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Hardcover
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vibrant characters
I've ever read."
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Cleo Coyle launched her Coffeehouse Mystery series in September 2003 with On What Grounds.
It is now in its 16th printing.
There are currently 10 books in Cleo's nationally bestselling series. The new entry, Murder by Mocha, was released on August 2nd in hardcover and quickly became a Top-7 Nielsen BookScan mystery bestseller and a Top-9 Barnes and Noble bestseller. Four mystery reveiwers recently placed it on their Best of the Year lists.

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"...a tasty espresso-dark tale
of multigenerational crime
and punishment lightened
by the Blend's frothy cast of lovable eccentrics."~ Publishers Weekly
"This rich and entertaining
mystery blends atmosphere,
unforgettable characters,
and a killer plot that
will keep readers hooked until
the very end..."
~ RT Book Reviews

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of culinary mysteries set in a landmark
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Roast
Mortem
Penguin USA/Berkley Prime Crime
ISBN: 978-0-425-23459-4
Roast Mortem, the 9th entry in the series, is a murder mystery with a killer arsonist on the loose in New York. Clare Cosi finds herself at the center of the conflagration, searching for clues to this killer in the firehouse of an FDNY ladder company.
Roast Mortem, which pays tribute to our heroes in bunker gear, was named a Favorite Book of the Year in Bookreporter.com's Reviewer's Picks for 2010. The paperback edition was newly released August 2nd and quickly became a Top-5 mystery bestseller in Barnes and Noble stores nationwide.
"No one combines a cozy atmosphere
with a realistic crime novel any better
than Cleo Coyle. . . . a winner."
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reviewer to Library Journal and
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Named as a
Reviewer's Pick for 2010
"Favorite Book of the Year"!
~ Bookreporter.com
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Yes, the 8th book in Cleo's series, Holiday Grind, was reissued in paperback form last November and became Cleo's very first Publishers Weekly bestseller.
"Clare and company are some of the most vibrant characters I've ever read. Coyle also is a master of misdirection and red herrings. I challenge any reader to figure out whodunit before Coyle reveals all."
~ Mystery Scene Magazine
"Other honorable mentions
for new holiday booking… Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle,
a new addition to the coffeehouse mystery series that…
adds in jolts of souped-up coffee, sweet cooking…and super
sleuthing to deliver a fun and gripping
fa-la-la-la latte surprise."
~ The Huffington Post
This very special entry in the Coffeehouse Mystery series includes an extra-large bonus section of delicious holiday recipes as well as a glossary of coffeehouse terms, instructions on making espressos and lattes without an expensive machine, and tips and recipes for creating your own tasty coffeehouse syrups at home. Click here for a free bonus recipe from Cleo.
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Cleo's 7th Coffeeehouse Mystery
Espresso Shot earned a STARRED REVIEW
and is now a national bestseller
in both hardcover and paperback formats...
Below is
Espresso Shot's
STARRED REVIEW
from Library Journal
Coyle, Cleo. Espresso Shot:
A Coffeehouse Mystery.
Penguin USA/Berkley Prime Crime
ISBN 978-0-425-22177-8
"In this hardcover debut of the popular Coffeehouse Mystery series (French Pressed; Decaffeinated Corpse), New York City coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi's ex-husband and business partner is marrying the editor of a scandal magazine. But someone has decided to kill the obnoxious Breanne Summour before the wedding. Having been hired to create a gourmet coffee and dessert bar for the nuptials at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Clare is dragged into protecting the bridezilla. Coyle's "Coffeehouse" books are superb examples of the cozy genre because of their intelligent cast of characters, their subtle wit, and their knowledge of the coffee industry used to add depth and
flavor to the stories..."
—Jo Ann Vicarel, Library Journal
© 2008 Reed Business
Information.

