Road trip coffee... Don't you drink road trip coffee when you are driving? I think we all do. It's a kind of driving ritual. We grab a cup when we stop for gas. Gas station road coffee sucks for the most part. Although it is improving. Every time I travel by car, I remember why I like really good coffee. One thing about a road trip... A road trip is like a refresher course in coffee … [Read more...]
Our Worst Coffee Day Texas to Florida
Our Worst Coffee Day during our round-trip-coffee-florida-to-texas. 20-20 Hindsight Our whirlwind Texas visit had been full of joy and surprises but entirely too fast. We got a shaky start leaving Dallas to head back to Florida. Trying to beat the morning commute traffic out of town - with a combination of massive road construction and a total lack of familiarity with the Dallas landscape … [Read more...]
Avoca – Fort Worth – Really Good Coffee
Avoca Fort Worth On our Round Trip Coffee Florida to Texas road trip, we had the good fortune to discover a coffee gem in Fort Worth, Texas: Avoca Coffee Roasters. When the early-20-something barista refused to provide a doppio espresso to go, my first inclination was to reach over the counter and shake this young man vigorously. We had already been excursing for several hours. It was getting … [Read more...]
Round Trip Coffee – Florida to Texas
Round Trip Coffee Florida to Texas... Recently, Team Barrett did a road trip. We drank coffee on the way. As a precaution, we even brought along a Keurig, half and half on ice, ceramic mugs and a bucket of Beaniac Organic French Roast pods. This made hotel morning launches more synchronous with the flow of our journey. We are writing a series of posts about coffee shops we visited on the … [Read more...]