Time Running Out at Tumwater Farmers Market

Coffee is everywhere we go, or so it seems to me. I was in my bank the other day.  I hadn’t been in the actual building for quite some time because I always use the drive-through window, but that was shut down on that day, so inside I went, and I was immediately surprised by a pretty fancy coffee-brewing machine that could deliver a mocha to me on demand. An ad in the local paper touts another bank which is adding a full-service coffee shop in their lobby. And a local Toyota dealership has

Happy Valentine’s Day! I know, I’m late, but this recent snow has put me a little behind. Anyway, from the Caddagh Coldbrew family to yours, Happy Valentine’s Day . . . and now we turn our attention to Spring and farmers markets and marketing new products like Shake Shot and distribution and brewing and our delivery service and . . . STOP! Welcome to the mind of a small business owner.  My brain never shuts down, even when I’m home, supposedly relaxing with family, business always manages

From Reuters News Agency:  Arabica coffee prices will rise nearly 20 percent by the end of 2019 as Brazil's shift to an off-year in its biennial production cycle helps swing the world into a global deficit, a Reuters poll of nine traders and analysts showed on Tuesday. What does this mean for Claddagh Coldbrew? Truthfully I don’t know yet.  This is just another hiccup in the road that all small businesses must navigate and deal with. Because we purchase our coffee beans, we are subject to

One of the offshoots of legalized marijuana around the United States is a new product called CBD Coffee.  CBD, or cannabidiol, is an extract from marijuana.  It does not get you high, but proponents do say it helps with things like anxiety and insomnia.  A couple drops of CBD in a cup of coffee and customers are “good to go.” There are actually quite a few coffee shops around the U.S. which feature CBD coffee. Live and learn! Claddagh Coldbrew, and our signature Claddagh Cold brew

There was a study done recently to find out the cheapest cost for a case of domestic beer in each state. The computations were based on averages, studying five major brands as a base, and no specialty beers were included in the study. When it comes to brews, not all states are created equal. Beer prices are the highest in Alaska, where a 24-pack costs an average of $31.21. Illinois offers the cheapest prices, with an average of just $15.20 per case. What does all that have to do with

Here’s something you don’t hear every day . . . it’s so cold in the Upper Midwest that beer companies cannot deliver their product.  The beer is freezing in the trucks before the drivers can get it to the grocery stores and taverns.  Consequently, inventories in stores are running low, and many stores will be out of beer completely before the cold wave passes. Not a laughing matter at all! Here in Olympia we have no such problems with the cold, and it certainly is not a problem finding

I was reading about the Italian dessert Tiramisu the other day. For those who don’t know what it is, here is a description from our friends at Wikipedia: “Tiramisu (from the Italian language, spelled tiramisù [ˌtiramiˈsu], meaning "pick me up" or "cheer me up")[1] is a coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made of lady fingers (savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many

At the World Economic Forum there is a robot named YuMi serving coffee to the forum participants. It is supposed to represent what we can expect in the near future, robots taking over many non-essential tasks we humans do. “Love, loyalty, and friendship in every brew!” Two statements . . . the first about an impersonal approach to retail, taking the human element out of an activity which happens millions of times each day . . . and the second is our tagline here at Claddagh Coldbrew, a very

I was looking the other day at a list of coffee additives in order of popularity. Here is a list of coffee additives by popularity: ·         Cream ·         Milk ·         Sugar ·         Cinnamon ·         Vanilla Extract ·         Coconut Oil ·         Pumpkin Spice ·         Chocolate Without a doubt, milk/cream and sugar are the leading additives used by coffee drinkers worldwide. Which led me to ask this question: why do people like coffee additives so much? There seems to be two