Archive for the ‘Coffee’ Category

NEW TRAVEL MUGS IN!

08.12.11

Hot off the press, these here fine 12oz travel mugs are just the thing you need to transport your coffee. We promise. Every Tuesday when you bring it in you get free coffee! Or if you prefer chai, lattes or mochas those drinks are discounted 50%! Eat your heart out daily deals. And most of the time, people forget that it’s Tuesday, so it’s always an awesome surprise.

CREATIVE COFFEE: MOVEABLE TYPE TRUCK!

08.06.11

Tuesday, 9-11 am, featuring Tee & Cakes sweets and some refreshing beverages! Feel free to RSVP HERE!

Tee & Cakes Coffee Roaster Gets Award!

04.03.11

Best Local Roaster – 2011 Novo Coffee

FROM WESTWORD.COM: Herb, Jake and Joe Brodsky are passionate about getting the best cup of coffee possible into the hands of consumers. And so they spend a lot of time forging relationships, searching for beans and perfecting the processing of Novo Coffee. Their search for perfection sends them to Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Indonesia and many other corners of the world, but then they bring their finds back to their warehouse just north of downtown Denver, where they use a custom-built roaster to finish the coffee for packaging. The father-and-sons team is obsessive about quality control, checking for flaws and roasting in small batches; the Brodskys are also willing educators and ardent about building the coffee community, conducting on-premise cuppings with the public to explain the nuances of beans, roasts and brewing methods. But a cup of Novo coffee speaks for itself: It’s rich, complex, heady and absolutely delicious.

Tee & Cakes has been proudly serving NOVO Coffee for over a year now. It’s a uniquely flavorful and delightful cup of coffee and makes great espresso for our award-worthy lattes. Brewing fresh coffee and serving great lattes daily. What’s a cupcake without coffee?

Local Table Tours Coffee Tour

03.19.11

First Coffee and Pastry Tour
March 18, 2011

The first coffee and pastry tour was a lot of fun. I learned so much about coffee- a favorite morning drink that I’ve been consuming ever since my first day living in Spain at age 21… 10 years ago.

I’m excited about my Coffee and Pastry tours because they are a great opportunity to learn about coffee from people who know coffee. It’s not just a tour where you taste a little coffee, walk to another coffee shop, taste a little more coffee, and repeat the process. This is an educational event on the art of coffee. That’s right- the ART of coffee. It turns out that everyone has a different way to brew this beautifully delicious bean.

Our first stop was The Cup, a local coffee shop/bakery/lunch spot/work-away-from-home office, owned by Wendy and Chris. The Cup features Conscious Coffee, and while Chris was talking to us about why The Cup serves this particular local coffee roaster’s coffee, he introduced us to Mark, the owner and socially/culturally/environmentally conscious coffee roaster himself. Wendy’s baked goods (made from her personal recipes) graced the table, and we were completely absorbed in coffee, beans, roasts, grinds, brews, geography, seasonality of beans, and good company.

The Cup gave us a sample of the Bolivian roast we were drinking, and after a nice morning nibble and coffee tasting, we walked over to The Unseen Bean.

The Unseen Bean is aptly named. Owner Gerry Leary is the blind master roaster and business owner who, with the assistance of London, his super obedient (and super nice!) guide dog, roasts coffee to perfection based on sound and smell. He was open to sharing his coffee roasting experience with us as we tasted two coffees from his freshly roasted beans.

After a really nice chat with Gerry, some quality time with London, and some great coffee samples, we walked over to Tee & Cakes.

Brian Wood, owner and self-proclaimed coffee junkie, serves NOVO coffee at his shop. He served us some of NOVO’s Amaro Sun Dried coffee along with a nice write up of the beans, including info on the origin: Ethiopia, and nuances: strawberry and spiced apple on the front, cocoa and unripe banana on the finish. Let’s remember, folks- we’re talking about coffee, not wine. You really need to try this particular NOVO coffee and I promise you’ll taste flavors that you don’t usually associate with coffee.

In the end, I’m really hopeful that as a guide I will start to learn a lot about coffee on these tours. Listening to Wendy, Chris, Mark, Gerry, and Brian talk about the coffees featured on this tour really opened my eyes to the distinctly different flavor profiles of these distinctly different brews. So, register for a coffee tour and enjoy a caffeinated lesson. Fridays, 10 am.

