Archive · October, 2009
Recipe: Amaretto Coffee
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Ingredients:
- 8 oz. (1 cup) Freshly brewed coffee
- 1 tbsp. Liquid amaretto creamer
- Whipped Cream
- Ground Cinnamon
Directions:
Pour amaretto into coffee mug; add coffee. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Makes 1 serving.
Recipe: European Coffee
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Ingredients:
- 1 Egg white
- 1/4 Tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 C. Strong coffee, brewed
- 2 Tbsp. half and half
Directions:
In a small bowl, beat the egg white until soft peaks form. Fold in the vanilla and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Divide between two mugs and and pour coffee over egg white/vanilla mixture. Top each mug with a tablespoon of half and half. Makes 2 servings.
Comments:
Although I’m still working on a rating system, I wanted to post some comments on this drink. I may have beaten the egg a little too much, but I wasn’t very impressed with this recipe. You have to make an effort if you want to drink any of the egg white/vanilla mixture along with the coffee. Next time I’ll try not beating the egg white as long, but I don’t know that it will help much. It really didn’t add much as far as flavor. I like whipped cream and some other garnishes on drinks, but the egg white thing just didn’t do much for me.
Attending Heine Bros. Street Party
Friday, October 16th, 2009Unfortunately I wasn’t able to catch much of the 15th Anniversary Street Party at Heine Brothers’ Coffee. I wanted to go for about 1-1/2 hours, but ended up only making it for the last 30 minutes. The great coffee (of course it was great, it’s Heine Bros.) and good music made it seem like it really wasn’t 44 degrees outside. It’s 9:57 p.m. and just about everyone that was here for the party has left, which doesn’t surprise me since it’s a Friday night. It was busy enough when I got here that there wasn’t any sitting room and the line went out the door to get a cup of coffee. Although that’s usually not a problem, I was glad too see all the business Heine Bros. was getting. I think Mike Mays was there; I didn’t talk to him, but he seems like a very friendly and caring guy, talking about some of the photos from trips to other countries that are hanging up in the Longest Avenue location. I overheard him say he thought around 200 people showed up. I really didn’t have any expectation of how many people were going to attend, but that sounds like a good number to me. If you weren’t there, you missed out. Make it up to yourself and go buy a cup of Heine Brothers’ Coffee!
Coffee Cup Sizes
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Nearly everyone I’ve seen uses six ounces when discussing the “normal” size of a cup of coffee. This isn’t set in stone, it just seems to be the amount used. In the Bunn drip maker I use, four cups of coffee equals almost 20 ounces, or five ounces per cup. Many coffee mugs you buy are going to be eight ounces or more, leaving you room for cream and sugar if you use it.
I called four coffee shops/stores and for the most part, sizes are pretty consistent. Below is a list of sizes used by Heine Bros., Highland Coffee, Dunkin Doughnuts, and Starbucks; Starbucks of course, uses fancy names for their sizes.
Heine Bros. Coffee
Small: 10 oz.
Medium: 16 oz.
Large: 20 oz.
Highland Coffee
Small: 12 oz.
Medium: 16 oz.
Large: 20 oz.
Dunkin’ Doughnuts
Small: 10 oz.
Medium: 14 oz.
Large: 20 oz.
X-Large: 24 oz.
Starbucks:
Short (X-Small): 8 oz. Note: Unadvertised and only available for hot coffee drinks.
Tall (Small): 12 oz.
Grande (Medium): 16 oz.
Venti (Large): 20 oz.
I was going to check with Seattle’s Best, but the cafe locator on their site kept resetting and not letting me zoom in/out on the map. I don’t like pages that don’t work correctly for an important function like that, so I didn’t waste much time.
Heine Bros. 15th Anniversary Party, Oct. 16th
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009What: Heine Bros. Coffee 15th Anniversary Street Party
When: This Friday, October 16th from 5-10 pm
Where: Longest Avenue location
1295 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204 [View Map]
If you’re looking for something to do this Friday, come celebrate Heine Brothers’ Coffee’s 15th anniversary! It’s going to be at the Longest Avenue location, my personal favorite of all the Heine Bros. According to their web site and posters, they will be “shutting down Longest Ave. to party in the street.” Other things you can expect include:
- Food from Ramsi’s Cafe, Gelato Gilberto, and Tony Boombozz
- Music from Relic, Thomas A. Minor, Supertruck, and Appalatin
- Birthday Cake
- Activities for the kids
- BBC Beer
I’ve only lived in Louisville since July, but I’ve been visiting for a couple years and always go to Heine Bros. It’s my favorite coffee shop anywhere, and so far I’ve been to six out of the seven locations; the only one I haven’t been to yet is the Gardiner Lane Shopping Center. This party should be a lot of fun and I look forward to participating in the celerbation. I hope to see you there!