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The Coffeehouse
Mystery Novels
in order...
Book #1
On What Grounds
"The perfect cup of coffee is a mystifying thing. To many of my customers, the entire process seems like some sort of alchemy they dare not try at home...."
Ten years ago, Clare Cosi left an unhappy marriage along with a job she loved: managing the historic Village Blend coffeehouse in
With a little cajoling from Madame, the Blend’s flamboyant, elderly owner (not to mention a persuasive pot of Jamaica Blue Mountain), Clare agrees to return to her old job—and right from the start she gets one heck of a jolt.
On her first morning back as Village Blend manager, Clare unlocks the front door to find her beautiful, young assistant manager, Anabelle Hart, unconscious in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere.
As Anabelle is rushed to the hospital, police arrive to investigate, but Detective Mike Quinn finds no sign of forced entry or foul play, and he deems it an accident. Clare disagrees; and after Quinn leaves, there are a few questions she just can’t get out of her mind, like why was the trash bin in the wrong place? If this wasn’t an accident, are her other baristas in danger? And are all NYPD detectives this attractive?
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Book #2
Through the Grinder
"She had to die. The Genius knew this and was absolutely fine with it. The problem, of course, was how...."
Clare’s new life in the city is percolating right along, with her grown daughter, Joy, close by in culinary school; and her ex-husband, Matt, working even closer as the Blend’s coffee buyer. Even better, their newest loyal customer is Mike Quinn, the NYPD detective who helped Clare solve the murder of assistant manager Anabelle.
Turns out Detective Quinn likes Clare’s lattes as much as hearing her opinions about his current cases, including his latest one: a suicide. Or was it? Soon after stopping at the Village Blend coffeehouse, a regular customer jumps to her death in the subway. Or was she pushed?
Detective Quinn is convinced that someone has an axe to grind, especially after the “suicide” of a second female customer. Unfortunately, his prime suspect is Bruce Bowman, the new man in Clare’s life. Bruce is the perfect blend of rugged good looks and potent personality. Too bad the women in his life keep turning up dead. Now Clare will have to risk her heart—and her life—to follow the killer’s trail to the bitter end.
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Through the Grinder (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
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Book #3
Latte Trouble
" 'Men are pigs. They should die!' Tucker Burton's words were audible over the steam wand's hiss...It wasn't that I disagreed with Tucker about men. When they acted like pigs, I wanted blood too, so to speak...."
The barista meets the fashionista! For years, fashion designer Lottie Harmon was the toast of
Clare is certain her barista is innocent, and she suspects the real target may have been Lottie herself. Now Clare must protect her thriving business from negative publicity, Lottie from any further danger, and Tucker from murder charges—even if it means jolting the fashion world with some shocking secrets.
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Book #4
Murder Most Frothy
"Hours before I found the body, one of Detective Mike Quinn's pithy comments came back to haunt me: 'You know, Clare, it's a little known principle of physics that a great deal of money can create a completely separate universe....'"
Clare Cosi's new friend, millionaire entrepreneur David Mintzer, makes her an offer no
At David’s oceanfront mansion, Clare plans to relax, soak up the sun, and (oh, yes) train the staff at David’s new East Hampton restaurant, Cuppa J, in the high rituals of proper coffee service. Packing up her daughter, her former mother-in-law, and her special recipe for frothy coffee frappes, Clare expects to have a de-latte-ful summer. But her carefree vacation grinds to a halt when an employee turns up dead in David’s bathroom.
Because of the Fourth of July fireworks, no one heard any gunshots. That doesn’t worry Clare. She’s just starting to investigate, and the disturbing facts she uncovers are going to keep her up at night—even without caffeine.
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Book #5
Decaffeinated Corpse
"In 1862 New York instituted its first gun control law, banning rifles to discourage hunting within the city limits. Nearly one hundred and fifty years later, at least one hunter failed to be discouraged...."
At the Village Blend, Clare Cosi’s best baristas may refer to a decaffeinated espresso as a “why bother?”, but Clare knows a good percentage of her customers prefer the neutered brew. So when Ric Gostwick, a charismatically handsome Brazilian, develops the world’s first botanically decaffeinated coffee plant, Clare can see why Matt (her ex-husband and business partner) gets into bed with the deal.
Unfortunately, Ric is also getting into bed with more than one woman. And when an attempted murder happens right outside the Blend’s back door, Clare suspects more than Ric’s revolutionary new plant has its roots in some dirt.
As she begins to investigate Ric’s background and business connections, a trail of clues leads to a pile up of casualties and an international roster of suspects. Now Clare knows she’s got to find the murderer before one of her near and dears takes a fall. Otherwise, her latest addition to the Village Blend menu will prove to be a real buzz killer.
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Book #6
French Pressed
“'Ugh,' I murmured. 'This coffee is absolute poison...'
No, the lukewarm ebony liquid sloshing around my bone china cup wasn’t actually lethal, just bitter, old, and lifeless—the kind of adjectives I would have been mortified to hear uttered about my coffee, God forbid my person..."
Clare Cosi's daughter, Joy—a girl who doesn't always make the *best* decisions—is finishing up her culinary studies with an internship at Solange, one of New York City's hottest French restaurants. She's also getting way too intimate with her boss, the older, married Executive Chef Tommy Keitel.
Clare's not buzzed about the relationship (to put it mildly), but what twenty-something takes romantic advice from her mother? Resolving to keep a closer eye on Joy, Clare makes a deal to micro-roast and French press exclusive coffee blends for Tommy, a man she wouldn't mind seeing roasted and pressed himself! Then the competitive kitchen turns cutthroat, and the NYPD marks Joy as a murder suspect. To clear her daughter of the crime, Clare knows she must catch the real killer...even if it lands her in the hottest water of her life.
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Coffeehouse
Mystery #7
ESPRESSO
SHOT
Now Available
in Paperback!

