Pure Coffee Blog

• CC: Caffe Vero Coffee Roasters

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  'What's does "CC" mean?Subject: Caffe Vero Coffee Roasters Location visited: Lake George, NYFree WiFi ? : yesRating: 4+ [see key]Of all of the frequent parts of my childhood, I remember vacationing in Ocean City, NJ almost every summer for the first 18 years of my existence. While I immensely love' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:27pm EST
  by Bill

• The Holiday Gift Post

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  'It's that time of year again when people swarm the malls and people all over wait to the last minute to give adequate thought to giving amazing gifts. Thus, of the coffee and tea world, here's some ideas I would recommend for someone in your life that loves coffee or' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by Bill

• CC: The Coffee House

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  'What's does "CC" mean?Subject: The Coffee House Location visited: Geneva, NYFree WiFi ? : yesRating: 4+ [see key]Though I always hope for the best, I constantly recognize that life, especially with travel, never pans out the way I expect it. This little axiom never seemed more true than on a' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:01pm EST
  by Bill

• CC: Bard Coffee

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  'What's does "CC" mean?Subject: Bard Coffee Location visited: Portland, MEFree WiFi ? : yesRating: 6+ [see key]Maine. Land of LL Bean, lobster and luxurious woodsy vacations. Before this recent trip, I had only really been to Maine once to take in Acadia National Park and neighboring Bar Harbor but I' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  by Bill

• CC: Port City Coffee Roasters

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  'What's does "CC" mean?Subject: Port City Coffee Roasters Location visited: Portsmouth, NHFree WiFi ? : yesRating: 3+ [see key]When at conferences, the prospect of finding good coffee even moderately close by is low. But nonetheless, I have to search (it's in my blood).Traveling the city of Portsmouth didn't offer much [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:26pm EST
  by Bill

• free drinks in Portland, OR on 11/24

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  'I usually don't put up stuff regarding free drinks on a certain day, but I really admire the mission of the p:ear barista school (a collaboration between p:ear and Caffe Vita to equip at risk youth with excellent barista skills) and wish there were more operations like this.Thus, if you [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 6:09pm EST
  by Bill

• Mugged: Schwan's

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  'What does "Mugged" mean?Subject: Schwan's Coffee Mugged: Medium, Dark and DecafRating: 2+ for Medium and Decaf,1+ for Dark [see key]To put it bluntly (and inadvertently snobbishly), I normally don't drink pre-ground coffee, mainly for the fact that better coffee is (almost) always found in freshly ground.But when I got an [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:49pm EST
  by Bill

• CC: Ultimo Coffee

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  'What's does "CC" mean?Subject: Ultimo Coffee Location visited: Philadelphia, PAFree WiFi ? : yesRating: 6+ [see key]Urban planning has become something I've grown tremendously interested in over the years. I love taking a retrospective look at how a city formed and than trying to gaze ahead to the many possibilities [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:55pm EST
  by Bill

• Mugged: El Salvador [Golden Valley Farms]

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  What does "Mugged" mean?Subject: Golden Valley Farms Coffee RoastersCoffee Mugged: El Salvador Santa Teresa BourbonRating: 3+ [see key]Well-roasted coffee that gives back in some way is the best kind of coffee. Sadly, too often coffee roasters that mean well can't roast and so, many buy lousy coffee in the name' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:54pm EST
  by Bill

• CC: Muddy Waters Coffee House

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  What's does "CC" mean?Subject: Muddy Waters Coffee House Location visited: Geneseo, NYFree WiFi ? : yesRating: 4+ [see key]Originating from a dense area, I love to occasionally wander about small town New York looking for recreation and occasionally a splendid cup of coffee. Lots of rich history and state parks [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:48pm EST
  by Bill