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CLEO'S
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How to Make
Coffee in a
French Press
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window below...
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info on the
French Press pot
used in the
above video...
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and recipes!
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It brings us into the moment...
And then the moment is gone.
Cleo's Past
Coffee Tips
How to Make
Cuban Coffee
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window below...
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info on the
Moka Express
stovetop pot used
in the above
video.

Just for fun
see below......
More to
post soon...


Welcome
to my *virtual* coffeehouse!
The coffee is brewing,
the fireplace is crackling, and the muffins are baking. So come in to my virtual Village Blend to warm your bones and hang out for
a little while.
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Last Updated
Friday
September 3, 2010

Welcome
September!
New
Recipe Post!
Cleo Coyle's
Double-Chocolate
Hurricane Muffins 
A swirling vortex of gooey
chocolate...and my thoughts
on stormy weather.
To get my new recipe for
Double-Chocolate "Hurricane" Muffins,
simply jump over to my weekly blog post
at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen. All you have
to do is...
CLICK HERE
If you like it,
buzz it!

To get more of my recipes,
simply scroll down this page.
You can also visit the Recipes page
on this website by clicking here...
Live!
Labor Day!

Join Cleo for her next
FREE COFFEE
DRAWING
Monday, September 6
@7 PM (Eastern) * 6 PM (Central)
5 PM (Mountain) * 4 PM (Pacific)

To enter next Monday's drawing,
and all of my future weekly drawings
for a free package of my latest Coffee Pick,
simply sign up for my free
E-newsletter by sending an e-mail that says
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Just my way of sharing some excellent
coffee finds with my readers and site visitors.
Cheers &
Good Luck!
~ Cleo Coyle

WIN THIS
COFFEE
FROM CLEO
Cleo's Summer
Coffee Pick:
Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
This delicious coffee is grown by subsistence
farmers of Haiti. To learn more, read Cleo's
featured post by scrolling down
the center column...
Click here for more info
or to to purchase
Congrats to last
week's coffee
drawing winner...
JoAnn from
Staten Island,
New York
Scroll down to see the names
and states of my past
coffee drawing winners...
This week's Free Coffee Countdown is still on!
Monday evening, I held my weekly LIVE Free Coffee Crawing. "T" is the first letter in the winning e-mail address, randomly selected among my current E-Newslette subscribers. But "T" has not won yet! "T" must reply to my notifying e-mail by Friday, September 3, or I will have to choose a new winner! So stay tuned and check back. If the above coffee clock keeps ticking through Friday at midnight (EST), I'll be holding a new Coffee Drawing Saturday morning!!! (Okay, calm down. Shortness of breath can occur when you get overly excited and that’s just not good for you.)
Thanks for stopping by!
—Cleo
New
Recipe Post!
Cleo Coyle's
Drunken Peaches

My blog post this week at
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen features two
elegant yet very easy end-of-summer recipes: Drunken Peaches
and Honey-Kissed Peaches
with Ginger-Infused Whipped Cream.
Get both recipes by
clicking here.
If you like it,
buzz it!

Congrats to the winner of last Friday's Latte Cup giveaway, Erin McNary Hampton. Drink with joy, Erin
~ Cleo
Set a new course.
There's coffee in
that nebula.
^ Click me
~ Captain Janeway,
Star Trek: Voyager
Happy Birthday!

"In this life we cannot do great things.
We can only do small things with great love…"
~ Mother Teresa
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
100 Years This Week
Recipe
Post!
Cleo Coyle's
Chocolate Chip
Cobbler
My decadently delicious
adaptation of a
reader's favorite chocolate
cobbler recipe. Get both
recipes by...
Congrats to the winner
of my Tuesday
Flash Giveaway:
The blogger mom at
"My Book Addiction"
Keep checking this blog or
my Facebook page for you next chance
to win this adorable cup...
Just
Released...
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Just released in hardcover
from Penguin's
Berkley Prime Crime
"Coyle's strong 9th Coffeehouse
Mystery pays tribute to New York's
firefighters..."
~ Publishers Weekly
"Will keep you reading long into the night.
ROAST MORTEM is an entertaining book
with a thrilling mystery."
~ RRT
"No one combines a cozy atmosphere
with a realistic crime novel any better than
Cleo Coyle . . . a winner."
~ Lesa Holstine,
award-winning contributing
reviewer to Library Journal and
Mystery Readers Journal

To order this HOT new entry in
Cleo Coyle's bestselling
Coffeehouse Mystery series,
click on a link below:
Roast Mortem
A Coffeehouse Mystery
@ AMAZON
OR...
OR...
To find an
Independent
Bookstore
near you,
Special
Guest Post!
"Why do you include recipes
in your murder mysteries?"

I answer the question
this week at BookTrib.com
To read my guest post,
CLICK HERE
To download my recipe for
Fresh Glazed
Strawberry Pie
CLICK HERE

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...
***NEW***
REVIEWS!
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To read the new
Fresh Fiction Review
of Roast Mortem,
CLICK HERE!

Tempting
Persephone
CLICK HERE

THE MYSTERY
READER
CLICK HERE
More Roast Mortem
Reviews Below...
The Friendly Book Nook
Mysteries and My Musings
Lesa's Book Critiques
Janet Boyer.com
We Be Reading
Vixen’s Daily Reads,
I Like it a Latte,
The World of Book Reviews,
The Mystery Bookshelf,
Cozy Book Reviews, and
Cooking with Ideas, aka the Bibliochef,
who just won a Top Blog Award
(congrats, Bibliochef!)
"The most stirring symbol
of man's humanity
to man is in a fire truck."
~ Kurt Vonnegut

CLICK HERE
to see Cleo's BookTrib.com post
Cleo Coyle: No Mystery Why I'm
Inspired by the FDNY
New
Recipe Post!
Cleo Coyle's
Blueberry Buttermilk
Firehall Pancakes

Looks spectacular.
Tastes even better.
And the recipe is
easy as pie
CLICK HERE
With just 2 ingredients
CLICK HERE
If you like it,
...to get my free,
downloadable recipe at
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen.

Congrats to the winners
of my Special Sunday
Pancake Party Post!
"LSU Reader" won the "Gimme Coffee" Latte Cup
* Pattie T. of Pattie Tierney Designs: Wearable Literary Art
won a pound of Cops Coffee
* Dana Ford Halicki won the Firehouse Cookbook
* Mickie Vee won the signed copy of my new
Coffeehouse Mystery: Roast Mortem
New Recipe
Post!
Got Overripe
Strawberries?
Waste not!
Make them
into...
Cleo Coyle's
"Pourable Candy"
Strawberry Syrup
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and a few simple steps,
you can make this "Wow!" of a
Strawberry Syrup
to pour over ice cream,
pancakes, pound cake, angel food,
and more...
...to get my free,
downloadable recipe at
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen.
buzz it!

