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A Look Inside Orchard Coffee in Waynesville, NC

October 8, 2021 By Michael Leave a Comment

Nestled in the Smoky Mountains, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more idyllic mountain town than Waynesville, NC.  But what’s a quaint, mountain town without a community gathering place? It turns out Waynesville is not only blessed with incredible natural beauty but an exceptional café: Orchard Coffee, serving locally-roasted coffee from its sister company Steamline Coffee. Behind both companies is a man who needs no introduction to long-time readers of thecoffeecompasss.com, Cabell Tice. …

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Cabell Tice, coffee roaster, North Carolina, Steamline Coffee, Waynesville

A Look Inside Liturgy Beverage Company in Durham, NC

June 17, 2021 By Michael Leave a Comment

Liturgy Beverage Company More than a year after opening Litugry Beverage Company, Tim and TiLissa Jones can finally welcome dine-in guests to their café. It was a long time coming. It’s been over two years since we published this interview, when Liturgy was a pop up kiosk in a YMCA waiting for their space at the Durham Food Hall to be ready. Construction delays bled into a statewide lockdown, forcing Liturgy to navigate a pandemic in addition to new business struggles.

But they soldiered through and when I visited their café earlier this month, things were humming.

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Durham, Liturgy Beverage Company, North Carolina, Tim Jones

Black & White Coffee Roasters Opens in Videri Chocolate Factory

August 5, 2019 By Michael Leave a Comment

Peanut butter and jelly. Cookies and milk. Thai food and riesling. There’s a lot of classic food pairings, but perhaps none more universal than coffee and chocolate. So it’s fitting that Wake Forest, North Carolina’s Black & White Coffee Roasters recently opened their second retail location inside of bean-to-bar chocolatiers Videri Chocolate Factory. We caught up with Black & White co-owner Kyle Ramage to learn more about what he and his business partner Lem Butler have been up to in Downtown Raleigh….

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Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Black and White Coffee Roasters, North Carolina, Raleigh

Raleigh’s BREW Coffee Bar Displays Diversity of North Carolina Coffee

May 6, 2016 By Michael Leave a Comment

BREW Raleigh

If you mention coffee in North Carolina, most people think of one company, and for good reason. With training centers scattered across the country, two US barista champions, and unparalleled wholesale support, Durham-based Counter Culture Coffee is one of the most dominant companies in the industry. But the Pine State is home to a growing number of quality-minded coffee roasters, and nowhere is that more evident than at BREW Coffee Bar in downtown Raleigh. …

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Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: BREW, Marcos Iglesias, North Carolina, Raleigh, Raleigh Coffee Company

Fine Dining meets Great Coffee at Joule

January 19, 2015 By Michael 1 Comment

Joule

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 points to the former, while the front counter- arrayed with a custom La Marzocco Strada and a Kalita Wave brew bar -suggests otherwise. Perhaps the question misses the point. Either way, the stunning café from James Beard Award-winning chef Ashley Christensen is brewing some of the best coffee in Downtown Raleigh….

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Counter Culture Coffee, Joule, North Carolina, Raleigh

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

January 20, 2014 By Darren 1 Comment

Big Eastern 2014

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 down, but that didn’t stop us from snapping a bunch of pictures between downing shots of espresso brewed by …

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Filed Under: Barista Competitions Tagged With: 2014 Big Eastern Barista Competition, Camila Ramos, Counter Culture Coffee, Durham, Katie Carguilio, Lem Butler, North Carolina

Cafe Review: Jubala Village Cafe in Raleigh, NC

December 31, 2012 By Michael 2 Comments

Jubala latte art

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 thriving craft coffee shop and even money says there’s an independent bike shop, record store, or art gallery a stone’s throw away. Unless that coffee shop is Jubala Village Coffee in Raleigh, NC.

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Counter Culture Coffee, Durham, Jubala Village Coffee, North Carolina, Raleigh

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