Alex Scofield is a freelance writer who lives in Cape Cod, Mass. He is a longtime writer and former editor and technical writer for INeedCoffee. He was Editor and Sports Editor of the Potomac Almanac newspaper covering Potomac, Md. from 2002 through 2007.
Although Alex no longer drinks coffee until 3 a.m. as he did in college, he starts each day with two giant servings of drip-pot coffee in his New England Patriots mug with the old-school logo. Alex's website is www.alexscofield.com.
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| Caffeinated Classics: Brave New World | Cafe Culture | Literature |
| Deep down inside, do each of us really yearn for some conflict, struggle, and sadness in our lives? What would be lost if we were to become permanently happy? |
| Home-Roasting Heretic: Happy Accidents | Roasting Coffee | Lessons |
| My first few home-roasting endeavors (particularly the first) were chock-full of screw-ups, and none of them yielded great results. |
| Coffee Blogging Inspiration: Mike Crimmins, Daily Shot of Coffee | Coffee People | Mike Crimmins |
| Mike Crimmins was 7 years old when his father gave him coffee to treat a lingering asthma attack. Meds weren't helping, Mike said, but coffee did the trick. |
| Pressing Questions with Nick Cho | Coffee People | Nick Cho |
| Nick Cho tirelessly advances the concept of coffee's Third Wave. He chairs the United States Barista Championship, and he is the former owner of Murky Coffee in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Va. |
| Terry Francona: Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | Terry Francona |
| Terry Francona, apparently, is a Starbucks guy. Now in his sixth year managing the Boston Red Sox, Francona has managed the team that went 86 years without a World Series championship to two titles. |
| Goodbye to the Morning Coffee and Newspaper Ritual | Coffee History | News |
| This past weekend, my longtime daily ritual of the morning coffee and newspaper came to an end. The coffee part of it will endure, of course, but not the newspaper part. |
| Ten Years of INeedCoffee | Coffee People | INeedCoffee |
| Coffee was no different from any other website topic in the late '90s - although the Dot-Com Era was at its peak in many ways, there was a scarcity of informative, reliable, professional-caliber sites about coffee. |
| Mike Rohde: Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | Artist |
| When Mike Rohde was 5 years old, he spilled hot coffee on himself at his grandmother's house. It was an unlikely introduction to the beverage for the Wisconsin-based visual designer who created the Sketchtoon Coffee Calendar. |
| Alex's Worst Cup of Coffee Ever | Cafe Culture | Worst Coffee |
| My love of coffee is partially a taste for the gourmet, and partially a need for caffeine. Caffeine cravings prevent me from being 100 percent uppity about coffee quality - in a pinch, I'll drink mass-market or fast-food coffee that would make some of my INeedCoffee colleagues retch. |
| Javatrekking: Global Coffee Connections | Coffee Business | Review |
| Dean Cycon takes pride in the fact that he is an exception to the disconnected world of coffee. Many coffee growers have never tasted a sip of their own coffee, and few coffee retailers or drinkers have been anywhere near where their beans are grown. |
| Ascent of the Green Beans - 5 Ways Cafes, Chains and Consumers are Going Green | Coffee Business | Green |
| Umesh Bhuju tries to do his bit to make the world a bit greener. These days, it's more than the "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" mantra long associated with environmental consciousness. |
| Cafes and Roasters Weather Seasonal Extremes | Coffee Business | Seasonal |
| From Coastal Maine to Cape Cod to the Jersey Shore to North Carolina's Outer Banks, hundreds of cafes and roasters in popular summer destinations choose persevere through the slow offseason. |
| Coffee Meth Myth? | Coffee and Health | Crystal Meth |
| Hotel coffee-makers being used to make crystal meth -- urban myth, or cause for concern? |
| Rookie Roast - Confessions of a First-Time Home Roaster | Roasting Coffee | Wok |
| My coffee-drinking palate changed forever in early 2000. All in one mug I had my first taste of home-roasted coffee, as well as my first taste of French-pressed coffee. I won't soon forget it. So rich, so intense, a one-of-a-kind taste. |
| Infant Coffee - 6 Tips for Coffee Drinking Parents | Coffee and Health | Parenting |
| Babies change everything; what do they change for coffee-drinking parents? Here are 6 suggestions. |
| Chicken John: Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | Inventor |
