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WHO IS
CLEO
COYLE?
To read Cleo's
essay "Brewing
up Murder"
The essay
appeared in
the Quarterly
Issue of Mystery
Readers Journal
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Cleo Coyle's
WIki Entry
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CLEO COYLE AT
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cozy mystery?
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Gumshoe
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Interviews
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LIBRARY
THING
Hosted a chat
with Cleo.
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Fun Foodie
Book Resort
Interview
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Here.
How to Clean
Your Drip
Coffee Maker...
Your best tasting
cup of java will
come from a clean
coffee maker!
Just for fun, see actor
Al Pacino's coffee
commercial below.
It was shot in New
York's West Village,
the home of
my Clare Cosi's
Village Blend!
NYPD DET.
MIKE QUINN'S
BEAT
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Click » NY Crime File (Daily News)
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How to Make
Cuban Coffee
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info on the
Moka Express
stovetop pot
used in the
above video,
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Colonial
Cranberries
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HOLIDAY GRIND
guest post
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and get 4 of my
holiday recipes,
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POST
FOR
WRITERS:
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Mystery Writing
Is Murder
"Genre Blending
and Your Character's
Love Life"
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PLUG!
NOW
IN
PAPERBACK!
National
Mystery
Besteller
*Starred Review*
~Library Journal
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excerpt!
Introduced by
the author!
Without lots
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THE
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How to Make
Coffee in a
French Press
For more
info on the
French Press pot
click the photo
below...
For more coffee
tips, scroll down
this left column...
Cleo's Past
Coffee Pick was...
Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
Read more in
Cleo's archives or
click here to
visit Just Haiti.org
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Cleo's past
coffee picks
by scrolling
down the
right column.
HOLIDAY
GRIND
Cleo's TOP-9
National
Bestseller in
Hardcover
is
now a
bestseller in
paperback!
“Fun and gripping…”
~ Huffington Post
vibrant characters
I've ever read."
~ Mystery Scene
"This one will keep
your cup
piping hot."
~ Kirkus
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Mystery Characters
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French Pressed
Bonus Recipe!
To download recipe,
click link below...
Download a free recipe
for these buttery sweet
Mini Tarte Tatins
(Caramel Apple Tarts) by...
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Eat (and read)
with joy!
~ Cleo
click link below...
Cleo Coyle's
Maple Bacon
Breakfast Muffins
2 ways: from scratch or
with a pancake mix starter...
This delicious muffin delivers the taste
of a pancake breakfast in one bite with
maple syrup, caramelized bacon,
and a fluffy buttermilk crumb.
I'll even give you two ways to make it.
From scratch or with a pancake mix starter.
To download a free PDF
of this recipe...
Free
Recipe PDF!
Aphrodisiac
Brownies
In Murder by Mocha,
coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi
bakes up these delicious brownies
using three ingredients long
believed to be aphrodisiacs...
To get the free recipe
for Cleo's
Aphrodisiac Brownies
CLICK HERE!
This recipe will appear
as a PDF document that
you can print, save, or share...
Scroll down for more
free recipes from
Cleo Coyle
A Brew to a Kill
Bonus Recipe!
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Cleo Coyle's
Cakelets and Cream Sandwiches
Tasty, easy,
and (yes) low fat...
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My lite "Brookies" (brownie cookies) are
one of my favorite coffee break treats.
In my Cakelets and Cream recipe,
I'll show you how to make them into
low-fat frozen treats...
To download a free PDF of this recipe
that you can print, save,
or share, just...
Eat with joy!
~ Cleo
Murder by Mocha
Bonus Recipe!
click link below...
"Magic" Five
Minute Chocolate-Hazelnut Fudge
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PDF of my fudge recipe by...
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So what's "magic" about this fudge? You can stir it up in five minutes using your microwave. No, really. And the results are creamy smooth and sweet. Far less costly than a box of imported chocolates, this delicious fudge makes a lovely gift, too, and it will be eaten with joy because you made it with love.
~ Cleo Coyle
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WHO IS
CLARE COSI?
Clare is the sleuth
in Cleo Coyle's
bestselling series of
culinary mysteries.
A single mom in her forties, she manages the Village Blend, a landmark coffeehouse in Greenwich Village, where she often finds herself mixed up in murder...
Read more about the murder mysteries
that feature Clare (and her recipes) by visiting
this site's About the Books page here.
To meet more of Cleo's
Village Blend characters, scroll
ALL THE WAY DOWN
this page.
