
I am now the proud owner of a Mozilla Coffee Mug! When I went to order a new batch of Mozilla Coffee, I saw that RJ Tarpley’s is now offering mugs with their logo. Something about it just screamed “Buy me! Buy me!” – something in the combination of “Mozilla” and the lizard’s expression as […]
- Mozilla Coffee!
Yes, it’s real! Last week Katie remarked we were running low on coffee, and I remembered an article on MozillaZine a few weeks ago about RJ Tarpley’s Mozilla Coffee. I figured, what the heck, let’s order some. It’s a way to get coffee and support Mozilla at the same time. We went out for a […]
- Not-So-Great Starts
For various reasons, some stupid, some frustrating, and none of which I should have worried about that late at night, I stayed up waaay too late last night. And then couldn’t get to sleep for about 45 minutes after going to bed. So I went to Starbucks on the way to work. The woman at […]