So Long, And Thanks for All The Shoes…

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Thanks for reading for the past year and a half!
Here’s to many more. May specialty coffee flourish in Texas.

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TX-Coffee: THE NEW VERSION

If you found us here at txcp.wordpress.com, I would like to invite you to our permanent address.

This blog space was once found under the domain TX-COFFEE.  We have set up the blog on our private server under the same URL.

This allows us to do many things, one of which is to move the forums to the same URL, as well as to integrate them into the blog appearance platform. (to see what I mean, click the link above, and then go to the “Forums” link in the header.)

For those who have been tracking us via the wordpress.com URL for the last year and a half, we appreciate your patronage, and hope you’ll continue your readership via the TX-Coffee.com URL.

If you subscribed to the Feedblitz email feed, there is no need to do anything. You weekly compilation updates will continue to be delivered as usual.

There are an abundant ways to subscribe and share Texas Coffee People with your friends and family at the new blog space, so please update your feed readers as needed.

Another fun feature we’ve added is the Internet Coffee Database Search Engine created by yours truly, with a bank of over 160 independent blogs, forums, and websites from the progressive side of the specialty coffee industry, so when you have questions, you get only the best answers from around the net.

Thanks for a great year and a half thus far, and we look forward to seeing you on the Forums.  If you haven’t registered yet, there is no time like the present to do just that.

This “past” incarnation site will remain available, however, it will be much less active, if active at all.

Beatnix Coffeehouse Closing: Waco, TX

As taken straight from the official Beatnix Myspace blog.

Beatnix Coffee House to Close Saturday

7/23/2008 / Waco, Texas

This Saturday, July 26th, will be the final day that Beatnix Coffee
House opens its doors to the public. A “Closing Bash” will be held,
featuring performances by local musicians.

Beatnix’s owner announced on Wednesday the closing of the coffee house
and cultural venue at 1826 Lake Shore Drive, due to poor economic
conditions and lack of capital for expansion.

Opened in 2005 by Penney Simpson, Todd Millerd, and Sandra Hapenney,
Beatnix quickly became known not only for its gourmet coffee and
sandwiches, but as a haven for poetry, art, and music.  It was awarded
the Music Association of Central Texas’ Groovy Award for Non-Club Venue
of the Year in both 2007 and 2008.

Simpson said “Beatnix has been my dream, and I had so many plans for it,
ways that it could be a gathering place and creative spark for Waco’s
culture.  But it had to move and grow in order to survive, and our
attempts to find investors or purchasers for the business have all
proved to be dead ends.”

Beatnix Coffee House will be open for normal business through Saturday.
On Saturday evening, it will hold a final “Closing Bash” at 6 pm, with
local musicians performing on stage for the last time.

Lack of capital for expansion?  Was the business failing, or has it just been stagnant too long?

In any case, nobody ever likes to hear of a shop closing.  As a coffee professional, I can’t help but be curious as to why it happens.  Each case is different, and it’s often, though not always, due to failing financially.  (or being marooned by the city *coughtpanthercitycough*)

What good is a Groovy Award if it can’t save your business?  It must be defective!

Thanks to Badger for the tip.

Crooked Tree Coffee House: Dallas, TX

I received an email from Jonathan A. at White Rock Coffee letting us know about this place near the heart of Dallas.

Jonathan writes,

Just wanted to let you know about a new independent shop in the DFW area. Crooked Tree Coffeehouse opened about a month ago in Dallas’ uptown area, at 2414 Routh Street. It’s in a pretty “hip” area of town- a residential neighborhood rezoned for business. It’s nice to find a coffeeHOUSE in a big city. Cozy location, comfortable furniture, live music is very intimate but can get kind of crowded (no actual stage, just set up in the corner). The owners and baristas are VERY passionate about coffee. They make some great espresso drinks, and also serve your usual fare of teas, chai, smoothies and pastries. All of their coffee comes from a company in Colorado Springs called Bywell, and it’s all Fairtrade organic. You can find there website at crookedtreecoffeehouse.com.

Cool!  The last time I visited a House converted into a coffee retailer was at Common Grounds in Waco.

Has anyone else visited this place?

Thanks for the heads up, Jonathan.

Crooked Tree Coffee House has been added to our List of Retailers.

DFW Jam 2008: The aftermath

I didn’t go, so I can’t give you much news about it, though you can check out the thread, ask questions, read comments, and so forth if you are so inclined.

Pictures taken at the Jam can be viewed here.
(Thanks to Brittany Reed for bringing a camera!)