| Chicken John Rinaldi may wind up leaving San Francisco soon. Nearly everybody he knows in town is moving out. To paraphrase Chicken John, the billionaires are kicking the millionaires out, turning the once-eclectic city into an unaffordable, corporate, NIMBY suburb. |
| Starbucking - Honest Artistry | Cafe Culture | Film |
| In the most memorable scene in 'Starbucking,' Winter, the documentary's subject, aims to break his record of 28 Starbucks cafes visited in one day. Under Winter's own rules, he must drink at least one 4-ounce coffee at each Starbucks he hits. |
| Winter: Coffee Achiever 2.0 | Coffee People | Fanatic |
| When Winter walks up to the counter at a Starbucks and tells the barista why he's there, that's when there's the flash of recognition. Nearly half of them have heard of Winter and his project. This is the guy that's trying to visit every Starbucks. |
| A World of Coffee Flavors | Brewing Coffee | Tastes |
| A description of tastes and flavors for coffee beans from major world regions, and some factors that contribute to a coffee's taste. |
| Winter: Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | Fanatic |
| When Winter saw Memorial Day fast approaching on his calendar, it quickly triggered a thought: "I hate to waste a three-day weekend." |
| Vietnam: Silent Global Coffee Power | Coffee History | Vietnam |
| When you think of major coffee countries, odds are that Vietnam does not jump to your mind. Yet in recent years, Vietnam has shot up through the world's coffee exporting ranks, now second only to Brazil in tons of coffee exported nationally. |
| Trey Anastasio: Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | Musician |
| A handful of professional athletes can claim to have done what Phish did musically - quit on their own terms while they were on top. |
| Cafe Britt | Cafe Culture | Reviews |
| INeedCoffee awards Cafe Britt as the April 2001 Site of the Month. |
| Coffee on the Road - Montreal | Coffee Travel | Canada |
| During alcohol Prohibition in the United States in the 1920s, many U.S. citizens within reach of the Canadian border crossed over to Montreal, Quebec, where the drinks flowed more freely and the legislation was less ill-conceived and puritan. |
| Candy, Flowers... and Coffee? | Cafe Culture | Romance |
| Coffee rarely seems to wind up on lists of aphrodisiac beverages, yet it seems to play a significant role in the love lives of many people. Although there is little written about the subject, it should come as no surprise that a beverage that is incorporated into many a daily ritual can leave its mark on a romance - for better or for worse. |
| Bill Clinton: Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | President |
| For President Clinton, drinking coffee did not always signify another day at the Oval Office. He often got his coffee to go and had it on the road. Several news reporters saw fit to mention when Clinton ordered coffee during his travels about the United States. |
| Coffee Research | Cafe Culture | Reviews |
| Coffee Research is the January 2000 INeedCoffee Site of the Month award winner. |
| Bad Bob Interview | Coffee People | Artist |
| An interview with Bob Therrien (aka Bad Bob), the artist behind the INeedCoffee Screaming Coffee Drinker mascot. |
| Washington DC Coffee House Journey | Coffee Travel | Washington DC |
| In the spirit of political debate, I throw the following question out to the field: Are there good coffee options in the
Washington, D.C. area? It is an issue upon which many in the area have tenacious opinions, be they Democrat, Republican, Green, or Libertarian. |
| Franz Kafka: Coffee Achiever? | Coffee People | Author |
| Franz Kafka was certainly influenced by coffee, and he practically defined Bohemian cafe culture. But did he drink coffee? |
| SmellTheCoffee.com | Cafe Culture | Reviews |
| SmellTheCoffee.com is the July 2000 winner of the INeedCoffee Site Of The Month. |
| Henry David Thoreau: (Anti?) Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | Author |
| If you think that Henry David Thoreau never pondered the significance of coffee during his famed stay at Walden Pond, think again. Historians agree that when Thoreau moved into his Walden home in 1845, there were not yet any Starbucks franchises in Concord, Massachusetts. |
| Frank Zappa: Coffee Achiever | Coffee People | Musician |
| Any history buff can effortlessly rattle off a long list of figures who were, given the advantage of our hindsight, ahead of their time, and whose thoughts and accomplishments were not appreciated until long after their anonymous deaths. Frank Zappa is not one of these
people. |
| Twin Peaks Brewing Co. | Cafe Culture | Reviews |
| Twin Peaks Brewing Co. is the May 2000 Site of the Month. This site combines the love of coffee with old Twin Peaks TV series. |