As manager and head barista of the landmark Greenwich Village coffeehouse The Village Blend, Clare Cosi doesn’t get steamed up about much. But ever since her ex-husband started planning his second wedding, she’s been making some vows of her own...
Clare’s been hired to create a gourmet coffee and dessert bar for a New York wedding to be held at the world-renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art. Famous chefs will be there, celebrities, members of the press, well-known politicians—so why isn’t she thrilled to have this chance to shine? Because the person tying the knot is Matteo Allegro, her ex-husband and current business partner. And while Clare has no designs on
ever marrying Matt again, she’s afraid he’s making a terrible mistake.
The bride-to-be is Trend magazine editor Breanne Summour. Beautiful, wealthy, and sophisticated, the snarky tastemaker has never been a low maintenance kind of gal, and now she’s in full-blown bridezilla mode. The only way Clare can possibly deal with her is to put her misgivings aside and focus on business. But as a successful amateur sleuth, murder is Clare’s business, too, and when fatal accidents begin befalling people close to Breanne, Clare becomes suspicious. Is someone trying to sabotage this wedding? Even kill Matt's bride-to-be?
Between persuading a sexy Italian sculptor into lending her a one-of-a-kind fountain and roasting some of the rarest coffee beans on earth, Clare starts to investigate. But what she unveils, amid melted chocolate and steaming mochaccinos, may just get her burned....
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Coffeehouse
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HOLIDAY
GRIND
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Praise for Holiday Grind
“Coyle’s coffeehouse mysteries are packed
with believable characters and topped with
serious coffee lore and holiday recipes.
This one will keep your cup
piping hot."
~ Kirkus
HOLIDAY
GRIND
There’s nothing cozier than a winter evening in Greenwich Village. Streetlights shimmer through icy flakes. Cafés glow with welcoming warmth. Boots crunch along cobblestones, and a layer of snow dusts historic townhouses like powdered sugar on holiday confections. Murder has no place in such a pretty picture, until now...
Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi has grown very fond of Alfred Glockner, the part-time comic and genuinely jolly charity Santa who’s been using her Village Blend as a place to warm his mittens. When she finds him brutally gunned down in a nearby alley, a few subtle clues convince her that Alfred’s death was something more than the tragic
result of a random mugging—the conclusion of the police.
With Clare’s boyfriend, NYPD Detective Mike Quinn, distracted by a cold case of his own, and ex-husband Matt investigating this year’s holiday lingerie catalogs (an annual event), Clare charges ahead solo and discovers Santa had a list that he was checking twice—and the folks on it were not
very nice. Then someone tries to ice Clare, and she really gets steamed.
Between baking delicious holiday goodies and fending off the attentions of a persistent professional elf, Clare sets out to solve Santa’s slaying. But she'd better watch out, because if she fails to stop this stone cold killer, she may just get the biggest chill of her life.
This very special entry in Cleo's series includes an extra-large bonus section of delicious holiday recipes as well as a glossary of coffeehouse terms, instructions on making espressos and lattes without an expensive machine, and tips and recipes for creating your own tasty coffeehouse syrups at home. Click here for a free bonus recipe from Cleo.
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Coffeehouse
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ROAST MORTEM
Now Available
in Paperback!

