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Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
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No Roast for the Weary isn't just a coffee lover's mystery,
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PRAISE FOR
BULLETPROOF BARISTA
"Scads of red herrings, peeks behind the show-biz curtain, and bountiful appended recipes will leave fans smiling contentedly."
—Kirkus Reviews
"This twentieth Coffeehouse mystery (after Honey Roasted) brings together the history of the shop, ripped-from-the-headlines plot elements, [and] the drama of on-site filming."
—Booklist
"The cozy mystery we’ve all been waiting for this year! This is the 20th installment of the Coffeehouse Mystery series, and it came in with a bang! Pun intended. BULLETPROOF BARISTA is everything a cozy mystery lover longs for."
—Fresh Fiction
"Coyle gives readers…a heck of a story. Twists and turns galore make this a very hard book to put down, which is something I have come to expect from this author, so I plan accordingly.”
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"The powerhouse writing duo that makes up
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What do I love about these books? EVERYTHING!
HONEY ROASTED needs to be on every mystery
lover's to be read list."
--Fresh Fiction
a honey of a tale....A primer on bees,
coffee, and some of New York's most
unusual and exciting areas make for a
FASCINATING AND MYSTERIOUS READ."
best books in the series."
Dru's Book Musings
with a CLEVER MYSTERY."
"WITTY BANTER AND A TWISTY PLOT...
Coyle knows how to please..."
a space on my BEST READS list
for this year."
Escape with Dollycas into a Good Book
Cleo Coyle's bestselling Coffeehouse Mysteries are amateur sleuth murder mysteries that feature a cast of quirky characters who work at the Village Blend, a landmark coffee shop located in the picturesque historic district of New York's Greenwich Village. As a bonus for readers, Cleo's mysteries often include recipes for the delicious foods and drinks mentioned in her stories. In fact, every one of Cleo's Coffeehouse books is not only a coffee lover's mystery but a culinary mystery with tempting recipes...
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Coyle poses an intriguing question:
if you lost all memory of your beloved,
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Clare Cosi Goes to
Washington
Dead to the Last Drop
Join amateur sleuth Clare Cosi
as she sets out to caffeinate
our nation's capital...
and solve a capital crime.
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"Fresh and fun...clever" --Booklist
"Wicked good" --Library Journal
"There's magic in the coffee" --PW
bookseller.
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take a sip from a cup of
magic beans (coffee beans!)
Join Cleo Coyle and
her husband on a beautiful
Central Park Walking Tour
(videos included...)
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Once Upon a Grind,
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See you there!
~ Cleo
Meet Cleo's Characters
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CLEO IS FEATURED...
Thanks to American University Magazine
in Washington, DC, and journalist Amy Burroughs for the wonderful profile on Cleo Coyle...
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The magazine hired our
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cover artist, Cathy Gendron,
to paint us as if we were inside
one of our own book covers...
Above artwork by Cathy Gendron,
used with permission.
How to Make Italian
Bow Tie Cookies
(aka) Angel Wings
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Starred Review!
When Clare saves a
billionaire's life, it may
mean the end of hers.
"...a highly satisfying mystery."
?Publishers Weekly
Billionaire Blend features
wonderful Cleo recipes
including a glossary of
30 secret "off-the-menu"
coffeehouse drinks...
Cleo says: "I've come to think of this
as Mike Quinn's theme song..."
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Kirkus Reviews
"Jingle bells, beautiful displays,
scrumptious treats: Holiday season in
New York City has it all, including murder.
Coyle?s coffeehouse series captures
the New York experience, from high-society
parties to gritty back-street deals.
The fine mystery is followed by some
holiday recipes that will even pack
the pounds on readers who are
only browsing them..."
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reivew here.
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"The food, the snow, and the
likeable characters are as delightful
as Nat King Cole crooning
'The Christmas Song.'"
~ New York Journal of Books
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Coffeehouse Mystery series,
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"What does
Christmas taste like?"
A
Publishers Weekly
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Popular Cleo
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How to Make a BBQ
"Chipped Ham" Sandwich
Photo and design work by Cleo Coyle
Insanely Easy and
Shockingly Delicious!
My readers may remember this sandwich from
my new culinary mystery *Once Upon a Grind.
When Clare was pregnant with her daughter,
she craved it, and Matt had to learn what
"chipped ham" was so he could order it
properly at the New York deli counter.
Now you can find out how to order it, too,
and create this regional favorite from Western
Pennsylvania, a sandwich that Marc and I (and our
amateur sleuth Clare Cosi) grew up eating
and loving...
