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I’m Still Here
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010I’m still here! I know I haven’t updated anything in a long time, but it’s been a busy couple of months. Excuses why I haven’t posted:
- On Pearl Harbor Day (December 7), I got a call with a job offer; I accepted and started the next day
- After I got a job, I got a new apartment, and have been trying to move stuff over there after work
- A vacation to Las Vegas
- Christmas
- New Years
- Not having Internet access in my new apartment doesn’t help, either.
Right now I’m at Heine Bros. I am supposed to have my Internet hooked up tomorrow, but in order for them to call before they come, the time frame they gave me was 8:30AM-6:00PM. That was nice of them, huh?
I should begin posting again towards the end of this week. I really do like having Internet; it’s just not the same using it on my phone. That’s all for now. Have a nice week!
Pilot’s Interstate Coffee Semi-Truck
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
I saw this Pilot semi-truck while driving up to Ohio early Tuesday morning. The writing on the truck reads, “Best Coffee on the Interstate!” Do you think it’s really full of coffee? I wish this were a better quality image, but it was taken with my cell phone while moving.
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. Named LEO's Best Coffee Shop
Thursday, October 1st, 2009It’s no surprise that Heine Bros. Coffee was chosen Louisville Eccentric Observer’s (LEO) “Best Coffee Shop” of 2009 [September 30, 2009. Volume 19, Number 44]. Heine Bros. was awarded first place to beat out Starbucks and Highland Coffee, receiving second and third places, respectively. Heine Bros. also rated second as the “Best Business to Have as a Facebook Friend.” Congratulations and keep up the great work!
Links Referenced in this Entry:
- Heine Bros. Coffee
Also: Heine Brothers on Facebook - Starbucks
- Highland Coffee
- Louisville Eccentric Observer’s (LEO)
- LEO’s Readers’ Choice ‘09: The Winners for Arts & Entertainment
Happy National Coffee Day!
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Today I decided to observe National Coffee Day by launching my new coffee blog, http://coffee.geoffreyshilling.com/. I’m waiting on my WordPress installation to upload while enjoying a White Mocha (15% off 1-3pm Monday-Friday) at Heine Brothers’ Coffee – Eastern Parkway. I need to format the code a little better, but I couldn’t resist posting my first entry on National Coffee Day. Eventually I may get the code looking all nice and readable and package it up as a WordPress theme. The color scheme is intended to represent a coffee plant: green for the leaves, shades of brown for the coffee beans and stalk, and red for the cherries.
I have a lot of plans for this site and I hope I can successfully pull it off. I could work on this site as a full-time job and still never get everything I’d like to done. Some of the topics you can expect to see include: brewing, espresso, health issues, history, news, photos, recipes, roasting, grinding, growing, storage, and anything else I can find that relates to coffee.
Heine Bros. Coffee – Eastern Parkway
Heine Brothers’ Coffee is by far my favorite coffee shop, so you’ll probably hear/see a lot about them. I’ve never had a bad cup of coffee there. Usually I’ll order their coffee of the day, although today I had a White Mocha because of the 15% discount I mentioned above. And, it’s National Coffee Day; I had to splurge a little.
I appreciate any comments or recommendations you may have. Thank you for reading and have a great National Coffee Day!