Love is Greater Than …Life through a lens of love and hope

I’ve updated this post to include the newly reviewed Plate 21… it deserves a place on the final post.
Honestly I don’t consider myself a coffee snob. I’ve never been to a cupping, I couldn’t possibly describe all the elements in how each coffee tastes. I don’t know why coffee tastes the way it does. I [...]

The Facts:
Location: Plate 21 is located off Detroit, between Byrne and Glendale
Hours: Monday – Saturday: 6:30am – 4:30pm
Initial Price: $1.70
Refill Cost: Free
WiFi: Free
Fair Trade Options: Unknown
Organic Options: Unknown
Twitter-sized Review:
Good coffee, great atmosphere, friendly service. Free wifi, menu items ice cream and chemex-brew big plus. Score: 8/10
Completely Opinionated Review:
Plate 21 is a brand-spankin’-new coffee shop and [...]

Over the course of the last twenty-four hours, a group of devoted Caffeini’s coffee shop fans have bombarded this site and my email in defense of what I can only assume is their favorite coffee shop. I or my review have been referred to as “incredibly stupid,” “an idiot,” and various other not-so-nice terms. My [...]

This has been an enlightening week. If I could point to any one thing I have learned specifically about coffee, is that there is no way to possibly over-exaggerate the importance of fresh coffee. I went a couple days drinking nothing but locally-roasted, small batch coffee, and then at my last stop my taste-buds were [...]

The Facts:
Location: Chandler’s Café is located in the heart of downtown Sylvania on Main Street
Hours: Monday – Wednesday: 7am – 5pm, Thursday & Friday: 7am – 6pm, Saturday: 8am – 5pm, Sunday: 8am – 3pm
Initial Price: $1.79
Refill Cost: Unknown
WiFi: None
Fair Trade Options: None
Organic Options: None
Twitter-sized Review:
No WiFi available. Low quality coffee. No Fair Trade or [...]