Reader Gary, who happens to own Kitty’s Coffee Shop in Cinncinnati, Ohio, kindly sent me a mug from his shop and two bags of their coffee beans, thinking I might appreciate them. He was right (note the pawprints on the bag and cup):
If you’re a WEIT reader who lives in Cinncinnati, wash down your chili with a postprandial cup of joe from Kitty’s. The store—which serves freshly-brewed ice coffee as well—gets high ratings, including one calling it “The Carl Sagan of coffee shops.” Another, on Yelp, says this:
Ever walk into Starbucks, order something, and then when you finally wade through the line and get your drink, it’s either not hot enough, too flippin’ hot, or there is more foam than drink? That always ticks me off cuz I just paid about two times too much for something that I could have just gotten at Kitty’s. I like Kitty’s. They actually have two locations: one on Court Street near Tom + Chee and the courthouse and then the other in the Mercantile Center building by the 5th Street bus stop (look for Curritos on 5th Street and walk through the two sets of double doors to the left). These guys always have kick ass service and everything always tastes perfect. Best of all, I’m not broke when I walk out. Need I say more? Give someone more deserve your business. Support Kitty’s!
And tell them Professor Ceiling Cat sent you!
Apropos, from Bored Panda we have latte art from Japan. If Kitty’s coffee served its lattes like this, it would become the Macchiato Mecca for Moggie Mavens:
Two lattes for you?
You don‘t even have to love coffee in order to appreciate these super creative latte foam artworks by Japanese artist Kazuki Yamamoto. And we‘re not talking about the little smiley faces or flat palm tree patterns: this 26-year old latte artist, based in Osaka, creates actual 3D foam sculptures in the coffee mugs of the Cafe10g visitors. This thinking outside the box – or, rather – outside the cup – even gave Kazuki the idea to make the coffee foam climb out of one cup and reach for another. That way you might be served with a cup of coffee where a cat is trying to get into another one next to it, where tiny fish are swimming.
Besides these meticulous 3D sculptures, Kazuki also does some amazing flat latte art. His subjects vary from manga and video game characters to portraits of such people as Albert Einstein or John Lennon. Kazuki says his dream is to open up a his own cafe in Tokyo one day. For more 3d latte art, be sure to follow him on twitter.
There are more latte artworks at the Bored Panda link, like this one:
h/t: Gary (for coffee and mug), Su (for coffee/art link)
Well, I don’t have cute cat-foam stories and pictures.
But my cat likes coffee! It’s all I can do to keep her out of any cup of coffee I make. And she even likes wife’s coffee, which my wife drinks black off an espresso roast.
I don’t live in Cincinnati but I love the logo!
“Third Wave Coffee and the Postmodern Reification of Microfoam” sounds like a tune by the Balanescu Quartet.
That’s an awesome looking mug and logo. Huge coffee mugs like that can double as cereal bowls!
They’re great for soup, too. I can’t imagine drinking that much coffee — it’d probably literally give me heart palpitations — but that would make for a perfect snack-sized bowl of chicken soup.
But, if and when I make it the couple thousand miles to Ohio, I know where I’ll have to go for a coffee indulgence! Sounds like my kind of coffee house.
b&
I’m unlikely to visit either coffee places unfortunately. I do frequent 2 local coffee shops that are not Starbucks.
Those 3D latte creation sure great. I would feel like a vandal if I drank one of them.
Dat logo! Cute as … well, kittens.
Thanks Dr. Coyne
These graphics are actually pretty old. They’re from the first few drawings I did after we had the opportunity to start the business nine years ago. We’ve carried over the paw print theme in all of the newer versions of the logo and I’ve kept the one cat drawing on our coffee bag labels, in addition to painting a giant one on the wall of one shop.
These sculpted lattes are more interesting to me than the usual drawings, so maybe I’ll try to put something like that together.
Those drawings are cute, and show the sometimes whimsical nature of kittehs very nicely.
Should I ever be in Cincinati, I’ll know where to get my daily fix of coffee!
I was not aware one could obtain chili in Cincinatti.
Cincinnati chili is a must, if you ever travel through. Though I’ve been told that you actually have to grow up with it to fully appreciate it. It’s generally served on spaghetti or hot dogs with lots of finely shredded cheddar.
My personal favorite is the Skyline Chili cheese coney (hot dog) with onions, mustard and lots of hot sauce.
I’m familiar with “Cincinnati chili”, I just don’t consider it to be chili. 🙂
It is a pleasant enough meat-based spaghetti sauce, though.
I accept your evaluation, though I’d be careful about voicing it publicly around these parts. 😉 haha