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This page is dedicated to the wonderful world of coffee! We will share our favorite drinks, shops, and beans.
Scroll through to find ways to make your coffee experience at home better, or find new places to try and drink to enjoy.
Cinco de Mayo - 2 Mexican Drinks to Enjoy
Celebrate in style this Cinco de Mayo and make your own Mexican Hot Chocolate (plus coffee) or a deliciously sweet At-Home Horchata Latte!
Bikini Blend French Roast - Blue Island Coffee Review
Bikini Blend French Roast from Blue Island Coffee is the perfect blend of dark smoky flavors with a touch of molasses.
McCafe Premium Roast Review
With classic medium-roast qualities, McCafe Premium Roast is slightly smoky and smoothly brewed. Ready to drink black or as a cafe aú lait!
6th Avenue Bistro - Seattle’s Best Review
Labeled “Bold and Roasty,” 6th Avenue Bistro from Seattle’s Best Coffee is sure to please every palate, every morning, with its medium bodied, smooth flavors.
Highlander Grogg - Addison Coffee Roasters Review
With a touch of sweetness and a medium bodied finish, Addison Coffee’s Highlander Grogg is the pleasantly sweet and smooth needed to start any day off on the right foot.
Midnight Kiss French Roast - Addison Coffee Review
Although lacking in the darker roast qualities of a true French roast, Addison Coffee’s Midnight Kiss French Roast is bright, herby, and makes a refreshing cup of cold brew.
Hub City Blend - HEB Cafe Olé Review
If you are in need of some vanilla sweetness with a dash of sweet cream in your morning routine, look to Hub City Blend from HEB’s Cafe Olé lineup.
Snickernut Cookie - HEB Cafe Olé Review
Snickernut Cookie from HEB Cafe Olé is a pleasant sipper and great if you love a lightly sweet black coffee that won’t overpower your senses. Keep reading to learn more!
Gonzales Garrison - Alamo Coffee Review
Gonzales Garrison from Alamo Coffee is dark, smokey, with a dark chocolate bitterness that is sure to warm your soul, even on the coldest of Texas mornings.
HEB Café Ole Holiday Coffee
Every holiday season, HEB Café Ole has an incredible lineup of coffees to match everyone’s palate. Read our review of some of the blends!
Jingle Bones - Bones Coffee Review
Jingle Bones from Bones Coffee perfectly balances Coconut, Caramel, and Vanilla flavors and tastes like Christmas morning. Keep reading to see what it inspired us to make!
Lucem - Merit Coffee Review
Lucem — Latin for “light” — is a major element of Merit Coffee’s guiding value: to be a light in someone’s day. So they named a coffee after this very idea! Read the full review to learn about this pleasing flavor profile.
Bosque Ranch Dark Roast - Community Coffee Review
“A cowboy coffee done right” is what you should expect when trying the Dark Roast collaboration between Bosque Ranch and founder Taylor Sheridan and Community Coffee!
Homemade Chai Coffee - Recipe
If you want to bring the spicy flavors of fall to your home, check out our recipe for a Homemade Chai Coffee! Easy, affordable, and deliciously spiced. Enjoy!
Salty Siren Decaf - Bones Coffee Review
Salty Siren Decaf from Bones Coffee delivers all the sea salted caramel mocha flavors, with none of the caffeine! An excellent roast, and an exceptional brew.
HEB Donut Shop - Regular and Decaf -Review
As we embrace October and the cooling weather, we always consider partaking in Sober October - even with our caffeine intake. So we reviewed and compared HEB Cafe Olé’s regular Donut Shop and their Decaf version.
Peet’s French Roast - Review
Peet’s French Roast has the simplicity and balance of a daily sipper and the flavors of a finer French Roast coffee. Read on to find out why!
HEB Cafe Olé - French Roast Review
Check out what we thought of HEB Cafe Olé’s take on the dark, smoky French Roast coffee!
Shotgun House Roasters - Review
House-made Horchata and Chai recipes are just two of Shotgun House Roaster’s signature drinks. Pair that with single origin whole beans and an old sewing factory? Check out our review to learn more!
Houston Blend - HEB Cafe Olé Review
HEB Cafe Olé’s Houston Blend is a medium-bodied masterpiece of coconut and praline with the depth of a medium roast coffee and is perfect for sweet or savory mornings. Check it out!