See you there!
~ Cleo
"My Cat Turtle" photo by Cleo Coyle
In Memoriam
Photo by Cleo Coyle
Fluffy-Bunny
5.7.2013
Photo by Cleo Coyle
"Cub"
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2.26.19
Happy
Bestseller News!
Cleo Coyle's
On What Grounds
made it to the
#1 Bestseller Slot
on Audible.com
Thanks to Audible for choosing
the book as its featured "Daily Deal"
This top-quality production by
BBC America Audio (AudioGo)
makes a great gift for yourself
or a friend...
...and listen with joy!
~ Cleo
P.S. If you've only read the book, try listening,
because the audiobooks in the Coffeehouse
Mystery series are not just read, they are
performed with voices of different characters
given vibrant life by the talented stage and
screen actress Rebecca Gibel, part of the
stellar cast of the Oscar-winning
Best Picture of 2021 CODA.
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Wheel Life.
"That actually feels pretty
good, like a cup of coffee!"
"Because Coffee"
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Cleo's Coffee Picks!
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turkey pot pie egg * litttle pumpkin cake egg *muffin pan mini quiches
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Clare Goes to
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Dead to the
Last Drop
National Bestseller
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It's Official!
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#3 bestselling
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rich mystery."
"Must-Read"
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Cleo's 10th
Coffeehouse
Mystery
Murder
by Mocha
4 Year-End
Best Mystery
Lists!
This bestselling
hardcover is
now reprinted
in paperback,
and a...
TOP-10*
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Includes
Chocolate
Recipes!
"...a tasty tale
of crime and
punishment
lightened by
the Blend's
frothy cast of
lovable
eccentrics."
~ Publishers
Weekly
NYPD DET.
MIKE QUINN'S
BEAT
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Read
with joy!
~ Cleo
Arson leads
to murder
in...
ROAST
MORTEM
Named as a
"Favorite Book
of the Year!"
Reviewer's Pick
~ Bookreporter.com
Now a
National
Mystery
Bestseller!*
A deliciously
thrilling
culinary mystery
that's also a
tribute to
firefighters...
See some of
Roast Mortem's
featured recipes by
CLICKING HERE.
and National
Bestseller!
“Fun and gripping…”
~ Huffington Post
"Some of the most
vibrant characters
I've ever read."
~ Mystery Scene
"This one will
keep your cup
piping hot."
~ Kirkus
#1
Bestselling
Paperback
French
Pressed
#1 Bestseller
Independent
Mystery
Booksellers
Association
April 2008
Caffeinated
Cheers
to
COUNTER
CULTURE
COFFEE
"Top Innovator"
DETAILS magazine named Counter Culture Coffee as #1 (of North Carolina) among five industry "innovators creating coffees that have the complexity of fine wines."
I'm a big fan of Counter Culture and have written about them on this site and in my books. Read my Coffeehouse Mystery: French Pressed or scroll down this column to my "Coffee Pick" list.
Says Counter Culture: "We hope that such media coverage helps spread awareness that coffee can not only be an authentic, delicious food experience, but also a conduit for community, sustainable agriculture, and cultural exchange."
~ Cleo
A
#1 Bestselling
Paperback
Decaffeinated
Corpse
#1 Bestseller
Independent
Mystery
Booksellers
Association
July 2007
BULLETS
ON THE
BEACH
Murder
Most Frothy
Murder Most Frothy
Cleo's 4th Coffeehouse Mystery gave her amateur sleuth, Clare Cosi, a summer job as a "coffee steward" at a posh new eatery in the Hamptons, the fabled seaside escape for New York's rich and famous.
When a co-worker is gunned down, she's on a case that leads her to strange clues on the beach, a rogue Navy SEAL, and a suspicious manager at the restaurant where she's pouring gourmet cups of joe...
NEW YORK
HAMPTON'S
COFFEE CO.
CLICK HERE to visit some real coffee peeps who work hard to give the Hamptons folks a great cuppa joe.
* * * * * *
And
just for fun...
Peter Pans
"Overstaying the
Hamptons Party"
New York
Times
Click below to read a past Times feature about "house shares" in the Hamptons and men who try to keep the postcollege "boys of summer" party going decades after their undergrad days. Shades of my character Matt Allegro? Hmm...
2010 WORLD
BARISTA
CHAMP
Mike Phillips, our U.S. Barista Champ, finished among the top 3 baristas in his first World competition, held in Atlanta, Georgia. The following year, in Olympia, London, he won FIRST PLACE and is now THE WORLD CHAMPION FOR 2010! Way to go, Mike!
