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CHICAGO!
March 15, 2008
STARTING OFF THE DAY WITH

is guaranteed to positively affect your day. Continuing the trend of good-ness, we were hosted by two inspiring, welcoming, laugh-inducing ladies. We had good friends, good sleeps, and good food all within 12 hours arriving in Chicago.
The good continued into our visit to Metropolis Coffee and our [...]

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…and the witty writing returns!

Holiday season 2008… that means CoffeeInAction has left the desperate public with nothing to buzz about. We sincerely apologize. Not to worry. The book of everything (our log and notebook from the trip) has found its way back into our loving hands. Charming Chicago is next and both Melanie and Sara [...]

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Can’t spell it’s name – but this city was fun!!

Milualkie? Milwalkie? ggrrrr…..Milwaulkie! WTF, man. Anyway….
Friday, March 14th (The Action)
The Agenda:
Volunteer….
Film…
Beer….
Tour Alterra….
Drive to Chicago……
Volunteering at the Coffee competition was A B.L.A.S.T, Blast. The Shiz’, super fun, a grand old time, however you need to hear it to understand that we had fun. Boat loads of fun. I didn’t actaully expect to have [...]

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A Coffee Who?

March 13, 2008 was a lot of driving.
Driving driving driving.
At 12:19 pm Suzie reached 6,000 miles! Here things (once again) got a little silly.

We arrived in Milwaukee to relax with another amazing SITer, Katie. Over dinner Katie tolds us about her experiences promoting sustainability at Alterra Coffee, a Milwaulkie based coffee roaster. That [...]

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Colorado is really big.

March 12, 2008
Logs and Figures
Wednesday morning started out before the sunrise. A sweet breakfast with Kate while the rest of the house slept soundly and we were out the door. Eastern Colorado rambled on and on and on. Here are some snippets from the morning:
6:30 am Leave Boulder
10:18 am Mel spots tumbleweed [...]

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Baby Toes for Breakfast!

March 11, 2008
A delicious perk of the road trip is that we get to reconnect with old friends all over the country. Travis is one of those people. Travis and his family live just south of Denver so we decided to spend a night with our almost long-lost friend. Travis and his wife Liz are [...]

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Questions on Coffee: Open Forum

 People of the Internet: We like you.  And we like talking with you.  Somtimes on this blog we get to dialogue back and forth with our readers.  Sometimes, as with the Class on Fire, we decide the conversation is so good we want to move it to the public arena and make it a post [...]

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A quick update.

Monday March 10, 2008
Logs and Figures
5:49 PM Suzie hits 5,000 miles!
Coffee/Espresso drink: 150
Related bathroom breaks: 145

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The Art of Espresso

March 10, 2008
A few days away from coffee coffee coffee at every turn and we were ready to rejuvenate CoffeeInAction in action. Our first stop was Ozo Coffee Company on Arapahoe Ave. Drip coffee in pint glasses was a neat spin on the traditional mug (although a little hot on the hands). Sipping our delicious [...]

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statistic pictures

A friend sent over this link.  Truly mind-boggling.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php
 Most specifically to this blog, make sure you take a look at the paper cup one.  However, they are all fascinating and hopefully illuminating.
 Sara Rose

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