Holiday Buzz
Bonus Recipe!
click link below...
Cleo Coyle's
Gingerbread
Snowballs
A kinder, gentler
Pfeffernusse!
To download a free PDF
of this recipe for
Gingerbread Snowballs,
click here.
To get many more holiday
cookie recipes, drop by my
brand new recipe blog:
And...
scroll down for
more recipes!
click link below...
The $250
Chocolate Chip
Cookie
A $250 chocolate chip cookie?
Yes! Get the recipe
(and the story) from Cleo at
Book Trib.com by...
Twilight
Cauliflower
Definitely Anti-Cancer,
Possibly Anti-Vampire.
My recipe for cauliflower
with roasted garlic is now featured
on BookTrib.com
Download my free recipe PDF
by clicking the link below and eat
with fang-free joy -- whether it's midnight
where you are...or "Breaking Dawn." :)
A Brew to a Kill
Bonus Recipe!
click link below...
How to Make a
Hong Kong Egg Tart
Do you remember when Clare Cosi
tasted Mrs. Li's Egg Cutard Tarts
in A Brew to a Kill?
Learn more about the
Chinatown research for that scene,
get the recipe to make your
own Egg Custard Tarts,
one of the "most delicious foods"
in the world, according to CNN,
and watch a short video
of a real Hong Kong baker
making these tasty treats.
To get the recipe,
click link below...
Cleo Coyle's
Buttermilk Apple
Snack Cake
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A Fall 
Favorite
Recipe...
and tender with the richness of buttermilk
and a hint of sweet apple.
My advice: buy a quart of buttermilk, reserve
1/2 cup for this cake and use the rest to
make my Buttermilk Fried Chicken!
Click here
for a free PDF of my
Apple Cake recipe
and...
Eat with joy!
~ Cleo
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Decaffeinated Corpse
Bonus Recipe!
click link below...
Buttermilk
Fried Chicken
Tender and sweet from its buttermilk bath,
crispy and crunchy from its dip in hot oil,
it's the perfect fall comfort food...
Click here for the
free recipe PDF.
Eat with joy!
~ Cleo
Free
Recipe PDF
Cleo Coyle's
Pumpkin Spice
Soul Cakes
What is a soul cake?
Find out and get the recipe
by reading my foodie post.
Click here to
jump there, and...
Eat with joy!
~ Cleo
Cleo Coyle's
Coffee-Marinated
Steak
Did you know coffee can help
you grill a great steak, even
with an inexpensive cut of meat?
Download a free PDF of
one of my most popular (and simple)
recipes: Coffee-Marinated Steak.
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~ Cleo
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Recipes!
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Direct links to a few
of these recipes:
Oatmeal Cookie Brittle
Pfeffernusse
Eggnog Shortbread
Cleo's recipe page
Step-by-Step Photos
to her Holiday Buzz
Recipe for Pumpkin Cake
with Surprise
Cream Cheese Swirl
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Free
Recipe PDF!
The Best Salsa
I Ever Tasted.
Yes, EVER...
Download a free recipe PDF
for the best salsa I ever tasted,
courtesy of a longtime reader
of my Coffeehouse Mysteries,
Nurse Judy Mac...
Click here for
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Eat with joy!
~ Cleo
A Brew to a Kill
Bonus Recipe!
click link below...
How to Make
Easy Frozen
Yogurt Bites
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my recipe that you can
print, save, or share...
Eat with joy!
~ Cleo
A Brew to a Kill
Bonus Recipe!
click link below...
Cleo Coyle's
Black Bean
Brownies
These are the Black Bean Brownies
mentioned in my latest Coffeehouse
Mystery: A Brew to a Kill. Get a free
PDF of this fun, bonus recipe by...
Bake with joy!
~ Cleo
click link below...
Cleo Coyle's
Coffee Shop
Doughnut Muffins
Tender and sweet, these
cinnamon-sugar dusted muffins
taste like old-fashioned
cake doughnuts, the kind you might
order at a diner counter with a fresh,
hot cuppa joe...
My amateur sleuth, Clare Cosi,
bakes these babies in
my Coffeehouse Mystery,
Roast Mortem,
now an official national
bestseller in paperback...
To download a free PDF
of my recipe, just...
Bake with joy!
~ Cleo
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Murder by Mocha
Bonus Post!
Brooklyn
Blackout Cake
What is a true Blackout
Cake and why is it
from Brooklyn?
Cleo Coyle tells you and cuts
this amazing Blackout Cake
in her blog post.