Named as a
Reviewer's Pick for 2010
"Favorite Book of the Year"!
~ Bookreporter.com
Clare Cosi, manager and head barista of the landmark Village Blend coffeehouse, has perfected the pulling of steaming hot espressos. But can she keep New York’s Bravest from getting burned?
Arson leads to murder when Clare investigates the torching of an elderly friend's cafe. Soon she's facing off with a hardheaded FDNY fire captain, who insists that none of his men aided this firebug in his or her crime. Clare isn't so sure. As she doggedly digs for the truth, firefighters begin to die in suspicious ways and soon someone is threatening to extinguish her...
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"The most stirring symbol
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to man is in a fire truck."
~ Kurt Vonnegut

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Cleo's New
Mystery!
Murder by
Mocha

Can coffee and chocolate
heat up your love life?
For Clare Cosi, finding out
will be murder...


Includes
Chocolate Recipes!
REVIEWS
"...a tasty espresso-dark tale of multigenerational crime and punishment lightened by the Blend's frothy cast of lovable eccentrics."
~ Publishers Weekly
"This rich and entertaining
mystery blends atmosphere,
unforgettable characters,
and a killer plot that
will keep readers hooked until
the very end..."
~ RT Book Reviews

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to learn more
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to pub in 2012...
Coffee.
It can get
a girl killed.

A Brew to a Kill
by Cleo Coyle
Coming this August
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Berkley Prime Crime
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a girl killed.

Coming this
August from
Penguin's
Berkley
Prime Crime
Cleo's Latest
Coffeehouse
Mystery

A TOP-7*
National
Mystery
Bestseller!
*Nielsen BookScan
4 Year-End
Best Mystery
Lists!

Can coffee and
chocolate heat
up your love life?
For Clare Cosi
finding out will be
murder...

Murder
by Mocha
Includes
Chocolate
Recipes!
4 Year End
Best Mystery
Lists!
"...a tasty tale
of crime and
punishment
lightened by
the Blend's
frothy cast of
lovable
eccentrics."
~ Publishers
Weekly

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"This rich and
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atmosphere,
unforgettable
characters, and a
killer plot that
will keep
readers hooked
until the very
end..."
~ RT Book
Reviews
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Arson leads
to murder
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ROAST
MORTEM
Named as a
"Favorite Book
of the Year!"
Reviewer's Pick
~ Bookreporter.com
Now a
Top-5*
National
Mystery
Bestseller!
*Barnes & Noble
Nationwide!

A deliciously
thrilling
culinary mystery
that's also a
tribute to
firefighters...

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NYPD DET.
MIKE QUINN'S
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Holiday
Grind
Cleo's TOP-9
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Hardcover
is
now a
bestseller in
paperback!
“Fun and gripping…”
~ Huffington Post
"Some of the most
vibrant characters
I've ever read."
~ Mystery Scene
"This one will
keep your cup
piping hot."
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Yes, Virginia...
...there is a Santa Claus.
#1
Bestselling
Paperback

French
Pressed
When the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association published its list of top selling mystery novels for April 2008, French Pressed made the #1 spot on the paperback list. Thank you, Coffeehouse Mystery readers. You helped to make French Pressed a national bestseller.
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JAVA
CHEERS
to
COUNTER
CULTURE
COFFEE
"Top Innovator"

