Ancora Coffee with Just the coffee cup logo

Ancora Coffee has a simple logo that shows the coffee cup. I suppose it’s just all about pure simple cup of coffee that matters.

The Gate Café at my Home Town

It’s a hot day today and my house has been experiencing power failure since early morning. I haven’t been able to online after having my breakfast and there is work to be done online. Right after having my lunch and enough waiting for the electricity to resume, I decided to head on to the coffee house near my house.

The Gate Café is the name of the coffee house and the owner of the coffee house is one of my high school friends. It’s a small town. So I pretty much know everybody. Usually I do my online work at home but today I’m force to do it here due to power failure at my house. The Gate Café is a small coffee house where you can get nice decent meals, cakes and coffee. As I went right after lunch hour, there aren’t many customers around. One thing I like about small town coffee house is that when the meal serving peak hour is over, people will normally clear out and you’ll get lots of space. As there are not many customers in the coffee house, you get to specially order the coffee to make it taste better. It’s the same regular coffee. Just that they get to take the time to make the coffee without rushing. That is why sometimes I love to have my coffee when things are slow and easy.

On the right side of the wall after you step into The Gate Café, you’ll see some pictures hanging around unevenly. These are the pictures of all the customers who visited The Gate Café. Some of them are foreigners and famous local people who had a good time at the café. Although The Gate Café is just a simple regular coffee house in a small town, but still some unexpected guests do shows up. Every coffee house has their story. You just have to hang out long enough to dig out the story. Other than the coffee and the story, you also get to see the people who visited the coffee house. You might call it people watching but you’ll get to study the community and the culture within the area.

I normally don’t hang out at The Gate Café to do my online work, but still this is a good experience for me. I get to have my coffee, my online work done and the opportunity to check out things around the café in detail. I guess I gain a lot more than I expected.

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Coffee House with a Hobby

Honestly, I think it’s really difficult for businesses that purely rely on selling coffee to survive nowadays. If you’re thinking about starting your own coffee shop, the first thing that pops up in your mind is competition. We have Starbucks, Coffee Bean, McD coffee and many other coffee houses all around us. Normally there will be at least couple of coffee house if the area has lots of coffee consumers.

So you can’t just simply open up a coffee shop without having any secret weapon to fight your competitors. You need to think of a secret weapon that you can use to win the competition. That means you need to find extra ways to attract or draw customers to your coffee house. One of the ways is to include a hobby to your coffee house. Some hobby can easily mix well and goes along with coffee, for example reading. Yes, you can add a mini library into your coffee house. Customers can have a cup of their favorite coffee while reading. Plus you actually create an environment which people who loves to read can get to gather and share their mutual interest. Customers can gather for a reading session, books discussion, exchanging books, book research and many other activities related to book.

A place where people can hang out for books other than just coffee will be nice. Some businesses even started out with hobby and later introduce a coffee section. That works too. People definitely need a drink while focusing on their hobby. Check out the blog post “Mule Over It” from Espresso Melbourne as it introduces a special coffee shop that includes bicycle into their business.

So what kind of hobby will you include to your coffee shop? How about computers, action figures, automobile, bikes, cameras, music, guitar or remote control models?

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There's nothing better to have a cup of favorite coffee while enjoying the view from Tokyo Tower.

The Guy at Caffe Medici

I just wonder who’s that guy in the logo of Caffe Medici. But still I’m more concern about the coffee he’s having. At Caffe Medici, it seems like they strive for the highest quality in every cup of coffee they make. No doubt it’s a place for coffee lovers. Do you want to have your regular cup of coffee or the fine cup of nice tasting coffee? I think you know just the place to go after reading this.

Is that a Wolf Logo on Stewarts Coffee?

Stewarts coffee existed long before I was born. I suppose the coffee must taste good as the coffee has been brewing since 1913. That’s about 100 years old of producing and brewing experience. The private blend coffee seems to have a wolf or a dog logo. The animal is on top of the shield but I’m not sure the identity of the animal because it’s too small to figure it out. Well, regardless of what logo the coffee company has, I’m only concern about the taste of the coffee. The taste of a fine cup of coffee is the only thing that I’ll remember.

Coffee and Health

If you are concern about having too much coffee and the effects to your health, check out Coffee and Health. You will find topics about health related to coffee consumption. Some of the related health topics are cardiovascular, fluid balance, gallstones, liver function, pregnancy, sports performance and type 2 diabetes. The information is clear and simple to read. Each paragraph is short and that makes it easy to read and understand. There are a lot of references which is easy for those who likes to get more detail about a particular topic.

As for those addicted coffee lovers who can’t get over the day without their coffee, I suppose nothing will stop them from keep on consuming their favorite coffee. That includes keeping a healthy body to continue having coffee.

Share Your Favorite Spot For Coffee to The World

If you have a nice coffee house that you always visited and would like to share it out with coffee lovers in the world, check out Beanbase. You're able to share, rate and list the location of your favorite coffee house. Coffee lovers who travels around the world can locate a nice coffee house by just using their search engine. Coffee lovers will be presented with the location of the coffee house in Google maps with ratings. I did a checking using the search engine with the minimum rating of coffee house and it turns out only a few coffee house appeared. The coffee house are situated more in Europe. Only one coffee house is listed in US. I suppose the website is still new and it requires more feedback and input from the users, especially the coffee lovers.

