Coffee Chronicles

When I started Sip Java Co. in 2014, I observed customer behaviors that surprised me. I have, for right or wrong, blamed the behavior on Starbucks, whose nonchalant attitude toward...

In 1997, I moved from the Connecticut shore to the Gulf Coast of Florida. By chance, I landed a job in accounts receivable, collecting money for a firm that sold...

Origin stories are important. My coffee journey started when I was six years old, when my Nana Ward served me cold milk with coffee-flavored syrup. It was not love at...

But first, let's level set with a little history about how coffee has gotten its nickname. Java is an island in the same archipelago as Sumatra, both islands are part...

The president's coffee cup was "more in the nature of a bathtub."

By far one of our most popular drip coffees is a French Roast made with beans from Colombia.

Being so close to Miami, people frequently come into Sip Java Co. looking for Cuban coffee. A Café Cubano is a 1-ounce espresso sweetened during extraction with sugar. I can...