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Coffee breakthrough

First, we’re very proud to announce that we are currently brewing Counter Culture’s single-origin Tekafrom Muramvya, Burundi, at Thunderbird Koenig. What’s so special about this? Plenty. Based out of Durham, North Carolina, Counter Culture is one of the pioneers of direct-trade coffee in the United States, and T-bird is the first shop in Austin to deliver their incredible coffees to you. It’s DELICIOUS and it’s available now in French press and to take home by the bag. There’s plenty more informationHERE. We’re committed to carrying the best coffees from all over the world, traded sustainably and roasted by the only the best. Stay on the lookout for more new coffees!

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From what I remember, Counture Culture did not take on any wholesale accounts west of the Mississippi river.  It is possible that this is a limited-time offering.  At any rate, Counter Culture is one of the “Big Three” in the quality niche of the specialty coffee industry, and to my knowledge, Thunderbird is the only shop in the state to be serving it (assuming that they are now a wholesale account).

They are also now serving parfaits.

Saturday Night Smackdown

This Saturday

FRANK – Austin, TX

6:00pm – 10:00pm

I wonder if this can turn fear at the sight of a shark’s dorsal fin into drooling.

We’ve had a lot of snow here in West Texas.  Crazy weather.  How is your weather?

Have a Great Weekend!

When: February 6th, 6pm-10pm

What: “Saturday Night Smackdown was inspired by our dear friends atOctane, those dedicated souls keepin coffee alive in the heart of the dirty south, Atlanta, GA. The idea is similar, to create an event for the surrounding coffee community to gather and share ideas, experiences, knowledge, and a whole lotta love.” – source

The Rules

p.s. – “Instead of the one pour-three judges, winner is picked format SNS will now be done in a more fast paced and thrilling head to head style pour offs. Enter the Single Elimination Bracket System, a tournament style latte art throwdown wherein two baristas pour head to head and one winner is chosen to move to the next bracket unitl we reach the last top two baristas to see who walks away with the top honors.” – source

Who: This one is organized by Tyler Wells(FRANK) and Lorenzo Perkins(Caffe Medici).  the      blog(http://saturdaynightsmackdown.blogspot.com) is run by Lorenzo Perkins.

So, if you want to get down with some latte art love in th ATX, you know what to do!  Be there.

Looking for sales people in Houston
base +  commission

Simple enough.  Thanks!



The job posting (along with contact info) can be found on the Jobs page here at tx-coffee.com

I hope you enjoy it.  We had a lot of fun making it.

It can be found on iTunes. -> Click

The podcast is called “The Dose”, and should be ready within a week or two.  You will be able to find it on iTunes as well.

I have no idea how often these podcasts will take place, but I’m hoping it will be monthly.
I’m also hoping to have the first one finished before the end of this month.  If you have some news for us, we’d like to hear about it.  Grand openings, events, promotions, sales, interesting people, interviews, and almost anything else that you could imagine taking place on a podcast: if you have any, we’d love to hear from you.

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It’s a mug.  It’s a laser mouse.  It reduces productivity to a crawl and effectively keeps your fuel nearby.

Just don’t drop it on your keyboard.

Have a Great Weekend!

2nd Place: Aaron Blanco of the Brown Coffee Company, San Antonio

1st Place: Lorenzo Perkins!!! of Caffe Medici, Austin

Congratulations to all of the finalists, the podium finishers, and to the 2010 South Central Regional Barista Champion, Lorenzo Perkins!

SCRBC:  Finals   12:00pm

Finalists

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