bikeCOFFEE! will be taking this weekend off for some much needed rest and family time. We haven’t even finished assembling our Scrap Exchange “not tree” Christmas Tree (http://thescrapexchange.com). I think that’s on the agenda for Saturday.
We’ve been moving and shaking on several fronts these last weeks. Firstly, we really appreciate all of the holiday orders. We shipped out our last few to California and New York yesterday, to arrive tomorrow and have a few local pickups (thanks Fullsteam Brewery http://fulsteam.ag) left for tomorrow.
In between, we’ve been having fun taking part in the photographic and lighting experiments of our friend David Solow (http://davidsolow.com).
Also, as many of you know, we are slowly but surely working on Cocoa Cinnamon, the lounge featuring coffee, chocolate, tea and spice. We hope to know something in the new year. We have a lot of equipment already assembled and some investment. We will be starting a kickstarter campaign to help us get additional equipment and up fit the plumbing and electrical properly. We’ll launch this and give details as soon we announce our plans. We’ve had so much great feedback and inquiries about the shop, we really have the feeling this will work. Part of the essence of the lounge is for it to be a community space. Through bikeCOFFEE we all have already started building that before we ever have any walls to keep us warm.
That brings us to next week. So far we know that Cocoa Cinnamon will take part in the dessert bar of the Final Countdown, NYE Party at Motorco in the company of Monuts Donuts, The Parlour, Daisy Cakes and Harts Tarts. Put together by Jeff and King. Check out the details below.
We wish you all a very happy holiday! Thanks for all of your support, conversation, love and thoughts!
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
A Rapturous NYE Celebration Recalls the Great Maya Civilization
Durham, NC – For centuries, religious groups, scientists, and scholars have been prodigious with predictions of a prophetic end date for the world as we know it. With each passing prophecy the masses grow weary of the prospective date of Earth’s fateful end. This hasn’t stopped Hollywood from creating blockbuster after blockbuster regarding the inevitable potentiality.
Nevertheless, there remains the prediction of the Mayans: a race that was skilled at building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and who managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out – thousands of years ago. Their renowned calendar asserts that the Earth will end on December 21st, 2012. Many presume that their >prediction could be the real deal.
Well, just in case…
Durham’s eccentric duo, Jeff and King, have taken on the weighty task of putting an enthusiastic spin on the possible end-of-the-world scenario.
What they have fashioned is a Pre-Rapture themed New Years Eve celebration omplete with decadent Mayan flavor.
First, they have contracted the construction of a large, custom time capsule which will be safely housed at Fullsteam Brewery for 20 years. The two, have been in talks with Fullsteam’s Chief Executive Optimist regarding a New Years Day “burial” ceremony. Each attendee of “The Final Countdown” is urged to submit one item for inclusion.
What is more, Jeff and King have built a complimentary Dessert Bar for advance ticket purchasers who want to enjoy something sweet (or savory)after their NYE dinners. The Dessert Bar menu features contributions from some of the area’s premier sweet mongers and utilizes all Mayan-inspired ingredients. Menu to include: The Parlour, Monuts Donuts, Harts Tarts, Daisy Cakes and…
Cocoa Cinnamon
Drinking Chocolate made with allspice, cinnamon, maseca, local whole milkfrom Maple View Farms and honey Santa Sangre Truffle a dark chocolate ganache with a homemade hibiscus sauce and allspice Raw Ka’Kau Balls made with hand ground cacao, piquin chile, agave, cinnamon, and nutmeg Santa Gloria Tabla dark chocolate slate topped with hibiscus and pumpkin seeds
For Advance Tickets and Access to the Complimentary Dessert Bar:
We came out of a Durham Storefront meeting at the Scrap Exchange, still feeling the shine of that art dessert. We’re really feeding off of many of the talented, hardworking coffee and chocolate loving people we’ve been encountering through bikeCOFFEE! and Cocoa Cinnamon too. Thank you all for helping bring bikeCOFFEE! and Cocoa Cinnamon to life.
And thank you Kelsey Snell for noting us in your photo essay on coffee in the triangle. We enjoyed your article and learned a few new things about other folks in the triangle who are into coffee. For a link to the article click HERE.
Remember we are taking orders for holiday shipping through tomorrow and for local pickup through Friday. You can see our offerings list and order from this form.
Now for bikeCOFFEE’s weekend lineup:
Friday: Third Friday at Golden Belt with Monuts Donuts & the brand new Baguettaboutit! 6 – 9PM
Saturday: Rock & Shop Market at 7 Stars Cycles (near Motorco, across from Fullsteam) 12 – 5PM
Check out the writeup Rockin’ Around the Rock and Shop Market in Durham Magazine.
Sunday: MotorKoKyu Brunch & DtownMarket! 8:30AM to 5 PM
Writeup from Market Offers Unsusual Wares in the Duke Chronicle.