Read it by...
Note:
The above post is about the
Brooklyn Blackout Cake's
history and my work to research
the recipe.
My final version of this recipe
will post on my new blog soon.
Stay tuned for the link!
~ Cleo Coyle
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Recipe PDF!
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Cleo Coyle's
No Crust
Pizza Poppers!
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Pop the taste of pizza in
your mouth with far less
carbs and calories.
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a PDF doctument that
you can print, save, or share...
Recipe PDF!
Cleo Coyle's
"Cake Pan"
Dutch Babies
Forget the cast iron skillet. Cleo will show you how to make this classic, giant, popover pancake in a cake pan. Recipes included 
for classic lemon-sugar and my own cocoa-cappuccino variation.
Murder by Mocha
Bonus Recipe!
Featured by
New Jersey Family
magazine!
Chocolate-Stuffed
Peanut Butter
Cookies!
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these Coffeehoues-style cookies
CLICK HERE
Pssst...
Even more delicious recipes are
featured in the recipe section
of my new culinary mystery,
Murder by Mocha.
To see these recipes,
simply download the free PDF
that you see below by...
Cleo
Recipe Post
A MAD MEN
Comfort Food Dinner
from Cleo Coyle
Get my special recipe for
perfect Breaded Pork Chops
and revisit the era of beehives and
rotary dial phones in my
blog post...
See you there!
~ Cleo
Special
Recipe Blog Post
A HEALTHIER
CHICKEN
PARMESAN
This easy casserole
has all the taste
of the popular Italian dish
without the frying...
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of this recipe...
The best time for
planning a book is
when you're doing
the dishes . . .
~ Agatha Christie
Free
Recipe PDF!
Cleo's
Chocolate Chip
Cobbler
An easy and amazing adaptation
of a reader's favorite chocolate
cobbler recipe.
Download both versions
of this recipe in one PDF
that you can print, save,
or share by...
What are these?
Chocolate Chip
Cookie Dough
Bites!
You will find this recipe
in the Recipe Section of
Murder by Mocha
The eyes eat first!
~ Italian proverb!
If that's true, then Cleo invites
you to *feast* on her special
slideshow of foodie photos from
Murder by Mocha...
Cleo's free
Murder by Mocha
Recipe Guide!
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the recipe section of
Murder by Mocha...
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"The only real
stumbling block is
fear of failure..."
"In cooking
you've got to have
a what-the-hell
attitude."
~ Julia Child
To Read "3 Things Julia Taught Me"
by Barbara Fairchild, Editor-in-Chief
of Bon Appétit...
click here.
Guess What
Julia Child Loved
To Do?
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in the window below...
AND....
Get Cleo Coyle's
recipe for...
Corn Muffin Tops
"a la Julia Child"
Cleo's Amazing
Blueberries 'n' Cream
Coffee Cake Pie!
Takes 5 minutes
to mix together.
Impressive to serve...
For a peek at this and
some of the other
"must-make!" recipes
featured in Cleo's 9th
Coffeehoue Mystery,
Roast Mortem, a
"Favorite Book of the
Year" Reviewer's Pick of Bookreporter.com...
Click Here!
Because the above recipe is already
published in Roast Mortem, it will not
be posted here, but keep scrolling down
to get more of Cleo's free bonus recipes....
To purchase Roast Mortem, in which
Clare Cosi takes on the mystery of
death by arson and even investigates
suspicious members of the FDNY
(New York City's Bravest),
click on one of the links below....
CLICK HERE
to Read
Roast Mortem's
Prologue &
First Chapter!
Murder by Mocha
Bonus Recipe!
Cleo Coyle’s
Sensuous as Sin
Chocolate-Dipped
Cinnamon Sticks
Guilt-free
Chocolate Bliss!
Download a free PDF of Cleo's recipe
for this easy yet elegant and
sensuous dessert by,
CLICKING HERE
Lomo Saltado
A delicous, easy main dish
from one of Matteo's
favorite South American
destinations for
coffee buying...Peru!
to read Cleo's recipe post at
"Vintage Cookbooks,"
a blog run by a librarian
who collects and writes about retro,
out-of-print cookbooks and is a
great fan of mysteries!
Part of my reseach for my culinary mystery,
Murder by Mocha,
included persuading Jason,
a coffee pro and top barista,
to share his prize-winning
mocha recipe...
To get Jason’s $1500
prize-winning recipe for the
MOCHA
CHALLENGE
Click here and read
his guest blog post...
