rook coffee roasters

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join us in our journey to master the craft of coffee. from the business' inception up until today...follow rook's evolution.

1.13.2011

rook coffee roasters celebrates its 1st birthday by giving one lucky winner a free cup of coffee every day for six months


We are very appreciative of all of the love and support we received in 2010...THANK YOU!

In honor of our first year in business, we are launching the GET A NUMBER drawing for the chance to win a free cup of coffee every day for six months*.


Beginning Friday, January 14th at 6:30 a.m. and lasting the week through Thursday, January 20th at 3 p.m., a numbered raffle ticket will be given out for each and every cup of coffee that is purchased. There is no limit to the amount of tickets each customer can receive. The drawing will take place at the Rook store on Friday, January 21st at 9 a.m., where the ticket will be chosen from a jar to reveal the lucky winner. The winning ticket number will immediately be posted to Rook Coffee Roasters Facebook page.

*Visit store for official rules and regulations.


We thank you for participating and celebrating our first year in business, and we wish you a happy, healthy and successful 2011!

Holly & Shawn

Rook Coffee Roasters
rook@rookcoffeeroasters.com

12.08.2010

dream it and we'll create it!



pound of coffee, 1/2 pound of coffee, french presses, melitta pour-overs, travel mugs, ceramic mugs, t-shirts, onesies, gift certificates, stickers, burlap, burlap, burlap.... dream it and we'll create it! www.rookcoffeeroasters.com


happy holidays!

10.12.2010

bigger than...

who knew that naming coffee sizes "regular" and "bigger than regular" would open the floodgates for all sorts of made-up coffee size names to reveal themselves?

here are a handful of the creative names our customers subconsciously come up with when placed with the pressure of ordering very quickly on the spot:

can i get a...

monster size
bigger than normal
bigger than life
bigger than bigger
bigger than large
bigger than smaller
bigger than whatever you have
larger than big
smaller than big
smaller than regular
smaller than small
normal

in addition, some customers just use hand signals that we've all gotten accustomed to, so keep 'em coming ;)

and on the same creative naming/re-naming topic...we love you customer-guy who calls the guatemala coffee "guacamole"!

8.02.2010

coffee = good breath???

after recently coming across a snippet in a random online iowa newspaper article that i found who knows where, i was just as shocked as you to find out that coffee could have such a positive effect on breath. makes me love it even more ;)

i researched a little more and here's what i found:

...intriguing research from Tel Aviv University by renowned breath specialist Prof. Mel Rosenberg of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine finds that a coffee extract can inhibit the bacteria that lead to bad breath. New laboratory tests have shown that the extract prevents malodorous bacteria from making their presence felt ― or smelt. “Everybody thinks that coffee causes bad breath,” says Prof. Rosenberg, “and it’s often true, because coffee, which has a dehydrating effect in the mouth, becomes potent when mixed with milk, and can ferment into smelly substances.” But not always. “Contrary to our expectations, we found some components in coffee that actually inhibit bad breath,” explains Prof. Rosenberg. The findings were presented last month to members of the International Society for Breath Odor Research in Germany by Yael Gov, a researcher in Prof. Rosenberg’s laboratory. A “Taster’s Choice” for Stopping Bad Bacteria: In the laboratory, the team monitored the bacterial odor production of coffee in saliva.
Tel Aviv University Researchers

tic tac schmic schmac!

-h