Congrats to my Latte Cup
winner of July 30!
Mason Canyon of Thoughts in Progress blog! Watch my Web site
for your next chance to win this
beautiful latte cup and saucer,
made in Italy.

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...

At long last, after 8 years
and 9 books...
THE COFFEEHOUSE
MYSTERY TRAILER
A Note from Cleo...
Well, the time has finally come. Roast Mortem is on sale. I hope you all will stop by and let me know how you like this one. The book has had some very nice reviews already, including Publishers Weekly, which praised the book, calling it a "tribute to New York City
firefighters..."
Above photo of FDNY firefighters
taken in New York City (c) 2010 by Alice Alfonsi who
writes as Cleo Coyle with her husband, Marc Cerasini
Book review bloggers who are readers of my Coffeehouse Mystery series have posted reviews, as well. Click the links below to see their thoughts on Roast Mortem...
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Hit the hot links below
to read Roast Mortem
reviews at:
NEW! Lesa's Book Critiques
Janet Boyer.com
We Be Reading
Vixen’s Daily Reads,
I Like it a Latte,
The World of Book Reviews, The Mystery Bookshelf,
Cozy Book Reviews, and
Cooking with Ideas,
aka the Bibliochef, who just won a Top Blog Award (congrats, Bibliochef!).
NOTE: If you are a blogger who plans a review of Roast Mortem, send me an e-mail at VillageBlend@aol.com with a link
that says "REVIEW" and I'll post it here! And be sure to check out the Mega Release Party Contest below...
My favorite quote is not from a book reviewer. It's from a book reviewer's father. Gary S. Downey served 40+ years as a fire chief in South Carolina. After his daughter {Barbara Hightower of World of Book Reviews } read Roast Mortem, she gave it to him for an opinion and was shocked to find out that he had read it in one night. Chief Downey's verdict:

"That was the best story
about firemen I have ever read
and so real."
~ Chief Gary S. Downey, ret.
Yep. My favorite review
quote by far. (Barbara: Your Dad
has trumped you!)
I am working on getting a newsletter
out to you AND making them more regular, too, with recipes, coffee picks and reader news (like the father-son team "The Coffee Guys" who roast their own coffee at home! Scroll down this page to meet them).
To sign up for my newsletter
send an Email that says
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I greatly appreciate your comments on my message board and your wonerful e-mails and Facebook shout-outs, too. If you have not yet "friended" me on Facebook, I am there as Cleo Coyle. Click here
to visit my Facebook page.

Keep watching this website
for contests to win some great prizes
over the next few weeks!

Thank you so much for
your support and stopping by to
celebrate Roast Mortem's
release with me!
~ Cleo
Because Roast Mortem
was inspired by firefighters,
I will be holding instant
giveaways for the California
Firehouse Cookbook all
through August and September.
Sales of the cookbook
benefit the Terry Farrell
Firefighters Fund.
Winners (so far)
of my Firehouse Cookbook
giveaways!
* Tiffinie Helmer of Utah & AK
* Theresa of North August, SC
* Holly of Pine Hill, NJ
* Janel of Janel's Jumbles
Your name here!
Watch this website or
my Facebook page
for your next chance to win!
To meet some real members
of New York City's Fire Department
(FDNY) preparing the most important
meal of the year in their
firehouse kitchen, click the arrow
in the window below...
Reader Spotlight
Coffee Break
with....
"The Coffee Guys"
Father and Son
Coffee Roasting Team of
Travis and Nick Bradburn
Home Roasters
of Ortonville, Michigan
To visit their website,
click here.
Hi there. Cleo Coyle here. I've never met Travis Bradburn, but when he won my Free Coffee Drawing recently, we exchanged e-mails. He mentioned that he roasts his own coffee at home with his 6-year-old son, Nick, who loves the process.
Roasting green coffee at home used to be very common (about a century ago). Like brewing your own beer or making your own
cheese, it is a culinary art and a wonderful hobby. The Recipes and Tips section of my new Coffeehouse Mystery, Roast Mortem, even contains a quickie guide to the stages of roasting green coffee. I asked Travis if he wouldn’t mind sharing his thoughts on the subject. Happily, he agreed. Thanks, Travis!
~ Cleo
TRAVIS BRADBURN: I'm a home roaster. My 6 year old son and I love to roast coffee together. He's the one that named us The Coffee Guys. Home roasting can be a lot of fun. My son and I started with a pop-corn popper, then went to a Behmor roaster, and finally we were getting so many request that I purchased a little 2 kg commercial roaster a few months ago.
We have a lot of fun and we're both learning a lot. Nick always tries one of the beans--he's too young to actually drink the coffee (or I risk my wife's wrath) :)
The other day I roasted some coffee and before he tried it, he said "Is this light or dark roast?" I told him dark. He said "Good because I don't want all that caffeine from a light roast!"
Home roasting can create a lot of smoke so doing it outdoors to start is a good idea. SweetMarias.com has a lot of good information for the home roaster. Kenneth Davids' books were another must read for me before I started home roasting. I'm sure you've already read them but Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival is a very good introduction. As you can tell from his title I think you share a similar mindset about the romance of coffee.Once again I can't thank you enough for the wonderful books. They are such a joy to read.
~ Travis
Thanks again, Travis! I look forward to trying your coffee for myself. And I grinned when I read your note about Sweet Marias and Kenneth Davids books. I mention both of them in the addendum of Roast Mortem.
For anyone interested in reading about the Home Roasting process, below is the book that Travis (and I) recommend. Or you can click over to Sweet Maria's web site where they sell home roasting equipment, green coffee beans, and give plenty of advice to home roasters.
Drink with joy!
~ Cleo
Recipe
Post!
Cleo's Chilly
Cleoccino!
Cold medicine for
a long, hot summer!
My copycat Starbucks
Frappuccino recipe uses
coffee ice cubes. (A great use
for your leftover joe!)
To get my free, downloadable
recipe for this
frosty refresher,
CLICK HERE
...and jump to
my new recipe post at
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen.

Congrats to my Latte Cup
winner from July 23
Cindy Waffles of Looky Tasty blog! Watch my Web site for your next chance to win this beautiful cup and saucer, made in Italy.