DETAILS magazine named Counter Culture Coffee as #1 (of North Carolina) among five industry "innovators creating coffees that have the complexity of fine wines." Click here to read an excerpt. posted at BaristaExchange.com
I'm a big fan of Counter Culture and have written about them on this site and in my books. Read my Coffeehouse Mystery: French Pressed or scroll down this column to my "Coffee Pick" list.
Says Counter Culture: "We hope that such media coverage helps spread awareness that coffee can not only be an authentic, delicious food experience, but also a conduit for community, sustainable agriculture, and cultural exchange."
Java Cheers,
~ Cleo
A
#1 Bestselling
Paperback
Decaffeinated
Corpse
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When the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association published its list of top selling mystery novels for July 2007, Decaffeinated Corpse made the #1 spot on the paperback list. Thank you, Coffeehouse Mystery readers. You helped to make Decaffeinated Corpse a national bestseller.
BULLETS
ON THE
BEACH
Remember Murder Most Frothy? My 4th Coffeehouse Mystery gave Clare Cosi a summer job as a "coffee steward" at a posh new eatery in the Hamptons, the fabled seaside escape for New York's rich and famous.
When a co-worker is gunned down, she's on a case that leads her to strange clues on the beach, a rogue Navy SEAL, and a suspicious manager at the restaurant where she's pouring gourmet cups of joe.
Well, click here to visit some real coffee peeps who work hard to give the Hamptons folks a great cuppa joe. My shout-out to the Coffee Peeps of New York's Hampton Coffee Company!
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PETER
PANS
"Overstaying the
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New York
Times
Click below to read a past Times feature about "house shares" in the Hamptons and men who try to keep the postcollege "boys of summer" party going decades after their undergrad days. Shades of my character Matt Allegro? Hmm...
THE READING
GUIDES
Coffeehouse Mystery Reading Guides
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» Books 1 & 2, click here (pdf)
» Books 3 & 4, click here (pdf)
» Book 5, click here (pdf)
» Books 6 & 7 Coming Soon!
» Book 8, click here (pdf)
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CLEO'S
COFFEE &
CRIME FILE
click below
for stories on
NYPD Task
Force stakes
out coffee
shops in NYC
Woman found
not guilty
of poisoning
coffee with
antifreeze
Killer uses
"caffeine"
defense
Killer
confesses to
taking coffee
break next to
corpse
NYPD Nails
Coffee-Drinking
Bank Robber
Bikini Coffee
Shop Served Eviction
Notice
Driver puts sugar
into coffee &
plunges into river
more to come...
Cleo's
Coffee Pick
for
SPRING
2010
from
"2010 Roaster
of the Year"
To learn more
about the
French Laundry
Estate Blend,
created for
award-winning
Chef Thomas
Keller's
world-renowned
French Laundry
restaurant
CLICK
HERE

You can see Cleo's past COFFEE PICKS by scrolling all the way down this column...
2010 WORLD
BARISTA
CHAMP

Mike Phillips, our U.S. Barista Champ, finished among the top 3 baristas in his first World competition, held in Atlanta, Georgia. The following year, in Olympia, London, he won FIRST PLACE and is now THE WORLD CHAMPION FOR 2010! Way to go, Mike!
How did he get there? "I really care about coffee and the entire chain of things, from where the coffee is grown and processed, all the way to the shop where it's prepared and the customers who enjoy it."
Mike works at Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea in Chicago, Illinois. There are several Intelligentsia locations in Chicago. Mike works at their flagship store at 3123 North Broadway. Click here to virtually visit the store.
VIDEO OF
WINNING
PERFOMANCE!
To see Mike competing
in last year's World
Championships,
click here.
For an interview
with Mike before
the 2010 World
Barista competition,
click the arrow in
the window
below...
Java Master Gives
Tips on Making
the Perfect Cup
Italian-born
Gennaro Pelliccia
is responsible for the
taste of the 108 million
cups of Costa coffee
sold in Britain each year.
His policy with Lloyd's
of London
insures his tongue
for
10 million pounds!

Click here
to read Mr. P's
tips on making
a great
cuppa joe...
FREE
EXCERPT!
for Cleo Coyle's
2nd series...
Haunted Bookshop
Mysteries
THE GHOST
AND THE
HAUNTED
MANSION
* National Mystery
Bestseller!
Independent Mystery
Booksellers Association
* A Fresh Fiction
Fresh Pick!

"The plot is marvelous,
the writing is top-notch..."
-Cozy Library
Click here to read
Cleo's Free Excerpt
(PDF format)
Want to Grow
Your Own
Coffee Plant?

Thanks to CM reader Linda for posting info about where to buy coffee plants and seeds. Click here to go to the coffee seed catalog page and scroll down. Look for the "coffea" plants listed in ITALIC alphabetically.
Coffea arabica $3.84 -12 seeds
Coffea catura $3.29 -12 seeds
Coffea kona $3.95 -12 seeds
Linda also says: "Gurney's Plant and Seed catalog has small coffee plants for $8.95 each. Click here and look for item # 11295 for coffee plants."
WAKE UP AND SMELL...
THE CANVAS!