New Travel Mugs

03.10.11

Our new ceramic travel mugs have arrived and are available for sale at the shop as well as in our online store. FREE COFFEE: Every Tuesday folks with these Tee & Cakes travel mugs (or any of our previously designed logo mugs) enjoy free drip coffee all the livelong day. Or all specialty drinks (chai, lattes, tea, etc) are 1/2 price!!

What’s New

01.12.11

Latest limited edition stickers printed by Sticker Giant.

New mugs printed for in-house coffees and also for sale. 11.95 and this includes the free drip on Tuesdays deal.

Brand spankin new coffee from Novo Coffee. Should be brewing at Tee & Cakes real soon!

Brandy New Mugs!

01.10.11

Our nifty new mugs have arrived for your coffee drinking pleasure. These mugs are also available for purchase in the shop as well. Neat.

Novo Coffee For Sale in the Shop

12.08.10

We just got in some Novo Coffee for the good people of Tee & Cakes. $14 will get you this fine brew. Click HERE to read more about this tasty blend.

Holiday Sweet Treats!

Snowball (chocolate shown) — Chocolate or white cake topped with vanilla bean marshmallow cream dunked in coconut and topped with a reindeer.

Chocolate Peppermint — Chocolate cake topped with dark chocolate mint ganache and crunchy peppermint bits.

White on White — Our classic white cake with vanilla icing topped with a holiday sugar decoration.

Rum Cake — Dark rum cake topped with a super tasty eggnog mousse.

Stout Gingerbread — Spicy gingerbread cake topped with cream cheese icing and a gingerbread man.

Woodland Wonder — Chocolate cake filled with a pistachio cream topped with a sugar mushroom and bark… a mini Bouche de Noel.

Lillabee’s Gluten Free Vanilla Mint – Vanilla cake with vanilla icing topped with crunchy peppermint bits.

Assorted Sugar Cookies – Cookie elves work very hard on the best sugar cookies you’ve ever had.

Buche de Noel // 8″ 45.00 // Serves up to 15 — Our famous chocolate cake layered with pistachio mousse. Decorated with bark and a woodland surprise!

Parisian-Style Macarons
Eggnog
Pistachio
Hot Chocolate — Chocolate cookies filled with marshmallow cream

Whoopie Pies!
Red Velvet

CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE SCHEDULE: STARTING DEC 9TH

Monday
* Chocolate Bacon
* Triple Chocolate
* Woodland Wonder
* Vanilla
* Coconut Snowball (vanilla cake)
* Rum Cake
* Red Velvet
* Stout Gingerbread
* Chocolate Peppermint

Tuesday
* Vanilla
* Woodland wonder
* Red Velvet
* Coconut Snowball (chocolate cake)
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Rum Cake
* Stout Gingerbread
* Cookies n’ Cream
* Chocolate Bacon

Wednesday
* Woodland Wonder
* Vegan Vanilla
* Coconut Snowballs (vanilla cake)
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Stout Gingerbread
* Triple Chocolate
* Red Velvet
* Rum Cake

Thursday
* Chocolate Bacon
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Coconut Snoballs (chocolate cake)
* Winter Wonder
* Strawberry Milkshake
* Rum Cake
* Stout Gingerbread
* Red Velvet

Friday
* Vanilla
* Vegan Chocolate
* Coconut Snowballs (white cake)
* Woodland Wonder
* Red Velvet
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Rum Cake
* Stout Gingerbread
* Chocolate Bacon

Saturday
* Triple Chocolate
* Vanilla
* Coconut Snowball (chocolate cake)
* Woodland Wonder
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Red Velvet
* Stout Gingerbread
* Chocolate Bacon

Sunday
* Chocolate Bacon
* Chocolate Peppermint
* Rum Cake
* Red Velvet
* Woodland Wonder
* Strawberry
* Coconut Snowballs (chocolate cake)
* Stout Gingerbread

EVERYDAY MINIS:
Chocolate Peppermint
Coconut Snowballs
Stout Gingerbread
Red Velvet

CLICK HERE FOR YOU OWN PDF MENU TO PRINT AND GAZE AT.

Pour Over Coffee is here!

11.12.10

I have been messing around with this for months and finally feel we are ready to roll out this tasty alternative coffee brewing method. Watch a cool video demonstration from Intelligentsia HERE on how this method works. We will still be offering our great standard brew, but if you have a minute, grab a cup of coffee by the cup. We proudly brew Denver-based NOVO coffee.