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Tue, 07 May 2013 17:00:15 -0400

Image from Cold Brewed, a comic-noir about coffee. Follow along...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:00:24 -0400

Image from Cold Brewed, a comic-noir about coffee. Follow along at cold-brewed.com.

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Sun, 05 May 2013 17:00:26 -0400

Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 27th 1969

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:00:36 -0400

Michael Collins (Apollo 11 astronaut): Say, the old White Team’s really got a busy one tonight, huh?

Charles Duke (Apollo 11 CAPCOM): Oh, boy. We’re really booming along here with all this activity. Can barely believe it.

Collins: What are you doing? Sitting around with your feet up on the console drinking coffee?

Duke: (Laughter) You must have your X-ray eyes up. You sure can see a long way.

Even space missions have lazy Sundays. Here’s to yours.

Hear the audio recording of this conversation (courtesy of NASA)

The Oatmeal strikes again!

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:37:37 -0400

The Oatmeal strikes again!

We almost spat out our coffee this morning when we discovered...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:15:53 -0400

We almost spat out our coffee this morning when we discovered there’s a street art installation just feet from Craft Coffee’s new office, in an abandoned subway station.

Story at The New York Times.

Croatia coffee movement brews up good will

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:22:23 -0400

Croatia coffee movement brews up good will:

In pay-it-forward-style scheme, people purchase coffees for fellow citizens who are struggling to get by.

Heartwarming follow-up to the coffee story we posted last week, in video by Al-Jazeera.

laughingsquid: Types of Coffee, An Illustrated Guide by...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:50:46 -0400

laughingsquid:

Types of Coffee, An Illustrated Guide by Pleated-Jeans

View from behind the counter of a coffee shop in Addis Ababa,...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:00:38 -0400

View from behind the counter of a coffee shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Craft Coffee employee Nate Berkopec.

In this month’s tasting box, we’ve featured a coffee from the Keffa co-op in Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia roasted by Highwire Coffee Roasters.

Dogwood Coffee is bringing us PT Toarco Jaya to this...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:00:24 -0400

Dogwood Coffee is bringing us PT Toarco Jaya to this month’s April 2013 tasting box.

Deeper Roots Coffee’s Santa Marta Perija is featured in...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:00:25 -0400

Deeper Roots Coffee’s Santa Marta Perija is featured in our April 2013 box. Here’s some of the coffee leaving their warehouse.

Two months ago, we sent our web developer Nate Berkopec on a...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:00:30 -0400

Two months ago, we sent our web developer Nate Berkopec on a trip to Ethiopia. Check out his pictures at instagram.com/craftcoffee.

"On a January evening the winter gloom is only illuminated by the bright lights of the city’s..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:00:22 -0400

“On a January evening the winter gloom is only illuminated by the bright lights of the city’s innumerable cafes. You pass them in the cold, but inside you see they are warm, inviting, filled with life, men and women, young and old, gathered two to four to a table talking, laughing; you feel that the city is alive, and walking past each bright cafe you long to be a part of it. And this feeling stays with you, tugging at you, tempting to pull you into the nearest cafe. Until finally a friend calls you and says: Idemo na kavu. And like it was the greatest thing in the world, you say Da.”

- Having Coffee in Croatia

Gratuitous cute dog picture via Reddit. Happy Friday!

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:00:25 -0400

Gratuitous cute dog picture via Reddit. Happy Friday!

natgeofound: With a harbor view, a teataster samples from cups...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:03:10 -0400

natgeofound:

With a harbor view, a teataster samples from cups spread upon a table in Baltimore, Maryland, September 1964.
Photograph by Bates Littlehales, National Geographic

Tanzanian coffee plantation. Via rjones0856.

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:00:12 -0400

Tanzanian coffee plantation. Via rjones0856.

"Ideas quick-march into motion like battalions of a grand army to its legendary fighting ground, and..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:00:21 -0400

“Ideas quick-march into motion like battalions of a grand army to its legendary fighting ground, and the battle rages. Memories charge in, bright flags on high; the cavalry of metaphor deploys with a magnificent gallop; the artillery of logic rushes up with clattering wagons and cartridges; on imagination’s orders, sharpshooters sight and fire; forms and shapes and characters rear up; the paper is spread with ink - for the nightly labor begins and ends with torrents of this black water, as a battle opens and concludes with black powder.”

- “The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee” by Honore de Balzac

Men deliver ripe coffee berries to El Molino mill for processing...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:10:00 -0400

Men deliver ripe coffee berries to El Molino mill for processing in El Salvador, November 1944. via National Geographic.

How often do you see pretty coffee filters?

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:45:26 -0500

How often do you see pretty coffee filters?

Craft Coffee at the 8th Annual WIRED Store

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:28:00 -0500

We’re excited to announce that WIRED Magazine selected Craft Coffee to be part of the 8th Annual WIRED Store in Soho this year!

You can also find us in the online WIRED Store.

[Red carpet of lights in Soho, WIRED Store Opening]

WIRED describes the WIRED Store as an “elite pop-up gallery featuring the latest and greatest in gadgets, gear, art, décor and special events.”

Check out some highlights from the opening night party with us!

Mike, our founder, was lucky enough to nab an exclusive invite to the opening night party. DJ ?uestlove kept the party going while we hobnobbed with celebs like Amber Tamblyn, Nikki Reed, Rob Buckley, Vanessa Bayer and, oh so ironically, Portlandia’s Fred Armisen.

[Craft Coffee on display in the WIRED Store]

Exciting to see Craft Coffee on display! Mike carries around Craft Coffee promotional cards (founders are known to do things like that!), so he left some behind as gifts for visitors.

This year’s theme is “What’s Inside.” Instead of the usual photo booth, all the ladies got an x-ray image of what was in their bag to take home. WIRED said they wanted us to think about the everyday objects we carry around with us.

The walls on the way to the martini bar were adorned with vintage Star Wars posters from Italy. Classy!

The lego art was amazing too. This piece was maybe 5 feet tall!

The WIRED store is open to the public until 12/23/12. If you’re in NYC this holiday season, check it out!

Thank you to WIRED Magazine for recognizing all the hard work we do here at Craft Coffee to bring our customers truly amazing coffee experiences!

Our Craft Coffee Holiday Gifts are on sale while supplies last. Use the code ‘wired2012’ at checkout for 10% off any holiday gift for today only.