The bird in the coffee

Is is a bird or a plane? No it's definitely not superman. It's just a nice cup of coffee. Every time I see this unique presentation of preparing a cup of coffee, it just makes me going for my second cup of coffee.

Starbucks iPhone Apps

Starbucks iPhone apps seems like a useful tool which allow customers to get out of the line. The application has a 2D bar code that helps customers to order and pay for their favorite coffee fast. The apps uses a swipe transaction system using semacode technology. I think this apps is very useful for those who always in a hurry to get their morning coffee before work. Customers rush into the coffee shop, swipe with iPhone and just wait for their coffee to go. How fast customers can leave with their favorite coffee is all depends on how soon their orders can be process and their coffee can be prepared.


P/S: I think most people uses this apps because it's way cool to use iPhone to order and pay for their coffee. Especially when there is a long Q, it's fun to use the apps without having to wait in the line.

Autocrat with the bird

The logo of Autocrat is the bird. The company seems to produce nice coffee for more than 100 years. I wonder how their coffee taste like. I definitely like to know what kind of bird is use for their logo.

Hawaiian Energy Coffee and Volcano

The logo of the Hawaiian Energy Coffee is Volcano. I suppose this is related to the geographic characteristic of the coffee origin.  I just wonder if the lava or volcano related soil makes the coffee taste better. Guess we just have to taste it to find out.

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Cherry blossom and coffee makes good combination. But still that's just for the case in the morning. Beer is still the best choice during night time.

Double Flow Coffee

I took this picture from Super Stock just to explain the question that has been bugging me for a long time. Why is there double flow instead of single flow when making espresso coffee? I'm sure there is a good reason for that. But I just wonder if it has anything to do with the flavor of the coffee. Anybody care to explain this?

Zekes coffee with the crab

Starbucks has a logo that looks like a mermaid. Zeke's coffee has a logo that looks like a crab. I just wonder what else they use to represent their coffee. I think it might be interesting to check out every coffee logo around the world. Let's see if they use other interesting logo other than see creatures. Sometimes I wonder how they define their logo and what makes them decide to use those symbols or icons.

Black and White French Press Coffee

This is a video about french press coffee. The whole process of brewing the coffee is recorded nicely in black and white color with simple background music. One interesting part of this video is the time counter which seems to look like an iPhone. So, coffee anybody?

P/S: I try to embed the video but it seems not working. So instead I paste the link. I hope you'll enjoy the coffee.

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Regardless of when we are born, we need to work to survive. Good thing about living in the world right now is that we have coffee. It's nice to have a cup of favorite coffee before and after work. But I prefer to have my coffee before work, and after work it's beer time.

Simple Coffee for Me

Between Starbucks and McDonald, I still prefer McD's coffee. It's not because of the price but because of the taste. I've tasted so many plain simple black coffee from different Starbucks branches from different location and I still haven't encounter a taste I like. McD has just one simple flavor when it comes to simple black coffee, compare to Starbucks which has lots of flavors. I suppose brewing different kind of coffee needs skill, and it's not easy to make it taste good.

Having French Press Coffee?

What's so specially about French Press Coffee? We can have any type or flavor of coffee we like but the equipment used is the same. Sometimes the equipment are much more expensive than the coffee. Does the coffee taste better using the equipment? Can I brew my coffee using simple filter and still taste the same? Regardless of what equipment or method used, my only concern is  just the taste of the coffee. I just need my coffee to taste, smell and looks good.

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The magic of Christmas still there even if we are getting old enough to drink coffee.

Goodbye Blue Monday Coffee House

Other than just have a nice cup of coffee, I like to hang out in the coffee house with my laptop. Especially when you’re kind of doing it almost every day, a coffee house which opens almost every day is what you need. Of cause the coffee must smell and taste good too. A comfortable sitting with relaxing music is an add-on to make me stay longer. No heavy meals but simple easy sandwiches, muffins, cakes and cookies.
For a person who does most of his or her work online using a laptop, a nice comfortable coffee house is a great place to hang out. I personally love to sit by the corner with my favorite cup of coffee brainstorming my work. If I’m left alone, I work way better than staying at home staring at my laptop. The problem is sometimes it’s difficult to find a coffee house that you like and suits your taste. Perhaps I should just open up my own coffee shop. Something like Goodbye Blue Monday Coffee House.

Coffee related Affiliate Program

A lot of online businesses are starting to apply the affiliate program into their business. It’s a business strategy to help increase their sales and business by sharing a small percentage of profits with those who help promote and introduce their products. This includes selling coffee online too. I never heard of Koa coffee nor tasted it before, but I do know that it’s 100% pure Kona coffee beans. Also we have a chance to make extra money by participating in the affiliate program. Sign up is FREE. We get 20% commission on sales. Sounds good? Well, the extra money definitely makes life better. But still I was hoping to get some sample coffee to test out the flavor before I participate in the affiliate program.