coffee with coffeeken

Happy New Year I hope everybody had a good Christmas and a Holiday Season!  I had a good season and looking forward to a new year that has a lot of promise for some good changes. I will be moving to Phoenix AZ at the end of January, I am looking forward to it, the [...]

Tis the Season to be out there standing in line at your local national shoe box, one stop has it all shopping store, while your local “mom and pop” shop closes it doors. Tis the Season for the under employed and under payed to give up their Thanksgiving to go to work and make it [...]

The small town that I live in is Sequim and we have several drive thru coffee shops. Several of them have been sold and has change hands, names and paint jobs as well. I will have to say these changes have been for the best, these shops have now a better cup of coffee and [...]

New stuff on the counter. We are all aware of Starbucks VIA ready to go brew and I will admit I keep some of it in my truck and car for when I would like to have some coffee and there is no place to be found, or it is way late into the night. [...]

I spent the best part of this week in CO, I witness changes in the local coffee shops, some have closed their doors and others have now teamed up with other businesses to draw in customers. Starbucks have also felt the pinch of the dollar, the store managers that I know personally have told me [...]

When I got back from my Java Journey I did notice quite a few changes here in my little town. 3 shops closed up and a new one is so far doing well, a popular coffee shop changed roasters, and one roaster closed its doors to the public, so that they are only handling e-mail [...]