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...
Recipe
Post!
Cleo's
Cool & Creamy
Peppercorn
Dressing
A perfect summer salad
dressing that's rich and creamy
yet far from bland...
To get my recipe
for Cool and Creamy
Peppercorn Dressing
CLICK HERE
...and jump to
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen
where six mystery writers
are cooking up crime...
and recipes.

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...
Recipe
Post!
Got Leftovers?
Here are five ways to
make thrifty use of
your summer grilling
leftovers...
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To get my recipe ideas
for your grilled leftovers,
and jump to
Mystery Lovers' Kitchen
where six mystery writers
are cooking up crime
and recipes!

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...
Recipe
Post!
102 Grilling Ideas
for Summer
No kidding, 102,
including the one
pictured below...
To get these
102 recipe ideas and
read my post, which includes
a fun "competitive eating"
video from Singapore...
If you like it,
buzz it!

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...
Very excited! Why?
My publisher recently
sent me the cover art
for my next...
HAUNTED BOOKSHOP
MYSTERY
So many of you have been asking about the
new book in my "other" mystery series,
which I also write in collaboration with my husband.
Well, I'm happy to show you that it's on the way.
(Check out the new size of my name
on the cover . . . yowza!
A nice change and a long time coming. :)
From the heart, I thank those of you
who have been reading my "Ghost" series for
the past six years. I sincerely hope
you enjoy the new one.
~ Cleo Coyle
(aka "Alice Kimberly" - Alice Alfonsi)
Coming Next Year!
The Ghost and
the Bogus Bestseller
To learn more about
Cleo Coyle's (Alice Alfonsi's)
bestselling
Haunted Bookshop
Mysteries click here.
Previous Bestsellers
in the "Ghost" Series...

Book #1
The Ghost and
Mrs. McClure

Book #2
The Ghost and
the Dead Deb

Book #3
The Ghost and the
Dead Man's Library
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Book #4
The Ghost
and the Femme Fatale

Book #5
The Ghost and the
Haunted Mansion
And coming in
March 2011...

Book #6
The Ghost and
the Bogus Bestseller
Recipe
Post!
Tale of the
Virgin Mojito
A refreshing
combination of
sweet lime & sharp,
cool spearmint...
To get my
new recipe and
read my post about certain
"spirits" that send me
to the Dark Side...
If you like it,
buzz it!
Recipe
Post!
RED HAT
CAKE
A Quick & Easy
Cherry Streusel
Coffee Cake
courtesy of
Red Hatter
Shirley Hunt Jackson
Thank you to
Foodgawker.com
for selecting
my Red Hat Cake photo
as a featured foodie photo.
CLICK HERE TO SEE
THEN CLICK MY PHOTO
FOR THE RECIPE POST

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...
It is inhumane, in my opinion, to
force people who have a genuine medical
need for coffee to wait in line
behind people who apparently view it as
some kind of recreational activity.
I bet this kind of thing does not happen to
heroin addicts. I bet that
when serious heroin addicts go to purchase
their heroin, they do not tolerate
waiting in line while some
dilettante in front of them
orders a hazelnut smack-a-chino
with cinnamon sprinkles!
~ Dave Barry
Recipe Post!
LITTLE
CHOCOLATE
CLOUDS IN MY
COFFEE
This blog post was a FoodBuzz
Top 9 Pick! (click to see)
Float these little cocoa meringues
into coffee or espresso for
an instant mocha. Or simply dip them
and bite for a chocolate delight.
To get my recipe,
click here...

You can see more of my recipes
by scrolling down this page. You can
also visit the Recipes page on this
website by clicking here...
Cleo says: "I've come to think of this
as Mike Quinn's theme song..."
Click the arrow in
window below

Click here to visit
Cleo's archives and
learn about the birth of
modern coffeehouse
culture...
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My Coffee Drawing
Winners Receive a Free Package of...

MY
SUMMER COFFEE
PICK...
Kafe
Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
(in Haitian Creole)
Grown by the subsistence coffee farmers in the mountains of Baradères, Haiti, (yes, Haiti, I'll bet you never tasted Haitian coffee before, have you?), this rich, darkly roasted, low-acid coffee is velvety smooth but with a full-bodied mouthfeel.
This is a sweet-smelling coffee with notes of chocolate, caramel, and (as it cools), hints of dried apricots. My husband and I never tire of brewing and savoring it and the best news of all, every package we buys helps the people of Haiti help themselves.
As most of you know, Haiti was hit by a catastrophic earthquake earlier this year, killing tens of thousands and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. Although the coffee growers of Baradères are located about 100 miles from the epicenter of the quake (see map below), their chief concern is a flood of earthquake refugees who came to their region lacking adequate food, shelter
and medical care.
Above map of Haiti shows the epicenter of the earthquake, near the country's capital city, Port-au-Prince. The mountains of Baradères are about 100 miles away. Read more at www.JustHaiti.org
The coffee growers of Baradères are contributing about one-third of the funds from profits they have earned (from sales to the US)

Above photo of Haitian coffee growers loading bags
of green beans - www.JustHaiti.org
To help these growers help
the people of Haiti, you can purchase
Kafe Lespwa by clicking here.
I drink their whole bean, French Roast, which they call "regular" roast.
~ Cleo
If you would like to learn more about "Just Hait," the organization dedicated to helping these coffee farmers help themsleves, visit the www.JustHaiti.org website, where you can read press releases and view photos and video of their work.
BTW - A 12-ounce package of Kafe Lespwa is going to be my featured Free Coffee Drawing prize every week, all summer long. If you haven't signed up yet for my weekly free coffee drawings, scroll down to the green text and learn how. It's free. Sign up once and you're entered in all of my weekly coffee drawings for the life of my website.
Drink with joy,
~ Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Alfonsi)

CLEO'S FREE
COFFEE DRAWINGS
Would you like to
win a package of Kafe Lespwa? Enter my next free coffee drawing (and all of my future weekly drawings) by signing up for my free, seasonal E-newsletter. Simply send an e-mail that says "Sign me up" to VillageBlend@aol.com and you will be entered automatically in Monday's drawing as well as all of my future drawings, just my way of sharing some excellent coffee finds with my readers and site visitors.
Cheers and
Good Luck!
~ Cleo (aka Alice)
How Life is like
a cup of coffee...

