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Mojo coffee

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On a Friday afternoon, my friends and I went visit Mojo coffee in West Village. Mojo is a coffee place that you would wish you had one in your neighborhood. It’s basically the first floor of a walk-up building; yet compared to other coffee shops in the Village, it’s big enough to accommodate maybe 6 or 7 tables. Read the rest of this entry »

Soy Luck Club

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Vegan/vegetarian friendly: check.
Healthy snack: check.
Fair-traded coffee beans: check.

If you happen to be an eco-conscious person and love soybean product, Soy Luck Club is the coffee shop that you would fall in love with at the first sight.
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Written by Katy Yen

April 7, 2009 at 04:38

Grounded

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After a little research online, I picked Grounded Coffee as the first experiment of my indie coffee shop project.

Grounded located in the West Village neighborhood. At the first glance, this place reminds me of my college days immediately. I went to college in a rather liberal college town out in midwest, and Grounded offers almost the exact atmosphere you would expect in some college towns such as Madison, Austin or even Berkeley (in other words, not a very typical New York coffee place).
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Written by Katy Yen

March 31, 2009 at 16:01