"I started painting with coffee because I wanted a cheaper medium that was accessible to me," says Filipino artist Sunshine Plata. A tube of oil paint costs at least 500 pesos ($11), while a jar of instant coffee is only around 150 pesos ($3). Click here to read more about Sunshine and her coffee art.
COFFEE AND BABY FORMULA?!

I laughed out loud at this blog from Sarah Bates of Zanesville, Ohio. Click here to read how a baby changed everything for this coffee connoisseur.
—Cleo
Caffeine
Myths
A recent story by the amazing Jane Brody in The New York Times examines coffee and health, click here to read more. (I learned a lot about the myths of caffeine!)
Click here to read about a Harvard study that shows coffee's link to preventing heart disease.
Click here to read how a cup of coffee a day may offset Alzheimer's disease.
Book Lovers
Find Love!
My publisher (Penguin USA) is launching a dating website for readers. Learn more from theBookseller.com by clicking here.
In Memoriam
Sheena
2.21.2009
MOON DOGGIE
COFFEE
HELPS HOUNDS!
CM reader Laundrygoddess tells me she loves the Moon Doggie Coffee cafe in Northern New Jersey!
The folks at Moon Doggie micro-roast their own coffees (just like Clare Cosi) AND they rescue basset hounds, too. How cool is that? Let's give them some business!
Click here or on the photo above to visit Moon Doggie Coffee's online shop. They have a great list of coffees, including DECAF coffees and flavored varieties. If you're in NJ, stop by their shop and say hi to Nicole, their barista manager. Shop's locatiion: 108 W. Pleasant Ave. Maywood, NJ
Woof! —Cleo Coyle
Nuke Therapy
Feeling disgusted with increased pink slips while failed CEOs get golden parachutes? Well, click here and you'll feel MUCH better! The site is the brain child of a tres clever industrial designer who himself lives in the Hamptons, Miles Jaffe, author of The Hamptons Dictionary, a hilarious handbook of class warfare: CLICK HERE to read more about the book, but don't miss the Nuke the Hamptons experience. It's awesome!
THANKS, MARY T.!
Thanks to Coffeehouse Mystery reader Mary T. of Appleton, Wisconsin for the little missive below...

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony!
Yes, like the Japanese with their tea traditions, the Ethiopians have a very special way of enjoying coffee. Click here to learn more!
COFFEE COMPOST!
Did you know that old coffee grounds = good compost for your garden? Click here to read more. (Who knew coffee repelled slugs? Now there's a hilarious metaphor for a CM book.)
Coffee Health News!
Coffee May Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer
A Harvard study found women who drank 3 or more cups of coffee or tea a day were 25% less likely to develop Ovarian Cancer than those who drank none. Click here to read more.
Coffee May Boost Memory
in Older Women

USA Today reports...
Women older than 65 who drank more than three cups of coffee a day — or the caffeine equivalent in tea — showed better memory retention than men, a French researcher reports. Click here to read the short USA Today report. Or click here to read a longer Scientific American article.
Coffee is Culinary!
Click here to read about a master chef Marcus Samuelsson's work with a master coffee blender to pair coffee with food. Coffee as a culinary experience: Clare would approve!
Coffee Recipes!
Acclaimed chef Marcus Sameulsson created a yummy Chocolate Cinnamon Bread recipe for Starbucks. If you'd like the recipe, click here!
MORE RECIPES...
The National Coffee Association has some great coffee recipes. Click here to get them.
For even more coffee recipes, click here
DOOR COUNTY COFFEE...
And for coffee recipes from DOOR COUNTY COFFEE, a family-run coffeehouse in Wisconsin, click here.
A shout-out of thanks to Mary T., a Coffeehouse Mystery fan, for mentioning her fave coffeehouse on my Coffee Talk Message Board (the green chalkboard at the top of this column).
Coffee Lover Invents
"The Barista Game"
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Did you know there's a new board game in which you win by making the perfect cup of coffee? Click here to read about the game designer who invented it.
BIG COFFEE NEWS!
Ethiopia announces commercial culitvation of low-caffeine coffee plants! Ric Gostwick's "dream" coffee from Decaffeinated Corpse is no longer fiction! To read about this amazing breakthrough, Click here