Shout-out
to my past
java winners!
Congrats to
last week's
winner...
JoAnn from
Staten Island,
New York
And to my previous
week's winner...
Paula of
Gary, Indiana
More past
winners...
* Jill of Covington, Kentucky
Caroline of San Antonio, Texas
* Travis of Ortonville, Michigan
* Sandra of Delanson, New York
* Theresa of Antioch, Ilinois
* Cary of Hartford, Alabama
* Jill of Memphis, Tennessee
* Pattie of Cocoa, Florida
* Veronica of Elgin, South Carolina
* V.S. of Newton, New Jersey
* Sharon of Mamaroneck, New York
* Terry of Memphis, Tennessee
* Marbie of St. Louis, Missouri
* Susie of Gibsonton, Florida
* Mary of Hendersonville, North Carolina
* Ann of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
* Nancy of West Des Moines, Iowa
* Suzette of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
* Barbara of Memphis, Tennessee
* Janet of Powell, Ohio
* Paula of Akron, Ohio
* Ericka of Plano, Texas
* Michele of Horseheads, New York
* Eileen of Haverville, Massachusetts
* Lyn of Vanceburg, Kentucy
* Jan of Freeport, Michigan
* Madonna of Blue Ridge, Virginia
* Carol of Coral Springs, Florida
Gwen of Sacramento, California
* Connie of Santa Clara, California
* Barbara of Reston,Virgina
* Nancy of Cape Coral, Florida
* Susan of Philadelphia, PA
* Karen of New Haven, Indiana
* Phil of Bronx, New York
* Barbara of Wyandotte, Michigan
* Gayle of Plantation, Florida
* Alexandra of Mercer Island, Washington
*Joe of Chantilly, Virginia
* Heather of Prince George, BC, Canada
To see the names and states
of many more of Cleo's Coffee
Drawing winners, keep scrolling down
this Home Page...

CLEO'S
COFFEE PICK
FOR SPRING
2010 was...
A "Chef's blend"
created for
award-
winning Chef
Thomas Keller's
world-renowned...
Roasted by
Equator Estates Coffee
"2010 Roaster of the Year"
~ Roast Magazine

COFFEE
CRAZY
Did you know filmmaker David Lynch
not only loves coffee but also sells it
on his Web site?
Click here to visit
Mr. Lynch's Coffee Page.
To see FBI Agent Cooper's "coffee philopsophy"
in Mr. Lynch's classic TV show Twin Peaks,
click the arrow in the window below...

You can see Cleo's (Alice's) past
COFFEE PICKS
by scrolling all the way down
the right column of this site...
Tres cute.
But I just can't see
Clare Cosi teaching Java
or Frothy this trick...
Hi there. Cleo (Alice) here.
Recently I dropped in to post
as a guest blogger
for author Terry Odell.
Hop on over to "Terry's Place"
and visit me at her beautiful blog
in the Colorado Rockies,
where I expound on...
Writer's Block, Thunder Thighs,
Haitian Coffee, and the Most Common
Hazard Authors Face
Click here
to visit Cleo (aka Alice)
at the "Terry's Place" blog
Reviews of
Cleo's most recent
release...
HOLIDAY GRIND
A Coffeehouse
Mystery

Mystery Scene Magazine
"Coyle's greatest strength is writing characters that feel real. Clare and company are some of the most vibrant characters I've ever read...Coyle also is a master of misdirection and red herrings. I challenge any reader to figure out whodunit before Coyle reveals all."

The Huffington Post
"Other honorable mentions for new holiday booking? Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle, a new addition to the coffeehouse mystery series that?adds in jolts of souped-up coffee, sweet cooking?and super sleuthing to deliver a fun and gripping fa-la-la-la latte surprise."
Kirkus
"Coyle's coffeehouse mysteries (Espresso Shot, etc.) are packed with believable characters and topped with serious coffee lore and holiday recipes. This one will keep your cup piping hot."
"...
Romantic Times
"Coffeehouse manger Clare Cosi and her band of her merry men lead readers on a wild and hilarious ride to find out who killed her Santa in this witty and intelligent cozy. Readers will be enthralled as the mystery unravels and the surprise killer is revealed."

Lesa Holstine Sunday Salon Review
Click here to read the Full Review at
Lesa's Book Critiques!