Wishing you java joy,
~ Cleo
Cleo's "Pernil"
Puerto Rican-Style
Roasted Pork Shoulder
To get Cleo's free recipe,
click here
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(Adobe Reader). Simply print out the recipe
or save it on your computer.
Scroll down to meet
the fictional characters who
populate Cleo's
Nationally Bestselling
Coffeehouse Mystery
book series...
Meet the
Village Blend
Staff
Meet
Clare Cosi...
Name: Clare Cosi
Job: Village Blend Manager & Head Barista
Internet handle: "The Coffee Lady"
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York
Originally from: Western Pennsylvania
About Me: When I’m not making espresssos or supervising our barista staff, I’m creating and roasting new blends from the beans brought in by our coffee buyer. I’m divorced with one grown daughter (Joy), who is now in culinary school. Oh, and that coffee buyer I mentioned? He also happens to be Matteo Allegro, my ex-husband. So far, Matt and I are working together without too much drama, but all the issues that originally broke us up do occasionally rear their ugly, hydra-like heads. And then there’s my little habit of getting mixed up in murder. Don’t ask. It would take too long to explain, and Matt thinks I’m just seeking the thrills I missed while he was off cliff-diving in Hawaii, and I was home alone, raising our daughter. Anyway, bottom line: love me, love the bean. Decaf drinkers, move along. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Mm'kay?
What My Avatar Says About Me: Coffee is love. There's not much a good cuppa Joe can't make a little bit better.
Meet
Matt Allegro...
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Name: Matteo “Matt” Allegro
Job: Village Blend Coffee Buyer, International Coffee Broker
Internet handle: "Coffee Hunter"
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Residence: Changes weekly
Originally from: Greenwich Village, NYC
About Me: Okay, I admit it. I’m an adventure junkie. When I was younger, my addictive personality was channeled into extreme sports. Now I travel the world in search of the best beans on the planet. There’s nowhere I won’t go--from the Costa Rican mountains to the Brazilian rainforests; from the islands of Indonesia to the muddy tracks of Uganda’s Mount Elgon (used by the Bagisu tribesman who’ve become experts at coffee farming). I’ve seen it and done it all; and although my ex-wife Clare believes I’ve also “done” every woman in every country I’ve visited, my extra-curricular activities have been nowhere near that egregious. Actually, despite my straying during our ten year marriage, she and I have managed to remain on pretty good terms. My elderly mother owns the Village Blend Coffeehouse, but she’s turned its operation over to me and Clare. I think we still make a good team, even if it’s no longer as man and wife. Bottom line: I’ve always been a thrill seeker, but at this age, I’m beginning to consider limiting my extreme sports to the bedroom.
What my Avatar says about me: Happiness is...trekking the globe, hunting for the world’s choicest cherries (coffee cherries, I mean).
Meet
Madame...
Name: Madame Dreyfus Allegro Dubois
Job: Village Blend Owner
Internet handle: "Coffee Queen"
Gender: Female
Age: 79 (and counting)
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York
Originally from: Paris, France
About Me: Hello! My granddaughter, Joy, claims this virtual world is the way of the future, so she's typing this up for me. Well, what can I tell you about myself? I've been through so much in this long life. I was born in Paris, and came to New York during World War II. At eighteen, I met my first husband, Antonio Allegro, and fell madly in love. He was so virile, so handsome, so passionate; and after he inherited the Village Blend from his father, he and I ran it together for years. We also traveled the world and had wonderful adventures!
From a very young age, our son Matt was steeped in coffee; and after Antonio passed, Matt took over purchasing coffee for the Blend and began brokering coffee for international clients. The Village Blend has always been a family business—and I'm determined to keep it that way. That's why it broke my heart when Matt and his adorable wife, Clare, divorced.
Clare is the best barista I've ever met, and I've always considered her the daughter I never had—the divorce didn't change that. (What's a silly piece of legal paper against a lifetime of caring?) That's why I was thrilled when she finally agreed to come back to my Blend and run it for me. It will be half hers one day, too. My will makes it official. And now I know that when I die, my beloved Blend will be in the very best hands.
As for me, I've got a lot of life yet to live, and I'm always up for adventure—just ask Clare! New York is quite a bubbling cauldron. Passions run high in my city and every so often, it seems my former daughter-in-law finds herself embroiled in the most interesting cases of murder. That's when I offer my services. While I may no longer be a spring guinea hen, I'm nobody's fool. And Clares knows better than to turn down the wisdom of a woman who's been around more than a few blocks!
