Appendix E-J

Well, how about this.

First, Paste Magazine urges its readers to listen to people that you’ve been able to hear at Everyday Joe’s for quite some time. Now, the hungry people at Food & Wine Magazine are urging you to go and drink coffee at a handful of spots…including Stumptown Roasters in Portland, Oregon and Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea in Chicago, Illinois.

Slap me and call me Susan.

From when we opened in 2003 until May of 2007, we handcrafted the drinks you drank using beans from Stumptown. It was so delicious.

Eventually, the time came for us to change roasters (you can read more about that transition here). D$ read about Intelligentsia and called ‘em up and now you drink their delicious. It is so bueno.

So, not only do we kind of fit in with the Indie Music Hipsters, we now kind of fit in with the Eating And Drinking Up And Ups. A nice time is had by all.

Further:

• Article in Food & Wine Magazine
• Intelligentsia Chosen As One Of The Best U.S. Coffee Bars
• Stumptown Official Site
• According To Paste Magazine, We’re About 11.5% On To Something

Popularity: 20% [?]

Coffee Shop: Dreamer’s Coffeehouse and Deli

Location: Reno, Nevada

Drink: Latte

Drinker: Seth Daire

I spent a month in Reno this summer, though not all at once. Four times in point of fact. When working during the week, I actually opted for lesser coffees for their caffiene content, especially the days I awoke at 5am, which is too early for a night owl.

I stayed at the Eldorado in downtown Reno most of the time. They have slot machines, lots of slot machines, and tables, and other boring gambling peraphanalia. My first week there, I saw someone get arrested outside of the hotel, and that really didn’t encourage me to explore too much. My second to the last day of the fourth week I was there, I realized something. Less than four blocks from my hotel is a riverfront district that is very cool and trendy. The river walk is quite nice. Did I mention it was only four blocks away all this time?

My last day in Reno, I had some time, so I decided to walk on down. I was looking for a place to eat, though I didn’t know what to look for. What I found was Dreamer’s Coffeehouse and Deli, with a patio on the waterfront. I ordered a panini and a 16 oz latte. The panini was above average for a coffee house, with Brie and turkey.

The latte was acceptably good, the staff friendly, and the decor quite cool. Art and couches were in one area, a bookshelf in another. After lunch, I took my latte and walked along the river for a bit. For the location alone, it’s worth the trip.

Further:

• The Reno Riverwalk District
• Java Jungle- another shop on the Riverwalk

Popularity: 19% [?]

Coffee Shop: Stauf’s Coffee Roasters
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Drink: Latte & Clover
Drinker: Seth Daire

I’ve been traveling on business quite a bit this summer, and when not working, I have a chance to explore the nearby culture, including the local coffee culture. As I often do, my search begins in Google with “best columbus coffee house”

First I went to this site, which informed me that this coffee house has been around a long time. Stauf’s has been roasting coffee onsite since 1988.

Stauf’s is along a small strip in the Grandview area. Upon walking in, I was welcomed by the aroma of dozens of coffee barrels along two walls. This is the coffee and merchandise area of the store. They have an assortment of coffees in all price ranges, including $30/lb Hawaiian Kona. The staff was incredibly friendly and inviting.

I chatted with the barista about our coffee house and told him I was visiting for a few weeks. Since I never had their coffee, he made me a sample espresso shot. After that, I ordered a 16oz latte. It was sweet and flavorful, not the least bit bitter.

Later in the day, I returned and headed straight to a curious coffee maker I saw earlier in the day: The Clover. I’ve heard about the Clover, which is a single cup coffee machine costing $11,000, which seems to be a cross between a french press and a vacuum pot. You can learn how it works here.

The barista was enthusiastic about the Clover, and I was equally excited to give it a go. Given a choice of any of their coffees, I chose the Kona, and paid a marvelous $3 for this coffee adventure. It’s kindof like a French Press that takes 50 seconds and pours the coffee for you.

My Clover cup of Kona coffee is very, very good and quite refreshing. Cream and sugar need not apply. It’s thicker than an Americano, but a bit thinner than French Press, in my opinion. Being a bit cleaner than a French Press, it manages to give you the coffee minus the sediment. But hey, for $11,000, it better have some perks! (no pun intended)

The atmosphere of the coffee house is nice too. Lots of  tables, wood floors, wood chairs, sidewalk patio, track lighting, and the smell of coffee. I highly recommend you visit.

Further:

• Stauf’s Official Site
• The Clover

Popularity: 24% [?]

About a month ago, we started a new series on Appendix E-J called “Other People’s Coffee.” It is to be a reference guide of sorts…something to look to when you need to get a good cup of coffee on the road. An index of good third places.