AND NOW
FOR SOME
OF CLEO'S
PAST
COFFEE PICKS...
---------------------------
SEPTEMBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
MAGNOLIA GRILL BLEND

With the tip of a chef's hat to the married couple who run Magnolia Grill, Cleo's coffee pick for SEPTEMBER 2007 was Magnolia Grill Blend sold by Counter Culture Coffee roasters. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
OCTOBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
GOMBE RESERVE
Cleo's pick for OCTOBER 2007 was Gombe Reserve sold by Green Mountain Coffee Co. and endorsed by Dr. Jane Goodall. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for youself, CLICK HERE.
NOVEMBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
MAJOR DICKASON'S BLEND

In tribute to the late, great Alfred Peet, Cleo's pick for NOVEMBER 2007 was Major Dickason's Blend sold by Peet's Coffee and Tea. To purchase this coffee for yourself, CLICK HERE. To read Cleo's past featured article "Alfred Peet and the Birth of Coffeehouse Culture" as well as the article after it about the Major Dickason coffee blend itself, go to Cleo's article archives by clicking here. Note that you must wait a minute or so for the archives to load.
JANUARY '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
"YIRG" - ETHIOPIAN YIRGACHEFFE

Cleo's pick for JANUARY 08 was Ethiopian Yirgacheffe sold by Counter Culture Coffee Company. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
FEBRUARY '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
RWANDAN VILLAGE BLEND

Cleo's FEBRUARY '08 pick was Rwandan Village Blend sold by Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Co. To purchase this excellent coffee for yourself, CLICK HERE. To read Cleo's archived article on this coffee, CLICK HERE.
MARCH '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
KENYA

Cleo's MARCH '08 pick was Kenya, sold by Counter Culture Coffee, Co. and Peet's Coffee. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
APRIL '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
PURPLE PRINCESS

Cleo's April '08 pick was the amazing "Finca El Puente" from a coffee in Honduras nicknamed "Purple Princess" by the coffee director of Counter Culture Coffee of Durham, NC. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED. To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
MAY - JUNE '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Cleo's June '08 pick was the "Jamaica Blue Mountain" of the South Pacific. An award-winning coffee grown on the exotic island of Papua New Guinea (north of Australia). To read more about this coffee or purchase it for yourself, CLICK HERE.
JULY - AUGUST '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
SOLAR ROAST COFFEE
Cleo's July - August '08 pick was Solar Roast Coffee of Pueblo, Colorado, the only company in the world that roasts its coffee using solar energy! Meet Dave and Mike, the two brothers who invented this one-of-a-kind solar roaster, and learn how you can purchase their delicious coffees for yourself by CLICKING HERE and reading Cleo's archived article.
SEPT. - OCTOBER '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
JOE'S VIENNA ROAST
from the NYC coffeehouse:
Joe, The Art of Coffee

The September-October '08 pick was Joe's Vienna Roast, sold by Joe, The Art of Coffee café in Greenwich Village, New York, recently named one of the best coffee bars in the country by Food and Wine magazine (and one of Cleo Coyle's inspirations for her fictional Village Blend!). CLICK HERE to visit Joe's online store and order any one of their excellent coffees for yourself. (To read Cleo's archived article about the Joe cafe, click here.)
NOV. - DECEMBER '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick
BOUCHON BLEND

This smooth, delicious coffee is the House Blend served at Bouchon Bakeries, which are owned and run by award-winning chef Thomas Keller. This coffee was featured in Cleo Coyle's 7th Coffeehouse Mystery: ESPRESSO SHOT. It is blended and roasted by Equator Estate Coffee and Teas, a women-owned company based in northern California. Click here to learn more about the coffee or order it for yourself.
JANUARY 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
NOT KOPI LUWAK!