How did he get there? "I really care about coffee and the entire chain of things, from where the coffee is grown and processed, all the way to the shop where it's prepared and the customers who enjoy it."
Mike worked at Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea when he won the barista competitions. To virtually visit the store, click here.
*
VIDEO OF
WINNING
PERFOMANCE!
To see Mike competing
in last year's World
Championships,
click here.
*
"What does it take
to make a
World Champion?"
Mike replies in
an interview.
See it by
clicking here.
Java Master Gives
Tips on Making
the Perfect Cup
Italian-born Gennaro Pelliccia is responsible for the taste of the 108 million cups of Costa coffee sold in Britain each year. His policy with Lloyd's of London insures his tongue for 10 million pounds!
Click here to read Mr. P's tips on making a great cuppa joe...
FREE
EXCERPT!
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Haunted
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Mysteries
THE GHOST
AND THE
HAUNTED
MANSION
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Booksellers Association
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Fresh Pick!
"The plot is marvelous,
the writing is top-notch..."
~ Cozy Library
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Free Excerpt
Want to Grow
Your Own
Coffee Plant?
Thanks to CM reader Linda for posting info about where to buy coffee plants and seeds. Click here to go to the coffee seed catalog page and scroll down. Look for the "coffea" plants listed in ITALIC alphabetically.
Coffea arabica
Coffea catura
Coffea kona
Linda also says: "Gurney's Plant and Seed catalog has small coffee plants for $8.95 each. Click here and look for item # 11295 for coffee plants."
WAKE UP AND SMELL...
THE CANVAS!
"I started painting with coffee because I wanted a cheaper medium that was accessible to me," says Filipino artist Sunshine Plata. A tube of oil paint costs at least 500 pesos ($11), while a jar of instant coffee is only around 150 pesos ($3). Click here to read more about Sunshine and her coffee art.
Caffeine
Myths
A New York Times story by the amazing Jane Brody examines coffee and health, click here to read more. (I learned a lot about the myths of caffeine!)
*
Click here to read about a Harvard study that shows coffee's link to preventing heart disease.
*
Click here to read how a cup of coffee a day may offset Alzheimer's disease.
In Memoriam
Sheena
2.21.2009
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony!
Yes, like the Japanese with their tea traditions, the Ethiopians have a very special way of enjoying coffee. Click here to learn more!
Coffee Health News!
Coffee May Boost Memory
in Older Women
Women older than 65 who drank more than three cups of coffee a day — or the caffeine equivalent in tea — showed better memory retention than men, a French researcher reports. To read more in a Scientific American article, click here.
COFFEE NEWS!
Ethiopia announces commercial culitvation of low-caffeine coffee plants! Ric Gostwick's "dream" coffee from Decaffeinated Corpse is no longer fiction! To read about this amazing breakthrough, click here.
AND NOW
FOR SOME
OF CLEO'S
PAST
COFFEE PICKS...
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SEPTEMBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
MAGNOLIA GRILL BLEND
With the tip of a chef's hat to the married couple who run Magnolia Grill, Cleo's coffee pick for SEPTEMBER 2007 was Magnolia Grill Blend sold by Counter Culture Coffee roasters. Visit the Counter Culture website by clicking here.
OCTOBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
GOMBE RESERVE
Cleo's pick for OCTOBER 2007 was Gombe Reserve sold by Green Mountain Coffee Co. and endorsed by Dr. Jane Goodall.
NOVEMBER '07
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
MAJOR DICKASON'S BLEND
In tribute to the late, great Alfred Peet, Cleo's pick for NOVEMBER 2007 was Major Dickason's Blend sold by Peet's Coffee and Tea. Learn the story of this delicious and popular Peet's blend as well as the story of its odd name by clicking here.
JANUARY '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
"YIRG" - ETHIOPIAN YIRGACHEFFE
Cleo's pick for JANUARY 08 was Ethiopian Yirgacheffe sold by Counter Culture Coffee Company. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED. Visit Counter Culture Coffee and order their coffee online by clicking here.
FEBRUARY '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
RWANDAN VILLAGE BLEND
Cleo's FEBRUARY '08 pick was Rwandan Village Blend, and outstanding coffee, sold by Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Co. Visit their website to order online by clicking here.
MARCH '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
KENYA
Cleo's MARCH '08 pick was Kenya, sold by Counter Culture Coffee, Co. and Peet's Coffee. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED.