What My Avatar Says About Me: Welcome to my coffeehouse! It is my hope you'll think of it as a second living room—where (of course) freshly roasted coffee is always brewing!
Meet
Joy Allegro...
Name: Joy Allegro
Job: Culinary Student (and part-time barista)
Internet handle: "One Hot Cookie!"
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Residence: Greenwich Village, New York
Raised in: (mostly) suburbs of New Jersey
About Me: I'm currently studying to become a professional chef. My goal (eventually) is to have my own restaurant, but until then I'm totally determined to apprentice under a top chef. I love cooking food, hanging with my friends, and my family. My grandmother is the coolest, and even though my parents are divorced, they're working pretty well together. Mom and Dad have been big boosters for me, and I seriously appreciate that--even though Mom's way too snoopy. I don't mean she asks too many questions. I'm talking Defcon 1 Snoop Level here. It's a real pain. A girl needs her privacy, you know? So, okay, I have this thing for older men that freaks Mom out a little. But I can’t help it if guys keep hitting on me. And the drug thing was no biggee. My partying is totally under control--the coke was just recreational! Anyway, I'm really a nice girl who works hard and is totally mature enough to run her own life. Totally.
What My Avatar Says About Me: Cooking Like Crazy rules! And so does The Frying Pan, which seriously beats falling into the fire!
Meet
Mike Quinn,
NYPD...
Name: Michael Ryan Francis Quinn
Job: Detective Lieutenant, New York Police Department
Internet handle: I don't do cute
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Residence: East Village, Manhattan
Originally from: Brooklyn, New York
About Me: A good day for me is when I take someone bad off the street. I’m a real New Yorker. Born and raised in Brooklyn. Mom taught school. Dad was a fire chief. The FDNY was supposed to be my future, too, until an incident in high school turned the wheel, steered me to The Job. I like being a cop and lucky for me, I’m good at it. My task force is based at the Sixth, so I take downtime at the Village Blend. If you need more, leave a message on my cell to schedule a face-to-face there. I don’t blog. I don't tweet. I don't google, facebook, or do anything personal in public. In my profession touchy-feely can land you in a world of hurt.
What My Avatar Says About Me: Trouble is my job. And I love my job.
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Come back again to meet
more staff members
Village Blend Barista: Esther Best
Village Blend Barista: Tucker Burton
Village Blend Barista: Dante Silva
More NYPD Customers:
Sergeant Emmanuel Franco
The Fish Squad
A Brew to a Kill
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Join Cleo on her
Foodie Research Trip
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Food Truck Cookoff!
Fun New York
Foodie Post!
Leave the Gun,
Take the Cannoli!
Cleo Coyle
Takes You to
the 7th Annual Vendy
"Street Food" Awards!
Hi there. Cleo here. Are you ready to meet some of the best "street chefs" of New York City? Come with me on my trip to the annual Vendy Awards. I went as part of my research for my latest bestselling hardcover Coffeehouse Mystery A Brew to a Kill.
You will (virtually) try some amazing desserts, unique dishes, and meet this year's winners. I'll even take you on a video ferry ride up the East River. Just jump to my blog post by...
CLICKING HERE.
(A special, downloadable
recipe PDF is linked inside the post.)
See you there!
~ Cleo
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lightened by
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frothy cast of
lovable
eccentrics."
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~ Cleo
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MORTEM
Named as a
"Favorite Book
of the Year!"
Reviewer's Pick
~ Bookreporter.com
Now a
National
Mystery
Bestseller!*
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A deliciously
thrilling
culinary mystery
that's also a
tribute to
firefighters...
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CLICKING HERE.
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MIKE QUINN'S
BEAT
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Holiday
Grind
Cleo's TOP-9
National
Bestseller in
Hardcover
is
now a
bestseller in
paperback!
“Fun and gripping…”
~ Huffington Post
"Some of the most
vibrant characters
I've ever read."
~ Mystery Scene
"This one will
keep your cup
piping hot."
~ Kirkus
To order this very special entry in Cleo's series, click on one of the links below:
OR...
OR...
To find an
Independent
Bookstore
near you,
Yes, Virginia...
...there is a
Santa Claus.
#1
Bestselling
Paperback
French
Pressed
When the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association published its list of top selling mystery novels for April 2008, French Pressed made the #1 spot on the paperback list. Thank you, Coffeehouse Mystery readers. You helped to make French Pressed a national bestseller.