*...and there was much rejoicing and drinking of coffee in the Coyle household.
To find out more about the books in Cleo's
Coffeehouse Mystery series...
CLICK HERE
and jump to the Village Blend's
About the CM Books page
It also hit #8 on Bookscan's Mass Market
#2 bestselling paperback mystery
* and there was much rejoicing
Thank you, Coffeehouse
Now Available
*
Recipes, romance and caffeine-fueled detection
*
Strong personalities abound in this sophisticated
Oh, Espresso Shot is a fun read?I kept turning the
A Fresh Fiction
CLICK HERE TO READ
The Divine
Agatha Christie,
Jane Marple is an unlikely literary heroine," writes Kate Mose in the foreword of a newly published Marple collection, "an elderly unmarried lady of a certain age living in St Mary Mead, a fictional village in the South of England.
The above was excerpted from the foreword to a new collection entitled The Complete Miss Marple, containing all 12 Miss Marple novels and 20 short stories by Agatha Christie,
Yes, yes, I say! Three cheers for Miss Marple! How could I not love the Divine Miss M? She is, of course, the literary grandmother to my own amateur sleuth, Clare Cosi.
A final quote...
"So what is it about Miss Marple that still attracts readers some 80 years on," Ms. Mose asks in her foreword. "Changing times notwithstanding, the human heart does not change so very much. Love, jealousy, greed, anger, revenge --these are characteristics that endure, whether it be on a Caribbean island, among the tombs in Luxor, on the Devon coast or in an English village much like St Mary Mead. And, perhaps most important of all, because we recognise what Miss Marple's companion, Cherry, says in Nemesis to be no more than the truth: 'Good people are scarce.' In art, as in life."
I could not agree more!
Till next time,
A Coffeehouse Mystery reader from
(Recipes follow...!)
Re-posted from Cleo's e-mail box
Hi Cleo,
I'm a big fan of your books and your Web site. My aunt sent me this picture of a rattler! I don't know if you are from Texas, but those rattlers (rattlebugs, that's what my grandmother and I call them) get huge!
Take care,
Hi, Tiffney. Cleo Coyle here. Obviously, I love that picture and your story, too. I hope your aunt doesn't let that delicious rattlesnake go to waste. Because... although I'm not from Texas (I grew up in Western, Pennsylvania), even I know that rattlesnake is good eatin'!
CLICK HERE
Till next time
The note below was re-posted
From far Japan
Above is a photo of Masako's coffee shop in Hiroshima, Japan. Below is Masako posing with two of her baristas, who were University students at the time the photo was taken.
Hello, Masako!
I am so happy that you wrote to me "from far Japan," and I am even more excited to learn that you are running your own coffeehouse, just like my Clare Cosi.
Warmest java wishes,
~Cleo Coyle
Japanese
Coffeehouse
Published in
Japanese
Coffeehouse
Published in
THIS IS BOO.
Click here to go to my
~Cleo Coyle
HUZZAH!*
Espresso Shot
hit #3 on Barnes &
Noble's Mass Market
Mystery Bestseller list*
and #31 in overall
best-selling fiction for the chain
nationwide!*
Mystery List, and was the...
of the Independent Mystery Bookseller's Association
for the month of October 2009!*
and drinking of coffee in the Coyle household.
Mystery Readers, for making
Espresso Shot a National Bestseller!
"SUPERB...INTELLIGENT...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED..."
~ Library Journal
(Starred review)
in Paperback!
add up to a lively tale.
~ Kirkus
novel, which is part whodunit and part romance.
~ New Mystery Reader
pages long after I should have turned off the light.
~ Armchair Interviews
Fresh Pick!
October 8, 2009
Cleo's recent blog post at Mystery Lovers' Kitchen was about Espresso Shot. To read it and watch a geat little video about a National Barista Champion, click the link below...
CLEO'S RECENT BLOG POST
ABOUT ESPRESSO SHOT...
Miss M
at home in Devon,
England, 1946.
"At first glance there is nothing to mark her out, a relic of her Victorian upbringing, knitting and weeding the garden, not someone to whom anyone pays a great deal of attention. And this, of course, is precisely the point. Behind this façade is a shrewdly intelligent observer who takes advantage of the attitudes of those around her who see only a "fluffy" old woman -- including many literary critics, past and present -- to pursue murderers, blackmailers, fraudsters . . . "
published by HarperCollins. At more than a foot thick, the £1,000 tome breaks the Guinness World Record for book with the thickest spine ever!
Click here to visit
"AgathaChristie.com"
and learn more....
Like Jane Marple, Clare's position as a barista and coffeehouse manager, in the lofty lanes of New York City's rich, famous, and smug, renders her the invisible woman, a service economy employee without the status or money to be of "consequence."
As an art school dropout, however, Clare has a great eye for detail. After years behind her coffee bar, she's also developed an ear for gossip, a talent for talking her way into and out of situations, and Clare's generosity of spirit, considerate heart, and sense of humor have forged a few key friendships among her well-heeled customers, handy connections that help open important sleuthing doors for her around the city when necessary. Those attributes combined with Clare's single-mom instinct for protecting the weak and powerless leave liars, hypocrites, cheats, and murderers at her mercy.
I have found sheer joy in writing the character of Clare Cosi, and she could never have existed without the great Agatha's Miss Jane Marple, who inspired me in Clare's creation. So kudos to Agatha and to the Divine Miss M upon the publication of her complete works!
~ Cleo Coyle
article, "Marple the Feminist,"
by Barry Forshaw, the author of
British Crime Writing:
An Encyclopedia,
click here!
Abilene, Texas
sends Cleo a "rattling" good pic... 
at VillageBlend@aol.com...
This picture reminded me...
I once stepped on one by accident! My grandparents had a house out of the city and all of the family was visiting that day. Well, thank goodness my husband told me to wear my boots that day. It was dark and I was loading my son up in the car, I hear something rattle by my foot! Let me tell you it was a rattlesnake!
Luckily, I had stepped on its head. Then, my little cousin came around the corner, and I was holding her away from it so my uncle could pick it up with a shovel and throw it in the pasture!
That whole time I never lifted my foot until my uncle came! I was terrified! When we got home I looked at my boots, and sure enough there was an imprint of where it tried to take a bite of me. Thank you to my husband, uncle, and my thick boots. This is not the picture of my rattler. This one is from my aunt in Odessa!
Tiffney
Abilene, Texas
for Rattlesnake Recipes!
~Cleo Coyle
from Cleo's e-mail box at
VillageBlend@aol.com
Hello
I am running a small coffee shop in
~Masako

Cleo's reply:
For my readers here in America, I have posted some of the Japanese versions of my books that you are reading and enjoying. I am so proud of these beautiful, little Japanese editions of my books. The interiors are fantastic, too, and even include illustrations.
Thank you again for writing, Masako. Please keep in touch. Send a photo of you and your coffee shop and I will post it for everyone to see.
"from far" New York City!

cover for...
Coffeehouse
Mystery #1:
On What Grounds
by Cleo Coyle
Published in
Japan by
Random House
Kodansha

Japanese
cover for...
Mystery #2:
Through the Grinder
by Cleo Coyle
Japan by
Random House
Kodansha

cover for...
Mystery #3:
Latte Trouble
by Cleo Coyle
Japan by
Random House
Kodansha

message board and meet
Boo and her owner,
CM reader Adelia...

