From the monthly archives:

April 2010

The Frappe Challenge

The Frap Challenge – Starbucks Vs. McDonald’s

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino And McDonald’s Mocha Frappe Type: Blended Ice Coffee Dessert Drinks Overall Rating: Starbucks 3.75 McDonald’s 4 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Summer reminds most normal people of relaxing afternoons poolside and sunny days at the beach. My caffeine flooded mind thinks frap. The Starbucks Frappuccino is my favorite drink ice [...]

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Community Coffee Guatemala Huehue Tenango Review

Community Coffee Guatemala Huehue Tenango Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Community Coffee Guatemala Huehue Tenango Type: Ground Medium Dark Roast Overall Rating: 3.75 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Over the past year, Community Coffee has generously sent bags and bags of their mouth watering coffee for review, the Founder’s Blend, their Mocha Java and many more. This week they sent over a bag [...]

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Starbucks Coffee Mug Giveaway

Starbucks Coffee Mug Giveaway

Coffee Contests

Thanks to Cate.TV, I have five Starbucks coffee mugs sitting in the Daily Shot Of Coffee kitchen that are looking for a home. They represent Starbucks in five cities: Boston, Chicago, New York, Phoenix and Venezia (Venice).  They each have an artistic design with the name of the city and the city skyline. The coffee [...]

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Superba Review

Superba Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Superba Type: Whole Bean Blend Overall Rating: 3.75 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs I thought I had seen every kind of coffee packaging out there – I’ve had coffee from all shapes, sizes and colors of bags, even glass jars from Barista On Duty, but nothing like the designer looking box that came [...]

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Ybor City Gold - Ybor Blend

Ybor Blend From Ybor City Gold Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Ybor Blend from Ybor City Gold Type: Whole Bean Overall Rating: 3.75 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Last weekend, I had enough coffee to get out of bed early and head over to the historic Ybor section of Tampa to check out the farmers’ market. In between the vegetable stands and handmade crafts, [...]

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Coffee News

Fresh Brews: Coffee Crisis, Coffee Wars And The Remixed Frappuccino

Coffee News

Fresh Brews is the weekly wrap up of coffee news. I never know what I’m going to stumble across in the land of coffee news – it’s often random and sometimes weird. Coffee Blogs Espresso News And Reviews The next coffee crisis While climate change is reducing the amount of coffee that can be grown, [...]

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Coffee Poll

Poll: How Often Do You Go Out For Coffee?

Polls

This week’s poll is “How Often Do You Go Out For Coffee?” On an average week, I head out for coffee once or twice a week. Usually it’s because I’m having a lack of coffee crisis mid afternoon while I’m at work and head over to Starbucks for some relief or I’ll be at a [...]

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Caramel Crazy - JarBee Coffee

Caramel Crazy From JarBee Coffee Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Caramel Crazy From JarBee Coffee Type: Flavored Ground Overall Rating: 3.5 Out Of 5 Coffee Cups This morning, I’m getting crazy with Caramel Crazy from JarBee Coffee. I have a weakness for anything caramel, whether it’s candy or caramel syrup on ice cream, so I couldn’t wait to try this flavored coffee. The [...]

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French Press Winner

Winner Of The French Press Contest

Coffee Contests

Thanks to everyone that entered! It was a great contest. The amount of entries was overwhelming! It may have been the most entries ever for a Daily Shot Of Coffee contest. There were 130+ entries! I wish I had a French Press for everyone! There were tons of great reasons why you should be the [...]

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Earth Day And Your Coffee

Going Green With Your Coffee

Coffee Information

Earth Day turns forty this year, so you’d think that things would be looking greener by now. However, it’s no secret that the earth is taking some pretty serious hits right now. As far as our precious coffee, across the world forests are being cut down to plant coffee trees and closer to home roadsides [...]

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