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Those Clever Coffee Folk

We all know I am a fan of language: crosswords, puns, double entrendes, and the like. One thing I've noticed in my travels (at least here in the U.S.) is the extraordinary number of coffee shops with witty names. I started a little list of some of the clever ones that I've come across. Do you have any to add to the list?*

Brewed Awakening - Westmont, IL
Loca Mocha - Brookfield, IL
Bean Counter - (I forget)
Cool Beans - Bellingham, WA
Uncommon Grounds - Havelock, NC
Brew Thru - OBX, NC
Stomping Grounds, New Bern, NC
Sacred Grounds, Chicago, IL

(I've been collecting these for a while in anticipation of a fun little post when there's not much else exciting going on*. The other day, however, I ran across this post over at Best Week Ever. It is a list of punny store names of any type. Included were The Human Bean and C U Latte. I figured I had better go ahead and get this post up before someone else steals my thunder.)

Tuesday June 10 2008

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on Tue 10th Jun, 2008 10:39 pm PDT Andrew said:
Cool Beans? Not a good name. Coffee is roasted. Not cooled. PDX has Urban Grind.
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on Wed 11th Jun, 2008 12:31 am PDT Horge said:
Dallas has/had one coffee shop around the corner from where I grew up, founded by ex-lawyers for present lawyers. It is/was called "Legal Grounds".
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on Wed 11th Jun, 2008 07:42 am PDT cardboard said:
yo i think we got a brewed awakening here in the bham. I wanna start one called "roasted awakenings" in glacier next to the ol wake-n-bakery...the perfect place to get your scone on.
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on Wed 11th Jun, 2008 08:33 pm PDT Sweet Julie said:
At UNH we had the Licker Store- they sold yummy Green Mtn coffee and Ice Cream! MMMMMmmmmm We all know how Wren feels about Ice Cream! ;)
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on Wed 11th Jun, 2008 10:08 pm PDT jule said:
I am almost sure I have seen the brewed awakening on best week ever. Maybe in port angeles?
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on Thu 12th Jun, 2008 07:23 am PDT Nesbitt said:
in my neighborhood the coffee shop is called "Common Ground Cafe." I guess that's the opposite of Uncommon Grounds.
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on Fri 13th Jun, 2008 07:55 pm PDT Sarah said:
Jule is right! Brewed Awakening is totally in Port Angeles. Rock on, PA!
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on Mon 16th Jun, 2008 04:58 pm PDT Wren said:
TVland, which I know isn't a real place, has some good clever coffee shop names. Of course there is Central Perk from Friends. Showtime's Weeds* has It's a Grind.
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on Mon 16th Jun, 2008 07:05 pm PDT Chris said:
just saw "Deja Brew" in good ol' Dayton. Made me think of you.
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on Tue 17th Jun, 2008 01:32 pm PDT Wren said:
An alert east coast reader submitted "Brew Ha Ha" from her hometown in Delaware.
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on Thu 19th Jun, 2008 09:55 am PDT Wren said:
It's amazing what you start seeing when you are looking for it. Last night, I saw a Moka No Joka coffee truck on the way back from Mount Vernon.
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on Thu 19th Jun, 2008 09:56 pm PDT Mom said:
I had tea this morning in Pemberton B.C. at the Pony Espresso, a clever little place.
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on Fri 20th Jun, 2008 06:27 pm PDT Ryan said:
The Daily Grind
Pblo, CO
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on Wed 16th Jul, 2008 02:01 pm PDT Saxtor said:
I found The Grind House in Belltown in Seattle.
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on Fri 26th Jun, 2009 06:18 pm PDT steve said:
the supreme bean in Stillwater Mn.
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