OK, so I've been absolutely terrible at updating this and such, sorry to the few people who actually read it (I have no idea how many there are anyway). So the whole comparison project is done and I'm apparently not interesting enough to write about my life in general (Most of my waking time is spent at school and practicing) but I have a goal for this summer that I thought it would be super fun to write about and maybe get some feedback on....I plan to visit EVERY non-chain (meaning not starbucks) coffee shop in Fort Collins. Here's the list I have compiled with the help of google maps
Coffee/Tea shops in Fort Collins
Everyday Joe's Coffee House
Starry Night Espresso Cafe
Bean Cycle
Catalyst Coffee LLC
Mugs Coffee Lounge
Alley Cat Cafe
Cups Coffee
Genoa Coffee & Wine
Dazbog Coffee Store
Deja Vu Coffeehouse
Wild Boar Coffee
Lyric Cinema Cafe
Bean Trees Drive Thru Coffee Cafe
Cuppy's Coffee and Smoothies
Colorado Coffee Exchange
Human Bean
The Haunted Game Cafe
La Dolce Vita Gelato Caffe
f/stop cafe
beatnik coffee
Wired Bean Coffee House
Coffee Craze
Specht Point Cafe
The Western Coffee Bar
Cafe Richesse
Monza Cafe
Espresso Di Cincotta
Cafe Vino
Cafe Ardour
Happy Lucky's Tea House
Half Moon Bay Coffee
Moxie Java
That 32, many more than I thought!I have had several thoughts about the best way to go about doing this, one idea was to ask for the same drink at every place - but I don't want to limit myself to drinking only one type of drink for the whole summer. So then I was thinking about e-mailing each store (that I could find an e-mail address for) and asking what their "signature drink" is, but that would be a lot of work and I'm not even guaranteed an answer. In talking with my parents and Andrew I have decided that I will ask the bartender to make me their favorite drink. As Andrew pointed out, it's a lot more random. I will also get a wider variety of drinks and will probably try a lot of things I wouldn't try otherwise.I plan on reviewing every place - hopefully with a picture or two - for the summer, maybe with other random interjections. So let's do some math here, 32 shops and I have about 14 weeks if I start when I get out of school (minus my week trip to Appleton) that would be 2.29 coffee shops per week. If I start now then I have around 20 weeks (not counting the week in Appleton) which is 1.6 shops a week. I like that number better.If you have a favorite drink at a certain place I will consider ordering that instead. If you can think of a place I did not include I'd love to hear it! If you are going to visit me this summer (or live here) and want to join me on all or some of these adventures let me know!! I'd love the company!I am excited for all this coffee business! and some tea too :)
