Taisir Yanis is the owner, proprietor and Chief Barista at the Coffee Zone, located at 130 E. High Street, Jefferson City, Missouri. Great food, great coffee, free wifi and so-so conversation.
Hours:
Mon-Fri: 6:30a - 3:30p
Saturday: 7:30a - 1:30p
Sunday: Closed
Menu
On Monday, Grand View Topless Coffee Shop opened for business in a little town in central Maine. The signs outside say: "Over 18 only," and "No cameras, no touching, cash only."
On Tuesday, two men sipped coffee while three topless waitresses and a bare-chest waiter stood nearby. Not all residents of the little town are happy but local officials say the coffee shop met the letter of the law.
The resourceful kids at lifehacker have come up with another way to roast your own coffee beans:
"If you're unfamiliar with heat guns, they are a blowdryer-like device that can output hot air anywhere from 200F-1400F in a concentrated stream. Commonly used for tasks like stripping paint and thawing pipes, you can usually find basic heat guns for around $20-30 at your local home improvement store. Starting with green beans and slowly applying heat from the heat gun, you can roast your beans with a high degree of control."
Maybe. But you should be prepared to drink a tanker-full of nasty coffee before you get it right. Something we did long ago at the Coffee Zone. Unplug that heat gun before you burn your beans.
On Tuesday, Starbucks unveiled instant coffee bearing the Starbucks brand. Packages of Via Ready Brew will appear in Starbucks shops in Seattle and Chicago on March 3, the same day that Starbucks will begin offering breakfast value meals in stores nationwide.
“We are going to reinvent the company, reinvent the category,” Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told a group of Wall Street analysts, journalists and retailers on Tuesday at a tasting of the new product in New York. “This is not your mother’s instant coffee.”
When asked about the bold marketing move, Taisir Yanis, proprietor of Yanis Coffee Zone in Jefferson City, Missouri snarked, "You want instant coffee? Boom! Here's your coffee. Next!" [Thanks to Greg Perry]
The Coffee Zone has always had squeaky clean restrooms but following some hard work by our interior decorator, Fabio, we now have the most beautiful. We also have some way cool branded Coffee Zone urinal cakes. Unfortunately we don't have any urnials, so...
Show your sweetheart how much you care with the Valentine Special from the Coffee Zone. You'll want to allow for a little extra time at the coffee bar (about 15 minutes) and be sure you remind Taisir to wash his hands before crafting your Latte of Love.
Our first attempt at one of these was during the Christmas holidays but the reindeer looked a little too much like a satanic figure so we scrapped the promotion.
Steve Mays
Taisir Yanis