Coffee Origins
C O F F E E
O R I G I N S
In the movie Sideways, when one of the characters opens a bottle of wine, she finds herself considering the origins of that bottle—where the grapes were grown, who harvested them, what the weather was like on the day they were picked. Was the sun shining? Was it raining?
Here's the thing...I like to approach my coffee-drinking the same way. I marvel at how the beans can arrive at my doorstep from half a world away; how they can be grown by people of vastly different cultures, speaking different languages, living a completely different way of life.
When I learn about the coffee beans, I also learn about the people who grew them, about their world,
about the care they took to cultivate the coffee I drink.
Scroll up the right column of this Home Page to read about my past "Coffee Picks" or click on links in my archives below...
Click here to learn
more about this quirky,
award-winning film.
(Not for everyone,
but I loved it!)
You can read more
about Cleo's previous
Coffee Picks
by clicking on the articles
archived below...
- Coffee Pick Feature - Gimme! Coffee's Amaro Gayo
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- Coffee Maker Question and Cleo's Answer
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- Cleo's Coffee Break with Coffeehouse Mystery Readers...
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- SOME FAVORITE POSTS FROM CLEO'S COFFEE TALK MESSAGE BOARD
- Killer Coffee Club discusses Cleo's Holiday Grind
- A Coffeehouse Mystery Reader Visits Intelligentsia in Chicago and Meets US Barista Champ Kyle Glanville
- Battle of the Instant Coffee Sticks!
- An Angel in Queens
- Reading Guides
- To come
- How to Store Strawberries
- Joanna Ellis and Moosehead Quilters of Maine
- Happy Birthday, Mr. Chandler - Cleo Coyle on Raymond Chandler
- No post
- Industrial Design & the Coffee Cup Lid - Coffee Break with Josh Harris
- MAY - JUNE 2009 COFFEE PICK: Bishops' Blend
- Meet Shirley Jackson: A Queen of the Red Hat Ladies!
- Bruce Porter's Java Art
- SPRING 2009 COFFEE PICK: Rooster Brother (La Minita Estate)
- JANUARY COFFEE PICK: Kopi Luwak? - NOT!
- NOVEMBER - DECEMBER '08 COFFEE PICK: Bouchon Blend
- SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER '08 COFFEE PICK: Joe's Vienna Roast
- CLEO GOES TO JAPAN! - CM Japanese Covers...
- CLEO'S KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: An Interview with an Exec. Chef
- JULY - AUGUST '08 COFFEE PICK: Solar Roast Coffee
- MAY- JUNE '08 Coffee Pick: Papua New Guinea
- A Conversation with Founder of CozyLibrary.com - Diana Vickery
- Memorial Day 2008 - Patriot Guard Ride by Jim Kerick
- The Return of Java the Cat!
- OH, SNAP! Rachael Ray Makes Gaffe Over...Coffee?
- APRIL '08 Coffee Pick: Purple Princess
- MARCH '08 COFFEE PICK: Kenyan
- How Cleo Spent St. Patrick's Day '08 - NY Parade Pics!
- FEBRUARY '08 COFFEE PICK: Rwanda's Village Blend
- THE AMANDA PROJECT
- MOVIE REVIEW: What is Cloverfied?
- JANUARY '08 COFFEE PICK: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe
- DECEMBER '07 COFFEE PICK: 100% Kona
- Author Perfume?
- Taking care of the one behind...
- Alfred Peet and the Birth of Coffeehouse Culture...
- NOVEMBER '07 COFFEE PICK: Major Dickason's Blend
- Coffee Shop Wedding and Coffee Peeps!
- Where CRIME is also brewing...
- Telling Fortunes with Turkish Coffee
- The Art of Roasting Coffee
- OCTOBER '07 COFFEE PICK: Gombe Reserve
- Coffee and Books a Great Combo!
- Newbie Barista Wins Canadian Championship
- 9/11 IN MEMORIAM
- SEPTEMBER '07 COFFEE PICK: Magnolia Grill Blend
- Picture This - Clare's Trip to the Garden
- Remembrance of Foods Past
- On Chandler's Not So Simple Art of Murder
- Q&A with Cleo
- SEXPRESSO - When Coffee is served BY Cheesecake

Dear Expresso Guru
Graduation questons
Great Reads!
THE READING
GUIDES
Coffeehouse Mystery Reading Guides
Download for free!
» Books 1 & 2, click here (pdf)
» Books 3 & 4, click here (pdf)
» Book 5, click here (pdf)
» Books 6 & 7 Coming Soon!
» Book 8, click here (pdf)
» Book #9, ROAST MORTEM
posting in late August
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Arson leads
to murder
in...

ROAST
MORTEM
Now
On Sale!
Just released
in hardcover from
Penguin's
Berkley Prime Crime

To order this HOT new entry
in Cleo Coyle's bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series, click on a link below:
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To find an
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near you,
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Prologue &
First Chapter!
CLICK HERE
for a peek
at some of Roast
Mortem's featured
recipes.
CLEO'S
COFFEE &
CRIME FILE
click below
for stories on
Killer
confesses to
taking coffee
break next to
corpse
NYPD Nails
Coffee-Drinking
Bank Robber
Bikini Coffee
Shop Served Eviction
Notice
Driver puts sugar
into coffee &
plunges into river
more to come...
MIKE'S BEAT

» NYPD: Official Website for New York's Finest
Still
Available
in its
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Hardcover
Edition.

In hardcover from
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*
To order this very special entry in Cleo's series, click on a link below:
Cleo's Summer
Coffee Pick!
Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
Read Cleo's feature
on this coffee by
scrolling down the
center of this site's
Home Page
or click here to
visit Just Haiti.org
CLEO'S
COFFEE
PICK
for
SPRING
2010
from
"2010 Roaster
of the Year"
To learn more
about the
French Laundry
Estate Blend,
created for
award-winning
Chef Thomas
Keller's
world-renowned
French Laundry
restaurant
CLICK
HERE

You can see Cleo's past COFFEE PICKS by scrolling all the way down this column...
JAVA
CHEERS!!
to
COUNTER
CULTURE
COFFEE
"Top Innovator"

DETAILS magazine recently named Counter Culture Coffee as #1 (of North Carolina) among five industry "innovators creating coffees that have the complexity of fine wines." Click here to read an excerpt. posted at BaristaExchange.com
I'm a big fan of Counter Culture and have written about them on this site and in my books. See my Coffeehouse Mystery: French Pressed or scroll down this column to my "Coffee Pick" list.
OR CLICK HERE
TO ORDER FROM
BARNES AND
NOBLE.COM
Says Counter Culture: "We hope that such media coverage helps spread awareness that coffee can not only be an authentic, delicious food experience, but also a conduit for community, sustainable agriculture, and cultural exchange."
Java Cheers!
~Cleo Coyle
2010 WORLD
BARISTA
CHAMP

Mike Phillips, our U.S. Barista Champ, finished among the top 3 baristas in last year's World competition, held in Atlanta, Georgia. THIS year in Olympia, London, he won FIRST PLACE and is now THE WORLD CHAMPION FOR 2010! Way to go, Mike!
How did he get there? "I really care about coffee and the entire chain of things, from where the coffee is grown and processed, all the way to the shop where it's prepared and the customers who enjoy it."
Mike works at Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea in Chicago, Illinois. There are several Intelligentsia locations in Chicago. Mike works at their flagship store at 3123 North Broadway. Click here to virtually visit the store.
VIDEO OF
WINNING
PERFOMANCE!
To see Mike competing
in last year's World
Championships,
click here.
Stay tuned...
More to come
from Cleo on
this year's
competition
Java Master Gives
Tips on Making
the Perfect Cup

Italian-born Gennaro Pelliccia is responsible for the taste of the 108 million cups of Costa coffee sold in Britain each year. His policy with Lloyd's of London insures his tongue for 10million pounds! Mr. P has some great tips on making the perfect cuppa bean juice:
Click here to read more...
FREE
EXCERPT!
for Cleo Coyle's
2nd series...
Haunted Bookshop
Mysteries
THE GHOST
AND THE
HAUNTED
MANSION
* National Mystery
Bestseller!
Independent Mystery
Booksellers Association
* A Fresh Fiction
Fresh Pick!

