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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| Ten Years of INeedCoffee | 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 | 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 | Business | Review |
| The truth is, 99 percent of the people involved in coffee commerce, from roasters to baristas, have never been to a coffee village,” says Dean Cycon in his book “Javatrekker” |
| Ascent of the Green Beans - 5 Ways Cafes, Chains and Consumers are Going Green | 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 | 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? | 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 | 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 | Health | Parenting |
| Babies change everything; what do they change for coffee-drinking parents? Here are 6 suggestions. |
| Chicken John: Coffee Achiever | 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 | People | Fanatic |
| Winter 2007: Minor Celebrity, Major Coffee Achiever |
| A World of Flavor | Brewing | 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 | People | Fanatic |
| Traveling the country going from Starbucks to Starbucks. |
| Vietnam: Silent Global Coffee Power | History | Vietnam |
| Vietnam's explosion into the global coffee market |
| Trey Anastasio: Coffee Achiever | 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 | 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 |
| Describes four relationships touched by the beverage. |
| Bill Clinton: Coffee Achiever | People | President |
| Love him or hate him, Former President Bill Clinton was a champion of coffee. |
| Coffee Research | Cafe Culture | Reviews |
| Coffee Research is the January 2000 INeedCoffee Site of the Month award winner. |
| Bad Bob Interview | People | Artist |
| An interview with Bob Therrien, the artist behind the INeedCoffee Screaming Coffee Drinker mascot. |
| Washington DC Coffee House Journey | 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? | People | Author |
| Franz Kafka was certainly influenced by coffee, and he practically defined Bohemian cafe culture. But did he drink coffee? |
| Franz Kafka: Hombre de exito de los cafe? | Cafe Culture | Translations |
| Franz Kafka: żHombre de éxito de los cafés? Spanish version of Franz Kafka Coffee Achiever? |
| 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 | People | Author |
| What were Henry David Thoreau's priorities on Walden? What did he feel about coffee's role in paradise? Alex Scofield answers these questions in an (anti?) coffee achiever profile. |
| Frank Zappa: Coffee Achiever | 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. |
