KC Perky

Looks like the coffee economy is picking up a bit!  More new places to try:

Phil’s on 63rd (where Max’s Autodiner used to be)
Petra Coffeehouse in Raytown
The Steamin Bean in Blue Springs
Zombie Joe’s is still in a holding pattern on opening, but they have bumper stickers!
And of course, all those places in Waldo are getting rolling, particularly One More Cup

A place out in San Fran, Trouble Coffee, has been serving an interesting drink, Cold Press Coffee.  Any baristas around here up to try to make it for us?  If so, hit back in the comments and we’ll come try it:

…cold press coffee which is ground espresso beans soaked for 24 hours and hand-mixed three times & then all the grounds settle & you’re left with this rather amazing, never warmed mellow drink. Almost a liquor in flavor. Strong as shit.

And last but not least, by total surprise, The OC Register (newspaper in LA) put us on the short list of coffee shop websites.  Let’s hear it for KC getting cred!  Whoo hoo!

And now, with no reason to mention them other than I like them:

Black Dog Coffeehouse.

We all love our coffee.  And when somebody gives you something you love, sometimes it rubs off.  I’m talking about the Barista Crush.  We’ve all had one.  I was talking to a barista this morning who admits to have had her own crush on a barista earlier in her life.  Which is why Kristin Chenoweth’s song is so amusing (see below).

What’s better though, is the viral response to her song, “Taylor’s Response”.  This man has the first singing of the song on YouTube, presumably he wrote it.  However, below you’ll find the funniest performance of the response, this one done at an Epcot Center concert.

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