To order,
click on a
link below:
OR
OR
To find an
Independent
Bookstore
near you,
and...
JAVA
CHEERS
to
COUNTER
CULTURE
COFFEE
"Top Innovator"
DETAILS magazine 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. Read my Coffeehouse Mystery: French Pressed or scroll down this column to my "Coffee Pick" list.
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
A
#1 Bestselling
Paperback
Decaffeinated
Corpse
To Buy from
Barnes & Noble
Click Here
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.
BULLETS
ON THE
BEACH
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.
When a co-worker is gunned down, she's on a case that leads her to strange clues on the beach, a rogue Navy SEAL, and a suspicious manager at the restaurant where she's pouring gourmet cups of joe.
Well, click here to visit some real coffee peeps who work hard to give the Hamptons folks a great cuppa joe. My shout-out to the Coffee Peeps of New York's Hampton Coffee Company!
To Buy
Murder
Most Frothy
from
Barnes &
Noble
Click Here
And
just for
fun...
PETER
PANS
"Overstaying the
Hamptons Party"
New York
Times
Click below to read a past Times feature 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 Matt Allegro? Hmm...
THE READING
GUIDES
Coffeehouse Mystery checklist
of books in order click here.
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 soon
Need Adobe reader software for PDF? Get it FREE by clicking here.
CLEO'S
COFFEE &
CRIME FILE
click below
for stories on
NYPD Task
Force stakes
out coffee
shops in NYC
Woman found
not guilty
of poisoning
coffee with
antifreeze
Killer uses
"caffeine"
defense
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...
2010 WORLD
BARISTA
CHAMP
Mike Phillips, our U.S. Barista Champ, finished among the top 3 baristas in his first World competition, held in Atlanta, Georgia. The following 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.
For an interview
with Mike before
the 2010 World
Barista competition,
click the arrow in
the window
below...
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
10 million pounds!
Click here
to read Mr. P's
tips on making
a great
cuppa joe...
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
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
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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.
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
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 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
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
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. This coffee is no longer available but you can see the roaster's other blends by CLICKING 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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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 online. (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 Knickerbocker 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.
Summer-
Fall 2010
Cleo's Coffee Pick
Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
To purchase this coffee
or learn more about it,
CLICK HERE
To Read Cleo's
feature post on
this coffee,
CLICK HERE.
Spring-
Summer 2011
Cleo's Coffee Pick
Cops Coffee
COPS
COFFEE
"Midnight
Shift"
dark roast
"Your safest cup
of brew..."
Fall 2011
Cleo's
Coffee Picks
from
Batdorf &
Bronson
Coffee
Roasters
Mocha Java
Blend
To learn
more or buy,
click here.
and...
Dancing
Goats Blend
To learn
more or buy,
click here.
Winter
2011 - 2012
Cleo's
Coffee Picks
from
Rooster
Brother
A boutique
roaster in
Ellsworth,
Maine
Costa Rica's
La Minita Estate
"The Lafite of coffees."
An amazing cup
of joe from
To visit the
Costa Rican farm
where this coffee
is grown,
click here...
To read more
about this coffee
or purchase it
for yourself,
click here.
and...
100% Kona
Coffee
Grade:
Extra Fancy
Grown by
Kona Star Farms
of Kona, Hawaii
To learn
more, click here.
NOW
SOLD OUT
Cleo's
Spring 2012
Coffee Pick
Brazil's
Poco Fundo
"Almond joy
in a cup"
Roated by
Seattle
Coffee Works
To learn more
or purchase
CLICK HERE
Cleo's
Summer 2012
Coffee Pick...
From the
"Coffee Goddesses"
of Maine
Bistro Blend
&
Fireside Blend
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Roasted by
Carpe Diem
Coffee Roasters
To learn more
or purchase,
click here.
Cleo's
Fall 2012
Coffee Pick...
Kenyan
"Lenana"
This coffee was named after one of the peaks of Mt. Kenya. It was sourced and roasted by Terroir Coffee, a company created by one of the most respected names in the trade: George Howell.
CLEO'S NEXT
COFFEE PICK
Will be announced
this week.
Have you
signed up
to win a free
package of
Cleo's latest
Coffee Pick?
Send an e-mail
that says "sign me up"
to Cleo at...
CoffeehouseMystery
@gmail.com
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. Cleo has proudly donated. To learn more about Honor Flight, click here.
Murder by Mocha
(Coffee House Mystery)