"The plot is marvelous,
the writing is top-notch..."
-Cozy Library
Click here to read
reviews of every
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series @
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Click here to get
Cleo's Free Excerpt
(PDF format)
Want to Grow
Your Own
Coffee Plant?

Thanks to CM reader Linda for posting info about where to buy coffee plants and seeds. Click here to go to the coffee seed catalog page and scroll down. Look for the "coffea" plants listed in ITALIC alphabetically.
Coffea arabica $3.84 -12 seeds
Coffea catura $3.29 -12 seeds
Coffea kona $3.95 -12 seeds
Linda also says: "Gurney's Plant and Seed catalog has small coffee plants for $8.95 each. Click here and look for item # 11295 for coffee plants."
WAKE UP AND SMELL...
THE CANVAS!

"I started painting with coffee because I wanted a cheaper medium that was accessible to me," says Filipino artist Sunshine Plata. A tube of oil paint costs at least 500 pesos ($11), while a jar of instant coffee is only around 150 pesos ($3). Click here to read more about Sunshine and her coffee art.
COFFEE AND BABY FORMULA?!

I laughed out loud at this blog from Sarah Bates of Zanesville, Ohio. Click here to read how a baby changed everything for this coffee connoisseur.
—Cleo
Caffeine
Myths
A recent story by the amazing Jane Brody in The New York Times examines coffee and health, click here to read more. (I learned a lot about the myths of caffeine!)
Click here to read about a Harvard study that shows coffee's link to preventing heart disease.
Click here to read how a cup of coffee a day may offset Alzheimer's disease.
Book Lovers
Find Love!
My publisher (Penguin USA) is launching a dating website for readers. Learn more from theBookseller.com by clicking here.
Coffee Peeps
& Peter Pans
(Real Matteo Allegros?)
Shout-out to New York's Hampton Coffee Company!
Remember Murder Most Frothy? My 4th Coffeehouse Mystery gave Clare Cosi a summer job as a "coffee steward" at a posh new eatery in the Hamptons, the fabled seaside escape for New York's rich and famous. Well, click here to visit some real coffee peeps who work hard to give the Hamptons folks a great cuppa joe.

Click here to read about:
"Overstaying the Hamptons Party!"
A fascinating news story about "house shares" in the Hamptons and men who try to keep the postcollege "boys of summer" party going decades after their undergrad days. Shades of my character Matteo Allegro? You tell me!
In Memoriam
Sheena
2.21.2009
MOON DOGGIE
COFFEE
HELPS HOUNDS!
CM reader Laundrygoddess tells me she loves the Moon Doggie Coffee cafe in Northern New Jersey!
The folks at Moon Doggie micro-roast their own coffees (just like Clare Cosi) AND they rescue basset hounds, too. How cool is that? Let's give them some business!
Click here or on the photo above to visit Moon Doggie Coffee's online shop. They have a great list of coffees, including DECAF coffees and flavored varieties. If you're in NJ, stop by their shop and say hi to Nicole, their barista manager. Shop's locatiion: 108 W. Pleasant Ave. Maywood, NJ
Woof! —Cleo Coyle
Nuke Therapy
Feeling disgusted with increased pink slips while failed CEOs get golden parachutes? Well, click here and you'll feel MUCH better! The site is the brain child of a tres clever industrial designer who himself lives in the Hamptons, Miles Jaffe, author of The Hamptons Dictionary, a hilarious handbook of class warfare: CLICK HERE to read more about the book, but don't miss the Nuke the Hamptons experience. It's awesome!
THANKS, MARY T.!
Thanks to Coffeehouse Mystery reader Mary T. of Appleton, Wisconsin for the little missive below...

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony!
Yes, like the Japanese with their tea traditions, the Ethiopians have a very special way of enjoying coffee. Click here to learn more!
COFFEE COMPOST!
Did you know that old coffee grounds = good compost for your garden? Click here to read more. (Who knew coffee repelled slugs? Now there's a hilarious metaphor for a CM book.)
Coffee Health News!
Coffee May Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer
A Harvard study found women who drank 3 or more cups of coffee or tea a day were 25% less likely to develop Ovarian Cancer than those who drank none. Click here to read more.
Coffee May Boost Memory
in Older Women

USA Today reports...
Women older than 65 who drank more than three cups of coffee a day — or the caffeine equivalent in tea — showed better memory retention than men, a French researcher reports. Click here to read the short USA Today report. Or click here to read a longer Scientific American article.
Coffee is Culinary!
Click here to read about a master chef Marcus Samuelsson's work with a master coffee blender to pair coffee with food. Coffee as a culinary experience: Clare would approve!
Coffee Recipes!
Acclaimed chef Marcus Sameulsson created a yummy Chocolate Cinnamon Bread recipe for Starbucks. If you'd like the recipe, click here!
MORE RECIPES...
The National Coffee Association has some great coffee recipes. Click here to get them.
For even more coffee recipes, click here
DOOR COUNTY COFFEE...
And for coffee recipes from DOOR COUNTY COFFEE, a family-run coffeehouse in Wisconsin, click here.
A shout-out of thanks to Mary T., a Coffeehouse Mystery fan, for mentioning her fave coffeehouse on my Coffee Talk Message Board (the green chalkboard at the top of this column).
Coffee Lover Invents
"The Barista Game"
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Did you know there's a new board game in which you win by making the perfect cup of coffee? Click here to read about the game designer who invented it.
BIG COFFEE NEWS!
Ethiopia announces commercial culitvation of low-caffeine coffee plants! Ric Gostwick's "dream" coffee from Decaffeinated Corpse is no longer fiction! To read about this amazing breakthrough, Click here
#1 Bestselling Paperback

When the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association published its list of top selling mystery novels for July 2007, Decaffeinated Corpse made the #1 spot on the paperback list. Thank you, Coffeehouse Mystery readers. You helped to make Decaffeinated Corpse a national bestseller.

