Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
They shut stores down to discuss quality and renew "focus on espresso standards."
They bought the Clover prompting coffeegeeks to shudder and Stumptown to pull them from their stores.
And starting yesterday the original topless logo has returned to signal Starbucks commitment to quality along with their new Pike Place Roast which ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
In the CMS that I use for stlbites I can see what people were inputing into search engines before they chose to right click their way on in.
Surprisingly, one of the most searched terms is "clover coffee machine" and as such one of my most viewed posts is the one ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
SCAA Midwest Reginonal Barista Competition Round 1 Day 2 that is...
I'm not yet styling a DSLR like some of the other photo snappers I saw (McCracken), so while I'm sure some better shots will come out of the weekend, what I lack in quality I make up for in swiftness ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
If you recall I went to Kaldi's new downtown Clayton location on its opening day during my lunch break to take a look at the Clover in action. And as I hadn't completely cared for the Timor, I promptly returned the following day for another crack; this time after ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
That's one word for what I am. This coffee mug is pretty unique too right? I could wax on about how it came from a thrift store, or how I bought it for the hilarious irony of it all, but no, I bought it new, in San Francisco, ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
I have visited Kaldi's new Clayton location three times since opening. I will tell you about them--one at a time.
Two weeks ago when a quick email response signaled that Kaldi's Clover would finally be landing in their new downtown Clayton shop my lunch plans for the following ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
I visited the new downtown Clayton location on the first and second days of operation last week, and although I'm diligently typing up my experiences of that, I realize now I forgot to slip out that I did find, after scouring Google, the Cup of Excellence Coffee they purchased was ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
I emailed Kaldi's after my post yesterday asking about their Clover coffee machine, and what I found out, is that after a year of occasionally asking them when it would show up in a store, at long last, it's in the new Clayton location which opened today.
And because almost ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Kind of old news but Kaldi's Coffee is expanding the empire
Here:
Kaldi’s Coffeehouse – Columbia
29 S. Ninth Street
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: (573) 874-2566
And Here:
Kaldi’s Coffeehouse – Clayton (downtown)
187 Crondelet Plaza
Clayton, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 726-2900
I saw the one being built in Columbia and it was like the other branded chain-like ones.
The reason for ...
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