Cream and Sugar
How do you take your coffee? Cream and sugar? Black? Flavored creamers? Let’s take a look at the options. Sugar Sugar used to be simple: white granulated powder. Nowadays there are other options, like...
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Drinking Coffee as a Kid
I invented Starbucks as a kid. Okay, not really, but I wonder if I could’ve. Back in the 1980s, before gourmet cafes became all the rage, I liked to mix up elaborate coffee drinks....
Holy Triangle
Back in college I had what I called the “Holy Triangle”: the three places I spent the bulk of my day. There was Espresso Royale Coffee, Berkey Hall and a bar called the Peanut...
The Siren Call of the Coffee Shop
I could not resist the siren call of the coffee shop. As the bus sped down the street without me. I looked down at my watch. Fifteen minutes till the next bus. An eternity...
The Long-Departed Rain
It was raining. Not an unusual event in most places, but Los Gatitos was not most places. Smack dab in the middle of the Wasabi desert, it was the driest town in North America....
Coffee: My Benevolent Addiction
I can’t remember my first cup of coffee. I was too young to recall it. My grandparents used to serve it to me all the time. I’m not sure if my parents were too...
Peet’s Coffee and Tea: A California Chain in Texas
Like In-N-Out Burger, Peet’s Coffee and Tea is a recent import from California. And like In-N-Out, it has a very dedicated following. Fans of the coffee chain call themselves Peetniks, and they go out...
Your Home Away From Home: Crooked Tree Coffee
On Routh Street in Uptown Dallas, there’s a little gray house. If not for the sign in the front yard, it could be a small family home. Inside it feels just as homey, with...
A Gem on Henderson: Pearl Cup Coffee
If you like coffee and you live in Dallas, Pearl Cup Coffee on Henderson is the place to go. Even with four stars and over 150 reviews on Yelp, Pearl Cup lives up to...