AND NOW
FOR SOME
OF CLEO'S
PAST
COFFEE PICKS...
---------------------------
SEPTEMBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
MAGNOLIA GRILL BLEND

With the tip of a chef's hat to the married couple who run Magnolia Grill, Cleo's coffee pick for SEPTEMBER 2007 was Magnolia Grill Blend sold by Counter Culture Coffee roasters. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
OCTOBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
GOMBE RESERVE
Cleo's pick for OCTOBER 2007 was Gombe Reserve sold by Green Mountain Coffee Co. and endorsed by Dr. Jane Goodall. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for youself, CLICK HERE.
NOVEMBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
MAJOR DICKASON'S BLEND

In tribute to the late, great Alfred Peet, Cleo's pick for NOVEMBER 2007 was Major Dickason's Blend sold by Peet's Coffee and Tea. To purchase this coffee for yourself, CLICK HERE. To read Cleo's past featured article "Alfred Peet and the Birth of Coffeehouse Culture" as well as the article after it about the Major Dickason coffee blend itself, go to Cleo's article archives by clicking here. Note that you must wait a minute or so for the archives to load.
DECEMBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
100% KONA PEABERRY

Behold the Kona
happy dance!
For DECEMBER 2007 Cleo's pick was 100% Kona Peaberry sold by Bad Ass Coffee Company of Hawaii. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
JANUARY '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
"YIRG" - ETHIOPIAN YIRGACHEFFE

Cleo's pick for JANUARY 08 was Ethiopian Yirgacheffe sold by Counter Culture Coffee Company. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
FEBRUARY '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
RWANDAN VILLAGE BLEND

Cleo's FEBRUARY '08 pick was Rwandan Village Blend sold by Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Co. To purchase this excellent coffee for yourself, CLICK HERE. To read Cleo's archived article on this coffee, CLICK HERE.
MARCH '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
KENYA

Cleo's MARCH '08 pick was Kenya, sold by Counter Culture Coffee, Co. and Peet's Coffee. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
APRIL '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
PURPLE PRINCESS

Cleo's April '08 pick was the amazing "Finca El Puente" from a coffee in Honduras nicknamed "Purple Princess" by the coffee director of Counter Culture Coffee of Durham, NC. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
MAY - JUNE '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Cleo's June '08 pick was the "Jamaica Blue Mountain" of the South Pacific. An award-winning coffee grown on the exotic island of Papua New Guinea (north of Australia). To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
JULY - AUGUST '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
SOLAR ROAST COFFEE
Cleo's July - August '08 pick was Solar Roast Coffee of Pueblo, Colorado, the only company in the world that roasts its coffee using solar energy! Meet Dave and Mike, the two brothers who invented this one-of-a-kind solar roaster, and learn how you can purchase their delicious coffees for yourself by CLICKING HERE and reading Cleo's archived article.
SEPT. - OCTOBER '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
JOE'S VIENNA ROAST
from the NYC coffeehouse:
Joe, The Art of Coffee

The September-October '08 pick was Joe's Vienna Roast, sold by Joe, The Art of Coffee café in Greenwich Village, New York, recently named one of the best coffee bars in the country by Food and Wine magazine (and one of Cleo Coyle's inspirations for her fictional Village Blend!). CLICK HERE to visit Joe's online store and order any one of their excellent coffees for yourself. (To read Cleo's archived article about the Joe cafe, click here.)
NOV. - DECEMBER '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick
BOUCHON BLEND

This smooth, delicious coffee is the House Blend served at Bouchon Bakeries, which are owned and run by award-winning chef Thomas Keller. This coffee was featured in Cleo Coyle's 7th Coffeehouse Mystery: ESPRESSO SHOT. It is blended and roasted by Equator Estate Coffee and Teas, a women-owned company based in northern California. Click here to learn more about the coffee or order it for yourself.
JANUARY 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
NOT KOPI LUWAK!

One of the rarest coffees on the planet, Kopi Luwak is also one of the most expensive. Kopi Luwak was also a featured coffee in Cleo's 7th and most recently released Coffeehouse Mystery: ESPRESSO SHOT. To read Cleo's brief archived article on Kopi Luwak and learn how it got its hilarious nickname: "cat poop coffee," click here.
SPRING 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
ROOSTER BROTHER's
LA MINITA ESTATE
(Costa Rica)

This outstanding single-origin bean is treated with love by the coffee team at Rooster Brother, a store for cooks housed in a historic Victorian building in Ellsworth, Maine. Master Roaster Gene (pictured) does a masterful job of bringing out the very best in this smooth, bright, delightful coffee with the kind of hints of citrus and berry usually found in high-quality African beans. Click here to visit George and Pamela Elias's Rooster Brother store online and order some of this superb coffee for yourself! (Thanks to Coffeehouse Mystery reader Bud Knickbocker of Bangor, Maine, for suggesting it!)
MAY - JUNE '09
Cleo's Coffee Pick
BISHOPS BLEND
Creating blends is a culinary art, and I'm happy to report that the roasters for Bishops Blend have done a masterful job at creating theirs. The beans are roasted medium dark and the package came to me (via UPS) freshly roasted, beautifully oily, and smelling of chocolate. The coffee is perfectly balanced; and as it cools, the notes include a slight vanilla flavor and a touch of cinnamon. Even better, when you purchase a bag, a percentage of the money goes toward ERD, a charity that provides disaster relief around the world as well as enabling people in the poorest communities on our planet to climb out of poverty. Buy a bag. Change a life. To learn more or purchase for yourself, click here.
SUMMER 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
DALLMAYR PRODOMO
Imported from Munich, Germany
To learn about this beloved German coffee brand, including tips on where to purchase it in America, read Cleo's feature article by clicking here. This is an archived article and make take a minute to load.
FALL 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
AMARO GAYO
(Ethiopia)
roasted by
Gimme! Coffee
To learn about this exotic Ethiopian coffee, including the outstanding roaster (gimme! Coffee) who takes pride in getting it to you expertly and freshly roasted, click here to visit Gimme Coffee. Or read Cleo's post in her archives. Click here...
SPRING 2010
Cleo's Coffee Pick
FRENCH LAUNDRY
ESTATE BLEND

roasted by
Equator Estates Coffee
"Roaster of the Year"
~ Roast Magazine
To learn more about this "chef's blend," created especially for award-winning Chef Thomas Keller's world-renowned French Laundry restauant, click here, and you will jump to the Equator Estates online shop. Scroll down to see the French Laundry blend among Equators other "chef's blend" offerings.
Cleo's New
Coffee Pick
Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
Read Cleo's feature
on this coffee, now
posted in the center
column of this site's
Home Page
or click here to
visit Just Haiti.org
CLEO'S NEXT
COFFEE PICK
Will be announced
Fall 2010

FOR THE LOVE
OF OUR
WWII VETS
HONOR FLIGHT was created by a VA doctor when he discovered that his elderly patients (veterans of WW II) could not afford to make the trip to Wash. D.C. to see the WWII war memorial that is dedicated to them.
Now a national organization, Honor Flight raises money to help WWII vets make the trip to visit the memorial that would not exist without their bravery and sacrifice. Our vets are dying every week. Time is running out to honor them. Cleo has happily donated. To learn more about Honor Flight, click here.







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