One of the rarest coffees on the planet, Kopi Luwak is also one of the most expensive. Kopi Luwak was also a featured coffee in Cleo's 7th and most recently released Coffeehouse Mystery: ESPRESSO SHOT. To read Cleo's brief archived article on Kopi Luwak and learn how it got its hilarious nickname: "cat poop coffee," click here.
SPRING 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
ROOSTER BROTHER's
LA MINITA ESTATE
(Costa Rica)

This outstanding single-origin bean is treated with love by the coffee team at Rooster Brother, a store for cooks housed in a historic Victorian building in Ellsworth, Maine. Master Roaster Gene (pictured) does a masterful job of bringing out the very best in this smooth, bright, delightful coffee with the kind of hints of citrus and berry usually found in high-quality African beans. Click here to visit George and Pamela Elias's Rooster Brother store online and order some of this superb coffee for yourself! (Thanks to Coffeehouse Mystery reader Bud Knickerbocker of Bangor, Maine, for suggesting it!)
MAY - JUNE '09
Cleo's Coffee Pick
BISHOPS BLEND
Creating blends is a culinary art, and I'm happy to report that the roasters for Bishops Blend have done a masterful job at creating theirs. The beans are roasted medium dark and the package came to me (via UPS) freshly roasted, beautifully oily, and smelling of chocolate. The coffee is perfectly balanced; and as it cools, the notes include a slight vanilla flavor and a touch of cinnamon. Even better, when you purchase a bag, a percentage of the money goes toward ERD, a charity that provides disaster relief around the world as well as enabling people in the poorest communities on our planet to climb out of poverty. Buy a bag. Change a life. To learn more or purchase for yourself, click here.
SUMMER 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
DALLMAYR PRODOMO
Imported from Munich, Germany
To learn about this beloved German coffee brand, including tips on where to purchase it in America, read Cleo's feature article by clicking here. This is an archived article and make take a minute to load.
FALL 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
AMARO GAYO
(Ethiopia)
roasted by
Gimme! Coffee
To learn about this exotic Ethiopian coffee, including the outstanding roaster (gimme! Coffee) who takes pride in getting it to you expertly and freshly roasted, click here to visit Gimme Coffee. Or read Cleo's post in her archives. Click here...
SPRING 2010
Cleo's Coffee Pick
FRENCH LAUNDRY
ESTATE BLEND

roasted by
Equator Estates Coffee
"Roaster of the Year"
~ Roast Magazine
To learn more about this "chef's blend," created especially for award-winning Chef Thomas Keller's world-renowned French Laundry restauant, click here, and you will jump to the Equator Estates online shop. Scroll down to see the French Laundry blend among Equators other "chef's blend" offerings.
Summer-
Fall 2010
Cleo's Coffee Pick
Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
To purchase this coffee
or learn more about it,
CLICK HERE
To Read Cleo's
feature post on
this coffee,
CLICK HERE.
Spring-
Summer 2011
Cleo's Coffee Pick
Cops Coffee

COPS
COFFEE
"Midnight
Shift"
dark roast
"Your safest cup
of brew..."

Fall 2011
Cleo's
Coffee Picks
from
Batdorf &
Bronson
Coffee
Roasters
Mocha Java
Blend
To learn
more or buy,
click here.
and...

Dancing
Goats Blend
To learn
more or buy,
click here.
Winter
2011 - 2012
Cleo's
Coffee Picks
from
Rooster
Brother
A boutique
roaster in
Ellsworth,
Maine
Costa Rica's
La Minita Estate
"The Lafite of coffees."
An amazing cup
of joe from
To visit the
Costa Rican farm
where this coffee
is grown,
click here...
To read more
about this coffee
or purchase it
for yourself,
click here.
and...
100% Kona
Coffee
Grade:
Extra Fancy
Grown by
Kona Star Farms
of Kona, Hawaii
To learn
more, click here.
NOW
SOLD OUT
Cleo's New
Coffee Pick!

Brazil's
Poco Fundo
"Almond joy
in a cup"
Roated by
Seattle
Coffee Works

To learn more
or purchase
CLICK HERE
Have you
signed up
to win a free
package?
Send an e-mail
that says "sign me up"
to Cleo at...
CoffeehouseMystery
@gmail.com
CLEO'S NEXT
COFFEE PICK
Will be announced
May 2012

FOR THE LOVE
OF OUR
WWII VETS
HONOR FLIGHT was created by a VA doctor when he discovered that his elderly patients (veterans of WW II) could not afford to make the trip to Wash. D.C. to see the WWII war memorial that is dedicated to them.
Now a national organization, Honor Flight raises money to help WWII vets make the trip to visit the memorial that would not exist without their bravery and sacrifice. Our vets are dying every week. Time is running out to honor them. Cleo has happily donated. To learn more about Honor Flight, click here.







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