APRIL '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
PURPLE PRINCESS
Cleo's April '08 pick was the amazing "Finca El Puente" from a coffee in Honduras nicknamed "Purple Princess" by the coffee director of Counter Culture Coffee of Durham, NC. This coffee was also featured in Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery: FRENCH PRESSED.
MAY - JUNE '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Cleo's June '08 pick was the "Jamaica Blue Mountain" of the South Pacific. An award-winning coffee grown on the exotic island of Papua New Guinea (north of Australia).
JULY - AUGUST '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
SOLAR ROAST COFFEE
Cleo's July - August '08 pick was Solar Roast Coffee of Pueblo, Colorado, the only company in the world that roasts its coffee using solar energy! Meet Dave and Mike, the two brothers who invented this one-of-a-kind solar roaster, and learn how you can purchase their delicious coffees for yourself by clicking here or typing SolarRoast.com into your browser.
SEPT. - OCTOBER '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick:
JOE'S VIENNA ROAST
from the NYC coffeehouse:
Joe, The Art of Coffee
(Now "Joe Coffee Company)
The September-October '08 pick was Joe's Vienna Roast, sold by Joe, The Art of Coffee café in Greenwich Village, New York, recently named one of the best coffee bars in the country by Food and Wine magazine (and one of Cleo Coyle's inspirations for her fictional Village Blend!). CLICK HERE to visit Joe online.
NOV. - DECEMBER '08
Cleo's Coffee Pick
BOUCHON BLEND
This smooth, delicious coffee is the House Blend served at Bouchon Bakeries, which are owned and run by award-winning chef Thomas Keller. This coffee was featured in Cleo Coyle's 7th Coffeehouse Mystery: ESPRESSO SHOT. It is blended and roasted by Equator Estate Coffee and Teas, a women-owned company based in northern California. Click here to visit the company and try their coffees for yourself.
JANUARY 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
NOT KOPI LUWAK!
One of the rarest coffees on the planet, Kopi Luwak is also one of the most expensive. Kopi Luwak was also a featured coffee in Cleo's 7th and most recently released Coffeehouse Mystery: ESPRESSO SHOT.
SPRING 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
ROOSTER BROTHER's
LA MINITA ESTATE
(Costa Rica)
This outstanding single-origin bean is treated with love by the coffee team at Rooster Brother, a store for cooks housed in a historic Victorian building in Ellsworth, Maine. Master Roaster Gene (pictured) does a masterful job of bringing out the very best in this smooth, bright, delightful coffee with the kind of hints of citrus and berry usually found in high-quality African beans. Click here to visit George and Pamela Elias's Rooster Brother store online and order some of this superb coffee for yourself! (Thanks to Coffeehouse Mystery reader Bud Knickerbocker of Bangor, Maine, for suggesting it!)
MAY - JUNE '09
Cleo's Coffee Pick
BISHOPS BLEND
Creating blends is a culinary art, and I'm happy to report that the roasters for Bishops Blend have done a masterful job at creating theirs. The beans are roasted medium dark and the package came to me (via UPS) freshly roasted, beautifully oily, and smelling of chocolate. The coffee is perfectly balanced; and as it cools, the notes include a slight vanilla flavor and a touch of cinnamon. Even better, when you purchase a bag, a percentage of the money goes toward ERD, a charity that provides disaster relief around the world as well as enabling people in the poorest communities on our planet to climb out of poverty.
SUMMER 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
DALLMAYR PRODOMO
Imported from Munich, Germany
A beloved German coffee brand.
FALL 2009
Cleo's Coffee Pick
AMARO GAYO
(Ethiopia)
roasted by
Gimme! Coffee
An exotic Ethiopian coffee sold by the outstanding roaster Gimme! Coffee, which takes pride in getting it to you expertly and freshly roasted. Visit the roaster by clicking here.
SPRING 2010
Cleo's Coffee Pick
FRENCH LAUNDRY
ESTATE BLEND
roasted by
Equator Estates Coffee
"Roaster of the Year"
~ Roast Magazine
This "chef's blend" was created especially for award-winning Chef Thomas Keller's world-renowned French Laundry restauant. The roaster is Equator Estates. Visit the roaster by clicking here.
Summer-
Fall 2010
Cleo's Coffee Pick
Kafe Lespwa
"Coffee of Hope"
from Haiti
To purchase this coffee
or learn more about it,
CLICK HERE.
To Read Cleo's
feature post on
this coffee, CLICK HERE
and scroll down
Spring-
Summer 2011
Cleo's Coffee Pick
Cops Coffee
COPS
COFFEE
"Midnight
Shift"
dark roast
"Your safest cup
of brew..."
