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

 

 

 

 

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Cleo
Recipe Post!

 

 

 

A Writer's 
Breakfast

 

What is it? Find out and get
the recipe by reading my
new blog post. To jump there...

 

CLICK HERE
 

 

See you there!

~ Cleo

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To see the names and towns
of many more winners, keep scrolling
down this page...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

BREAKING
PUBLISHING NEWS

 
Cleo's Readers
Click Here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Cleo says: "I've come to think of this
as Mike Quinn's theme song..."

 

Click the arrow in
window below

 

 

To read Cleo's article
on the birth of modern
coffeehouse culture...

Click Here.
 

(This is an archived
article and may take
a moment to load.)

 
 

 

 

 

 

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Past
Coffee Picks

 

 

 

My Coffee Picks
for Fall 2011 were...

 

 

and...

 

 

 

Mocha Java
Blend

Mocha Java is the oldest
coffee blend in history and
Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters
 created a medium roast version
that's sassy and spicy yet
smooth and delicious.

This exotic gourmet blend
offers notes of cloves, nuts,
and the slightest hint of chocolate.
It tickles the tongue when its hot,
and, as the coffee cools,
the flavor profile becomes even more
complex and pleasurable.

B&B roasts their coffee beans
fresh before shipping, which
is vital for quality.

During my various tests
of this product, the coffee
beans stayed fresh for an
entire month of my opening and
closing their pretty metallic
blue bag to make pots.

This is an outstanding
tribute to the high quality 
of the beans and the 
freshness of the roast. 

 

To read more about this coffee
or purchase it for yourself
CLICK HERE and visit the 
Batdorf & Bronson 
Coffee Roasters Online.

 

~ Cleo

 

 

 

See more of my previous
Coffee Picks by scrolling
all the way down  the
right column of this site...

 

 

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Book Review

 

Don't miss
this amazing review
of...
Murder by Mocha


CLICK HERE
TO READ

...the reivew of
Lesa Holstine, a respected 
library manager who is also an
award-winning book reviewer
for Library Journal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My Coffee Pick
for Summer 2011 was...

 

My Summer 2011 Coffee Pick was
Cops Coffee
"Midnight Shift," dark roast.
Cops Coffee (Your safest cup of brew)
comes from Cops & Doughnut Bakery in
Clare, MI, owned and run by actual,
working police officers...

 

 

To learn more about these officers,
their bakery, or to order their smooth,
dark cuppa joe for yourself,
click here or on the photo above.

 

Take a very special Field Trip
to Cops and Doughnuts Bakery
with a Michigan woman who is
also a reader of the
Coffeehouse Mysteries...

CLICK HERE TO
TAKE THE FIELD TRIP

 

 

You can see
more of my past
COFFEE PICKS
by scrolling down
the right column
of this site...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Special
Video Post!




Click the arrow in the window below
 to watch a U.S. Barista Champion 
make you a cappuccino...

 

 

 

Drink with joy!
~ Cleo

 

 

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 SWEET NEWS!

First time for Cleo Coyle
on the Publishers Weekly
bestsellers list!
Click to see.



Thank you to my very kind readers! 
You've put me in great comany
on that list. ~ Cleo

 

 


 

  

 

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A VERY SPECIAL
PAST
COFFEE PICK

  
A humanitarian 
choice...

Grown in Haiti

Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
in Haitian
Creole 

This delicious coffee
is grown by subsistence
farmers in Haiti.


To purchase this coffee...
CLICK HERE
and jump to JustHaiti.org 

 

 To read Cleo's original
"Coffee Pick" post on this coffee,
read her archived post
by clicking here. 


 

 

 BOOKS
& COFFEE!

Members of the
Public Library Staff in
Ringwood, New Jersey,
recently enjoyed cups of Cleo's
past coffee pick, Kafe Lespwa!

 

Thanks to Elise (standing in the back) and to...
(from left to right) Marilyn, Idalia, and Beth
for allowing me to share this wonderful photo!

Elise was a random winner
of my weekly
Free Coffee Drawing!

 

Thanks again, Elise!
And thanks for reminding us all
that the library is a great place
to find our favorite authors. :)

~ Cleo

 

 

To see the names and states of
many more coffee drawing winners,
scroll down this home page...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The note below was re-posted
from Cleo's e-mail box at
CoffeehouseMystery (at) gmail.com

 

Hello Village Blend staff,
   
I am running a small coffee shop in Hiroshima, Japan. I read the Coffeehouse Mysteries in Japanese. They were fun to know about coffee...
 

From far Japan
~Masako

  

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.

Cleo's reply:  

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.
     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.

Warmest java wishes,

~Cleo Coyle
"from far" New York City!



 

Japanese
cover for...

Coffeehouse
Mystery #1:

On What Grounds
by Cleo Coyle

Published in
Japan by
Random House
Kodansha
 

 

 Japanese
cover for...

Coffeehouse
Mystery #2:

Through the Grinder
by Cleo Coyle
 

Published in
Japan by
Random House
Kodansha

  

Japanese
cover for... 

 Coffeehouse
Mystery #3:

Latte Trouble
by Cleo Coyle

 

Published in
Japan by
Random House
Kodansha

 

 

 

 

    




 

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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
 

 

 

 

 

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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 Later This Year
(Check back for the release month)!

The Ghost and
the Bogus Bestseller
 

 
 To learn more about
Cleo Coyle'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
 

 


 

Book #4
The Ghost
and the Femme Fatale

 

 

 

 

 

Book #5
The Ghost and the
Haunted Mansion

 


 

 

And coming
later this year...

Book #6
The Ghost and
the Bogus Bestseller 

 

 

   

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A Coffeehouse Mystery reader from
Abilene, Texas
sends Cleo a "rattling" good pic... 

(Recipes follow...!)

  

Re-posted from Cleo's e-mail box
at VillageBlend@aol.com...

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!
     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!

Take care,
Tiffney
Abilene, Texas

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
for Rattlesnake Recipes!  

 
Till next time
~Cleo Coyle

 

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