This Saturday from 2 – 6pm we will be in Chapel Hill for Nightlight’s Holiday Market as Cocoa Cinnamon. We will have our chocolate Tabla, Truffles & gift boxes & drinking chocolate! More info click here.
Sunday bikeCOFFEE! we will be at Motorco for Brunch from 8:30 AM to 5PM. We will have coffees and chocolates.
Monday will be our second, seemingly recurring, Downtown Dip and Sip with Monuts Donuts, coffees and our handmade chocolates! I’m pretty sure there’s that Monut has taken over the old Klondike jingle, now by popular demand “What would you do for a Monut Donut?” Can you hear the jingle. I’ve had the Marco Polo (game) jingle in my head for “Cocoa…Cinnamon.” for a month now. hmm. Can you hear it?
We had a fun and great weekend last weekend (and Monday) and are looking forward to serving you this weekend! Thanks for coming out.
Also holiday orders are now open. You can click order chocolates on the menu on your right to see our offerings.
I can think of three entreprenegade (http://entreprenenegade.com) Durham based small businesses who can help make your holiday season special, unique and local! Hum along in your mind as you read through these indulgent options! “…here are a few of my favorite things…”
The Parlour – creamy delicious ice creams devised and hand crafted by Vanessa Mazuz (so good they make me want to call them “iced creams”) – salty butter caramel is my favorite
http://theparlourdurham.com/xmas/
Monuts Donuts – still recovering from the red velvet that i dipped in my honduras la burra coffee this afternoon. Lindsay Moriarty engineers new flavors like a rapper strings rhymes
http://monutsdonuts.com/order-monuts.php
And
Cocoa Cinnamon that’s us! – handmade dark chocolate tabla (read as bark), spiced raw cacao balls & delectable truffles, spice and tea gift boxes all inspired by the history of the spice trade
And if you are looking for handmade goods – The DtownMarket put together by Kala Wolfe & hosted by Motorco is chock full of vintage items, handmade jewelry, rare finds – as surprisingly good prices. Next market Sunday December 18th, 12 – 5 could you ask for better timing? I know if you shop at these places you won’t be disappointed, you’ll great stuff from people who are the economic recovery. You’ll feel good and the people you treat these amazing gifts to will love you so much more. Expect smiles galore.
We have a really exciting weekend here at bikeCOFFEE! We are just about finished with our December holiday chocolate and gift offerings which we will post before the weekend. We also plan on bringing our handmade chocolates, raw cacao balls and some gift boxes along to our setups through the holidays.
We’re really looking forward to this weekend. There are two DtownMarkets, where “working” the bike doesn’t feel at all like work. And the first Monday downtown Monuts Donuts & bikeCOFFEE! Sip & Dip. Info below.
Saturday, December 3rd 10AM – 3:30AM (we’ve started making a routine of showing up at Fullsteam on Saturday eve’s so that might happen – we’ll let you know that day via twitter/fb)
Sunday, December 4th, the DtownMarket is from 12 – 5 (we’ll be at Motoroco from 8:30 to 5 through December) so come on by!
Monday, December 5th we have a very special first edition of the Monuts Donuts & bikeCOFFEE! downtown Dip & Sip TRIKE MEETUP!
Where: Corner of Mangum and Parish
When 10:30 – 1:30
Lindsay Monuts said it with irreplaceable exuberance on her site http://monutsdonuts.com, so we’ll quote her here:
What has six wheels, the same two bells and spunk galore? If you guessed bikeCoffee and Monuts paired up for the first ever, but hopefully reoccurring, Downtown Dip and Sip.. then you win.
Next Monday, December 5th, Monuts and bikeCoffee will be set up at the corner of Mangum and Parrish Streets in Downtown Durham from 10:30am to 1:30pm. Say you’re a planner at City Hall or maybe some kind of special assistant at Self Help and you get a hankering for a really good cup of coffee and a handmade donut, find us! Maybe you work at MDC or Bull City Forward helping to create jobs and launch small business.. then you should def come find us. The menu is TBD, but rest assured it will include the best coffee and donuts in town.
This photo, which I sneakily screen printed off google maps pretty much sums it up. If you don’t want to miss the first ever food TRIKE rodeo/roundup, you should most definitely come visit us. The coffee will be hot, the donuts fresh…” Sounds like a pretty good deal.
FYI – we already know that we’ll be at the Rock & Shop Market setup with 7 Stars Cycles on Saturday December 17th, the DtownMarket Sunday December 18th. If you want to hire bikeCOFFEE! for holiday parties or for chocolates catering, we can get anywhere between Duke Campus and Golden Belt, Geer & Rigsbee and in between! If you are interested, let us know via email or social media, as time is filling up!
– handmade dark chocolate tabla (read as bark), spiced raw cacao balls & delectable truffles, spice and tea gift boxes all inspired by the history of the spice trade