Fall 2011
Cleo's
Coffee Picks
from
Batdorf &
Bronson
Coffee
Roasters
Mocha Java
Blend
To learn
more or buy,
click here.
and...
Dancing
Goats Blend
To learn
more or buy,
click here.
Winter
2011 - 2012
Cleo's
Coffee Picks
from
Rooster
Brother
A boutique
roaster in
Ellsworth,
Maine
Costa Rica's
La Minita Estate
"The Lafite of coffees."
An amazing cup
of joe from
To visit the
Costa Rican farm
where this coffee
is grown,
click here...
To read more
about this coffee
or purchase it
for yourself,
click here.
and...
100% Kona
Coffee
Grade:
Extra Fancy
Grown by
Kona Star Farms
of Kona, Hawaii
To learn
more, click here.
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SOLD OUT
Cleo's
Spring 2012
Coffee Pick
Brazil's
Poco Fundo
"Almond joy
in a cup"
Seattle
Coffee Works Roated by
Cleo's
Summer 2012
Coffee Pick...
From the
"Coffee Goddesses"
of Maine
Bistro Blend
&
Fireside Blend
Roasted by
Carpe Diem
Coffee Roasters
To learn more
or purchase,
click here.
Cleo's
Fall 2012
Coffee Pick...
Kenyan
"Lenana"
This coffee was named after one of the peaks of Mt. Kenya. It was sourced and roasted by Terroir Coffee, a company created by one of the most respected names in the trade: George Howell.
Cleo's
Spring 2013
Coffee Pick...
Fonte
Coffee
Fonte is a micro
roaster in Seattle,
Washington, whose
clients include
The Four Seasons
and Wynn Las Vegas.
Fonte is an
outstanding roaster
and their AA Blend
makes a smooth,
rich cup.
To learn more
or purchase,
click here.
Cleo's 2014
Coffee Picks...
Boneyard
Coffee
"Specialty Blend"
This high-quality blend includes Rwandan Beans, among my favorite on planet earth, as well as beans from Papua New Guinea and Guatemala. It's smooth, rich, and absolutely delicious! Boneyard Coffee is a fantastic find!
To learn more or
purchase Boneyard's
"Specialty Blend,"
click here.
Cleo's 2014
Coffee Picks...
Laughing Man
Coffee
"184 Blend"
Actor Hugh Jackman co-founded the Laughing Man Coffee Company to support developing world coffee farmers. The freshly roasted coffee from Laughing Man is absolutely delicious, and their Manhattan store front in TriBeCa isn’t very far from the fictional Village Blend of my Coffeehouse Mystery series.
CLICK HERE to view a short video where Hugh stands in for Matteo Allegro and takes you to an African coffee farm. You'll also see links to learn more or purchase this delicious coffee.
Cleo's 2014
Coffee Picks...
One Good Woman
Coffee and Tea
"One Good Woman"
Signature Blend
This is the fresh coffee blend that Holly O'Connor used to start her business in a coffee truck. She now has 18 employees in her successful and beloved Pennsylvania shop, celebrating nearly 20 years in business.
The "One Good Woman" blend is a hand-crafted coffee blend of smooth Columbian Supremo, Sumatra Mandheling and Ethiopian Harrar
medium roasted coffee beans.
To learn more
or purchase,
click here.
and...
Vintage
Diner Mug
"One Good Woman"
A great cup of coffee
needs a great cup.
To learn more
or purchase,
click here.
Cleo's Latest
Coffee Pick...
BILLIONAIRE'S
BLEND
A rich, smooth, AMAZING coffee blend hand-crafted for Cleo by a Master Roaster as a tribute to the fabulous coffee created in her bestselling, star reviewed Coffeehouse Mystery BILLIONAIRE BLEND.
CLICK HERE to learn more or buy this excellent coffee, created as a tribute to Cleo's book.
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For the Love
of Our Vets
HONOR FLIGHT was created by a VA doctor when he discovered that his elderly patients (veterans of WW II) could not afford to make the trip to Wash. D.C. to see the WWII war memorial that is dedicated to them. Now a national organization, Honor Flight raises money to help WWII vets make the trip to visit the memorial that would not exist without their bravery and sacrifice. Cleo has proudly donated. To learn more about Honor Flight, click here.
COFFEEHOUSE
BOOKS IN
ORDER
FREE TITLE CHECKLIST
OF COFFEEHOUSE
BOOKS IN ORDER:
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title checklist.
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HAUNTED
BOOKS IN
ORDER
HAUNTED
BOOKSHOP
MYSTERIES
BOOKS IN ORDER
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