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Tag: Counter Culture Coffee

New Balance and J. Crew Release Coffee-inspired Shoe

  • Michael Butterworth
  • March 26, 2017
  • 1 Comment

My New Balance shoes are covered in coffee stains. Actually all of my shoes are covered in coffee stains. Alas, Cafiza can only do so much. But that doesn’t stop me from drooling over theseÂ

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Jubala Coffee Opens Cutting Edge Second Location

  • Michael Butterworth
  • July 5, 2016March 1, 2017
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Five years ago Jubala Coffee introduced Raleigh’s northern suburbs to specialty coffee. Thanks to a thoughtful array of hand-brewed single origin coffees, lattes flavored with house-made s

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Empire State of Grind: Erika Vonie Leads Expansion at Brooklyn’s Variety Coffee Roasters

Empire State of Grind: Erika Vonie Leads Expansion at Brooklyn’s Variety Coffee Roasters

  • Michael Butterworth
  • August 24, 2015August 24, 2015
  • 2 Comments

One of the most rewarding aspects of competing in barista competitions is not the moment in the limelight or even the free swag, it’s the friendships one makes with other committed coffee pro

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Fine Dining meets Great Coffee at Joule

  • Michael Butterworth
  • January 19, 2015January 12, 2016
  • 1 Comment

Defying Expectations Joule is hard to pin down. Is the Raleigh hotspot a restaurant with a great coffee program or a coffee shop with a great food program? The table service and dinner menu point

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Cafe Review: High Brow Brew in Franklin, TN

  • Kathleen Hartsfield Spicer
  • July 8, 2014January 12, 2016
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Just a few years ago, the Westhaven community in Franklin, Tennessee was a pasture outside of town. That land is now home to High Brow Brew, a new café serving Counter Culture Coffee.

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We Went to the 2014 Big Eastern Barista Competition and Took a Bunch of Pictures

  • Darren
  • January 20, 2014June 24, 2014
  • 1 Comment

On January 17-19, the best baristas on the entire East Coast descended on Durham, NC for the 2014 Big Eastern Barista Competition. Official online media sponsors Sprudge had the coverage locked do

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Cafe Review: Black Tap Coffee in Charleston, SC

  • Guest
  • August 12, 2013January 12, 2016
  • 3 Comments

Historic Building, Cutting Edge Coffee In the heart of historic Charleston, Black Tap Coffee is carving out a place for craft coffee in the South’s culinary capital. Opened in February 201

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How To Make Japanese Iced Coffee

  • Michael Butterworth
  • June 5, 2013June 5, 2013
  • 9 Comments

How to Make Japanese Iced Coffee All across North America thermometers are rising, windows are being rolled down, and old jeans are being turned into cut-offs. Summer is upon us. One of our favorit

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Cafe Review: Everyman Espresso in SoHo

  • Michael Butterworth
  • March 18, 2013January 12, 2016
  • 1 Comment

The Big Apple. Gotham. The City that Never Sleeps. Whatever you call it, New York has emerged as a premier coffee destination. In previous years New Yorkers were notorious for drinking their coffee

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Cafe Review: Jubala Village Cafe in Raleigh, NC

  • Michael Butterworth
  • December 31, 2012January 12, 2016
  • 2 Comments

Certain kinds of neighborhoods tend to attract craft coffee shops. They’re usually gritty, partially gentrified neighborhoods: the kind your parents would lock their car doors in. Show me a t

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