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Posted by on Aug 31, 2012 in Blog, Local Coffeehouse Visit | 0 comments

The Desk, Capitol Hill Neighborhood, Denver Colorado

I watched in anticipation as the older building near the capitol was being remodeled.  Most notable was the sign painted on the side of the old brick wall facing Grant Street. 

The simplicity of it captured my attention … very mysterious. Soooo I went to the website to see if this was going to be a writer’s haven-type coffeehouse.  No information.  I was devastated at the time.

The mystery was solved last week.  I scheduled to meet my web developer there for a meeting and it was brilliantly designed and meticulously planned for writers, developers, students.  For those people that need to focus for long periods of time in a cool environment.

Front of the house is a coffeehouse with tables, chairs, wifi, and a bubbly water fountain (awesomeness).

Back of the house contains small offices, a conference room, a very loooong table with lots of outlets for computers and other electronic paraphernalia.  There is a fee for this area; by the hour or with a monthly membership.

This coop workspace AND coffeehouse rules in my book!

The Desk
230 East 13th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
www.thedeskdenver.com
Mon–Fri 7am-9pm
Sat-Sun 8am-8pm
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Posted by on Aug 1, 2012 in Blog, Local Coffeehouse Visit | 0 comments

A new coffee friend in Jason at Crow Bar Coffeehouse & Roaster in Castle Rock, Colorado

 

Jason Gray is sorta like an icon in Castle Rock and I got to meet him!!

Now … that’s just based on me hanging out at his coffeehouse for a couple of hours drinking his personally roasted espresso and watching him greet his customers.  He only roasts and serves the best coffee.  There is a genuine sense of pride in his work that emanates from his being.  

He has been in the coffee industry for about 30 year and got his start at Starbucks in Seattle in the 80’s.  “They had 25 stores back then”, he said.  Then he traveled north to Alaska and spent many years with Kaladi Brothers beginnings and trained under Mark Overly now of Kaladi Brothers Colorado.  In addition, he spent tons of time and gained the respect of the recently passed, coffee great, Michael Sivetz.

Jason opened Crowfoot Valley Coffee and Crow Bar Coffeehouse in 1999 and is ridiculously happy creating a place for people to come together and to serve them his finest roasted beans. 

Gotta check out his shop, now serving a rotating selection of high-end craft beers:
Crowfoot Valley Coffee
734 Wilcox Street #102
Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303) 814-0999
crowfoot@yjprod.com
http://www.yjprod.com/sites/crowfoot/

 

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Posted by on Jul 29, 2012 in Blog, Local Coffeehouse Visit | 0 comments

Art & Coffee @ Tenn Street Coffee, Denver, Colorado

 

Check out that rubber tree plant!

This coffeehouse sits proudly in Denver’s Berkeley Neighborhood near the old Elitch Gardens location surrounded by brick bungalows, art galleries, pubs, music shops, and the old Oriental Theater.  I swung by on my way to a fundraiser for Colorado wildfire recovery and found it full of vitality.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The walls covered in art and tall book shelves that create coves for studying and writing ~ great creative spaces!

They are also a full-on internet cafe!  For the price of a cuppa joe you can access the world wide web from one of 4 computers.  You don’t find this much in the US, but sure hope we see more of it for us travelers 🙂

 
Visit them at:
Tenn Street Coffee & Books
4418 Tennyson Street
Denver, Colorado 80212
www.tennstreetcoffee.com

 

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Posted by on Jul 25, 2012 in Blog, Local Coffeehouse Visit | 0 comments

Smile! Happy Coffee, SoBo Neighborhood, Denver Colorado

Happy corner

Happy Coffee was grinning from ear to ear on Saturday afternoon!

It was full of people attempting to stay cool from the scorching 100 degree day.  The pub next door was hosting a local music festival … and that prime corner in the SoBo (South Broadway) Neighborhood was hopping!

This place has a very crisp vibe to it.  The furniture has clean lines made with metal and raw wood.  The barista was wearing a lemon-yellow shirt and evoked happiness, and what a smile.  Perfect!  Haha … he made me laugh as he poured me the strongest iced toddy EVER!

Let’s just say I was very chatty, yet productive all afternoon.  Tee hee.

Happy Coffee CO
1 South Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
720-328-8214
www.happycoffeeco.com
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Posted by on Jul 24, 2012 in Blog, Local Coffeehouse Visit | 0 comments

How big are you, Boyer’s Coffee of Denver, Colorado?

Now, I don’t normally seek out larger roasters (or chain coffeehouses).  They usually don’t intrigue me in the slightest.  Blah blah … all the same.

And as a lover of coffee and community, I support the local independent mom and pop shops and micro roasters where ever I happen to be.  Well …. this Boyer’s Coffee has a coffeehouse attached to their facility!  And it’s one of a kind.

Lisa

Bingo!

A couple of weeks ago I received an invitation from the Mile High Business Alliance to attend a networking meeting at Boyer’s Coffee.  I thought they were BIG?  Like REALLY BIG … national supplier of coffee.

Our tour guide, Luke.

Not that big is bad, but usually equates to more profit and we have been taught that profit is good.  But I feel something gets lost in translation as a company grows.  The goal of profit can become an excuse and justify decisions that may be bad for workers or the environment in the name of stakeholder benefit.

Boyer’s Coffee roasts its beans and distributes only in Colorado. Yes, they have large grocer clients, but they maintain a very small company feel, and I like that!  The are housed in an old school where they have re-purposed the building, the bleachers, desks and other items that reduced their carbon footprint and honors the building’s past.

The networking group decided we would like a tour of the facility while we were there.  It was a last minute request that they were pleased to do.  Boyer’s found Luke Williams, Director of Marketing and Fundraising to show us around.  How beautiful is that?

Thanks, Luke and crew!

 

Boyer’s Coffee
7295 Washington St
Denver, CO 80229
1-800-452-5282
303-289-3345
info@boyerscoffee.com
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