• ONGOING -- MOVIE NIGHT! Each Saturday night, we make popcorn and show old movies at 8pm. FREE! This week, 06/27/09, is the LAST MOVIE NIGHT, and it's a SURPRISE! The film is a great combination of action, suspense, and comedy, with some really famous folks in it. That's all I'm saying.
• 23 Jun 09 -- This weekend, June 27 & 28, is the last weekend for the store. We're closing it up. Coffee beans will still be available through mail-order, but I'm pretty sure fudge is going to go away. June will be making her last batches this weekend, and it freezes well, so come get some!
• 01 Jun 09 -- Regular drip coffee is now BREWED TO ORDER! Come taste the freshest brew around!
• 24 May 09 -- If you need several pounds of coffee for weekend pickup, please call or email ahead so we can be sure to have it on hand! Email to:
orders@rileys-coffee.com
• 18 May 09 -- Beginning this weekend, May 23rd, we will be open ONLY ON WEEKENDS. Hours will be Saturdays -- 9am to 10pm; and Sundays -- 9am to 7pm. Please plan accordingly. Customers are welcome to place orders for coffee beans during the week, for pickup on the weekends.
• 20 Mar 09 -- HAPPY SPRING! Let's go fly a kite in the field out back!
• 17 Mar 09 -- Happy St Patrick's Day!
• 05 Mar 09 -- The United States Barista Competition is this weekend in Portland, OR. Follow the live video stream on UStream.
• 02 Mar 09 -- The movie this week is better than the title would indicate. Really. Two people are framed for a jewelry robbery and spend time in jail. Once released, they work to clear their names by identifying the real culprits.
• 28 Feb 09 -- Get roasting updates and other info via TWITTER! Our username is rileyscoffee.
• 28 Feb 09 -- FAN us on FACEBOOK!
• 09 Feb 09 -- Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Be sure to get your order in for some hand-dipped chocolate-covered strawberries! $18.95/lb. Get them by the piece or by the pound.
• 04 Feb 09 -- Hey! We just found out yesterday that Barry was in a program on the Discovery Channel! Have a look at him serving as Technical Judge at the 2008 United States Barista Championship.
• 12 Dec 08 -- New crop Kona has arrived! The first batch just came out of the roaster. $22.50 per 1/2 pound. Get it while you can!
• 28 Nov 08 -- Let's not forget: Let's Bring 'Em Home. In short, LBEH buys plane tickets for overseas military personnel so they can join their families at home for Christmas.
A number to keep in mind: 96%. Ninety-six cents out of every dollar donated goes to bringing soldiers home for the holidays. In a tight economy, get the most bang-for-your-donation-buck!
• 26 Nov 08 -- Happy 2nd Anniversary! We opened the new store on the day before Thanksgiving, 2006. November is also the 20th anniversary of our being in the coffee biz!
• 11 Nov 08 -- The 11th Day of the 11th Month. Ninety years ago today, the slaughter of the Great War came to an end, and the foundations of the next great war were laid.
• 25 Oct 08 -- 593 years since Harry rallied his men thus:
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day." -- Wm. Shakespeare
• 10 Oct 08 -- CARAMEL APPLES ARE HERE! We make the caramel from scratch, and hand-dip Granny Smith apples!
• 15 Sep 08 -- This Friday is Talk Like a Pirate Day!
• 15 Sep 08 -- Sure, it's a Fairy Tale, but it's not just for kids. It's also topical, dealing with both government and floods!
• 28 Jul 08 -- This week's movie is really good.
• 28 Jun 08 -- If you've never been here in person, click HERE to see the shop in Google Maps Streetview!
• 24 Jun 08 -- All the Ethiopian Sidamo Shanta Golba is GONE. Many thanks to those who enjoyed it as much as we did! It was a great coffee. Now the search begins for another fantastic taste...
• 15 Jun 08 -- Happy Fathers' Day!
• 06 Jun 08 -- D-Day. The Longest Day. A bit milder than Saving Private Ryan, and it was filmed on location in Normandy.
• 03 Jun 08 -- We've got more coffee berries ripening on the trees!
• 30 May 08 -- The last roast of the Ethiopian Sidamo Shanta Golba is now in the roaster! That means only SEVEN pounds will be available. If you want some of it, this is your last chance!
• 28 May 08 -- We have coffee trees! Yep, two coffee trees have appeared in the store, complete with ripening berries.
• 07 May 08 -- Between helping with educational labs, administering tests, judging at the USBC, and having dozens of impromptu meetings on USBC and BGA issues, there wasn't a whole lot of time for other things at the SCAA Conference,
although Barry was able to run around the show floor for an hour or so with Greg Scace, causing as much havoc as we could.
• 05 May 08 -- The finals for the 2008 US Barista Championship begin today at NOON. Watch Barry be a Technical Judge on the competition live feed HERE.
• 05 May 08 -- Barry has been at the 20th Annual Conference of the Specialty Coffee Association of America in Minneapolis. Have a look at the SCAA Live Blog.
Barry is mentioned here in reference to his work on the Barista Skills Assessment.
• 29 Apr 08 --