The series started with C4 in Cave Creek, Arizona. A month later, the series has yet to expand past C4 in Cave Creek, Arizona. While there are several entries coming down the pipes, I believe this series presents a grand opportunity at community.

We want you to collaborate on this project. Chances are, you’ve been to a coffee shop that you would like all of your friends and their acquaintances to go to as well. Tell us about it, and we’ll take a look and post it as part of the “Other People’s Coffee Project.” That is correct, it just became a project…eight words ago.

The guidelines:

1. The coffee shop should be outside of Fort Collins, CO. Hopefully out of the state, although new shops are opening all the time in Colorado and it would be good to know about them.
2. If you own or manage the shop, don’t submit your own store (we have people…we will know).
3. This is not a forum to rip a coffee house to shreds. Any submission that even comes close to that will not be accepted.
4. If your submission is posted, we’ll give you a free drink.

How To Submit:

1. Send an e-mail to chris[at]everydayjoes[dot]org with the subject “Other People’s Coffee”
2. In the e-mail include:

• Name of the coffee shop
• Location (City & State)
• The drink you had there
• Your name & where you are from
• A description of the place…what you liked, what drew you there in the first place, some info about the drink, etc. Take creative license here.
• Attach a picture or two, if you like

That’s it. Go out and drink coffee, and then tell us about it. Thank you.

love.

Everyday Joe’s

Popularity: 18% [?]

As part of celebrating our 5th anniversary, someone who is part of Everyday Joe’s will write something about it each month. Anything from essays to sonnets to interpretive dance. How interpretive dance would translate to this blog, I’m not sure…but it’d be interesting.

Whatever is written, it will come from the life that is in this building. 144 S. Mason seems to be alive and breathing…and it is something you can’t ignore when you walk in. Our first installment comes from Suzanne Vigil, Everyday Joe’s original manager and visionary.

It was just a tiny cloud on a vast horizon. So simple, so vulnerable to any kind of wind.
That was 1998 when a small hand scribbled down on a fragile idea on a regular piece of lined note book paper.

It read: “Coffee House Ministry?”

That vast horizon was the heart where a dream was being conceived and that dream became a prayer of faith that withstood the winds of uncertainty for 5 years. Today, you are part of that dream…Everyday Joe’s Coffee House. Every time you come into 144 S. Mason you make the dream materialize from a thought to a living reality. Thank you.

2008 marks our 5 year anniversary, as with any locally owned business this is a milestone. As one of the co-founders, I thought it might be interesting to take a stroll down memory lane….

2002: a small congregation of faith named Joshua’s Crossing stepped into a permanent residence-144 S. Mason. Major renovations began on this 1920′s warehouse that had always been used as a garage until now. Two pastors worked day and night 6-7 days a week learning the skills of renovation. Skilled professionals began poking their
heads in and offering themselves in the processes of drywalling, electrical work and construction.

Coffee House Ministry was discussed and a hospitality counter area was built in the renovation. Coffee service began on Sunday nights before and after church.
The building’s inner beauty made us want to share it with more people, more often.
So, we started working towards an actual Business/Ministry model.

On June 16th, 2003 our doors opened without fanfare as Everyday Joe’s Coffee House.
I was 27 years old, and left my position as a floral manager to manage Everyday Joe’s. No paycheck. I lived with my parents to avoid rent and God took care of the rest. My financial obligations were paid every month in a different way.

Please don’t ever think you cannot do something because of money alone. I will testify to the incredibility of faith that bypasses personal income. And I believe that faith is very contagious. It is now 2008, and there are over 30 people who volunteer to serve coffee, run the sound for concerts, hang art, do bookkeeping, etc. Believe it or not, it started with two of us. Myself and our unsung hero-Tim Kuhlman.

Tim left his well paying computer job and did everything from making and folding church bulletins to serving coffee at Everyday Joe’s till midnight for 2 years. Thanks Tim. And thank you all who are willing to humble yourselves and work for free.

So here we are, 5 years old. As I look back, a consistent idea keeps appearing….Faith.
The ability to believe in a reality that is unseen. When all our logic and calculations based on what we know don’t seem to stretch as far as our imaginations can dream, we need this vital ingredient….Faith.

I have found it to be true here at Everyday Joe’s. People said we’d never make it downtown without a liquor license or by acknowledging we’re a church based ministry. But look at us now. Now you can see it with your own human eyes.

But what will the next 5 years bring into vein? Where is your faith? And where will it take us? How will God inspire our imaginations to dream towards 2013 and beyond?

“(God) creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join Him in the work He does, The good work He has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.” Ephesians 2 (The message). “Jesus answered, ‘the work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.” John 6:29 (NIV).

Popularity: 23% [?]