Caravan Coffee

From Caravan Coffee – The Willamette Valley is dotted with wonderful wineries and the town of Newberg is home to many of them.  Newberg is also the home of artisan coffee roaster Caravan Coffee.  Our Roastmaster uses two San Franciscan to roast small batches of coffee in a 20 pound traditional drum.  We ship our … Read more

Mr. Green Beans

“Do what you love and love what you do.” It’s a well-known recipe for happiness.  For Trevin and Ginny Miller, that recipe combines their love of family, the pride in doing things themselves, the dream of owning their own business, and, of course, their enthusiasm for coffee. Coffee is a big part of the cultures … Read more

Southeast Grind Coffee House – 24/7

I don’t know how reporters do it.  How do they decide what part of a story is most important?  How do they decide which part of a story is the lead?  To talk about Southeast Grind Coffee House I am left with that problem. Do I start with Kacey who opened shop where a previous … Read more

Spunky Monkey

Doesn’t that just roll off the tongue?  Spunky Monkey House of Coffee.  Spunky Monkey House of Coffee.  Spunky Monkey House of Coffee.  I love it!  And one of my spies loves their coffee as well. Spunky Monkey Coffee Roasters is an independent coffee roaster, tea blender, and chai creator located in Portland, OR. We base … Read more

Coffee In Motion

As you may have read my Dad had a heart attack and then had double bypass surgery so I made quite a few trips to Salem.  I always keep my eye open for some new place to feature on Pouregon and this one stood out. There are plenty of “shack” looking drive thru coffee shops … Read more

Beveland Street Bistro & Coffee House

I love finding places like Beveland Street Coffee House, the ones that are tucked away and aren’t on a high traffic street with tons of visibility. The dark woods and decor give it that warm cozy feeling, well, the fireplace helps too. They serve Caffé D’arte is located in Seattle and has played an important … Read more

Caffe Autogrill

UPDATE: The Caffe Autogrill closed last week. I might have been there on their last day. Sad. A friend and I went cafe hopping and this was our last stop.  I found Caffe Autogrill while driving around trying to scout new places and was eager to check it out.  It stood out immediately.  I was … Read more

Happy Valentine’s Day – Heart

First I want to say I love the logo.  Heart Coffee Roasting could have easily went with a heart symbol but they didn’t, this feels like you would get good solid coffee.  They just celebrated it’s first year in business. Heart opened its doors on October 20th, 2009.  We are a young micro roasting company. … Read more

The Goodbean Coffee

The Goodbean Company won gold at the 2010 Oregon Best Coffee in Oregon Championship.  They were medalists in three categories among the best coffee roasters in Oregon. Established in 1990, GoodBean Coffee is Southern Oregon’s original and premier coffee roasting company. Founded two decades ago in small-town America. GoodBean is still 100% family-owned and operated. … Read more

Coffee Girl

Coffee Girl is one of the most unique coffee houses in the world. It is located on the Columbia River in the West’s oldest cannery building. Coffee Girl features friendly service, high quality espresso, pastries, breakfast, and lunch. For all of the coffee shops I have visited and spotlighted this is the first that has … Read more