juballers

Andrew Cash

Zac Workun

Nick Bruner

Daniel Faucette

Austin Oliver

Daniel Moore

Kyle Ramage

Jesse Gordon

Why We Throwdown

Tonight at Jubala we're hosting a TNT! TNT stands for Thursday Night Throwdown; feel free to come out and party with us. The event starts at Jubala around 7pm.

Here at the shop we've gotten a good bit of interest, along with a lot of questions. If you're curious about what the event entails, come check it out. Now, Iet's talk a bit about why these events even exist in the first place.

Many of us treat coffee like a drug. We walk into a cafe and walk out with a dose of caffeine that doesn't resemble something delicious at all. Thursday Night Throwdown is an event that promotes the opposite. Instead of a drug dose, look for drinks that are made well. Latte art is a skill that only committed baristas learn. If the only concern is to hand someone a speedy caffeine shot, then why spend time on presentation? Throwdowns cultivate a coffee culture that respects presentation and quality.

At Jubala, we want to focus on high quality coffee drinks. Tonight we'll be celebrating high quality drinks with some great baristas who celebrate the same. Come join us!

picture updates....word update from Andrew coming later

more photos on the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/JubalaVillageCoffee

Blog feed: http://juballer.blogspot.com/

Twitter updates: @JubalaCoffee (http://twitter.com/#!/JubalaCoffee)

CoffeeFest 2011 - Chicago

***NERD ALERT***

So excited to go to Chicago this weekend for ......

I'll be there all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday...I will be reporting my findings and visiting with some incredible leaders in the coffee world!...stay tuned.

Oh and we open in a few weeks so get ready!

week 7-9

hang sign

We've decided to go with a non-logo hanging sign to put over the door on the courtyard side of Jubala. We like the simplicity of coffee co. (which we are) so we played with the words a little and came up with something that I think will look sharp in, what I hope will be, a fun filled courtyard at Lafayette Village. The Honeycutt Rd. side will get a fascia sign with our full logo over the door.

we're also playing around with some cool ideas for the glass doors on both sides

NorthWest Barista Championship live stream

Watch live video from SCAA/USBC on Justin.tv

Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce

Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite authors (Blink, Tipping Point, Outliers). Here is a video on his explanation of human nature around choice and taste, using spaghetti sauce as his example. This can also be found in his book, What the Dog Saw.

thanks to Jared at Waking Life Espresso for bringing to my attention

***under construction***

break your routine

hope and union: Charleston, SC

I got to spend the past week in Kiawah, SC with some of my best friends, and had an absolute blast! I can't think of a more relaxing place to be to kick off, what will be, an exciting 2011. On the ride back to Raleigh we stopped in Charleston to grab Sunday brunch at Hominy Grill.

(GO AND ORDER THE BIG NASTY ASAP!)

When leaving, Kelley and I wanted to stop by this place we noticed earlier in the week on St. Phillip St., between Spring and Cannon streets. The straightforward "COFFEE" sign caught our attention and pulled us in. The name of the shop is hope and union and our 30 minute date was the perfect treat. Their concept is similar to Jubala's - offer handcrafted, single-origin coffees, thus slowing down the brewing process resulting in a richer, cleaner cup of coffee. The owners, relocated from New York, remodeled and added on to an older row home in the Cannonborough neighborhood of downtown Charleston. hope and union offers teas and coffees from Intelligentsia and Stumptown and will also prepare the traditional espresso drinks on their beautiful La Marzocco Linea. I wish them all the best going forward, and will definitely make it a priority to visit when traveling to or through Charleston in the future.