February 26, 2007 at 7:05 pm
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That’s right..it’s first thursday again! Come down to Jo’s on S. Congress and chill out with the sweet sounds of Gary Primich. It’s gonna be nice outside, so come enjoy the scene from the best people watching porch on South Congress. Music from 7:00 - 10:00..beer.coffee.tea.food.fun.
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February 23, 2007 at 9:14 am
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It’s Friday morning at Jo’s and there are a couple of dozen folks enjoying the chill air. Tom, with the green bandana, is sweeping up aound the place and extolling the virtues of the new espresso machine, the La Marzocco. We’ll have the scoop on this in an upcoming blog episode. It’s a nice view from the Jo’s front deck of Amy’s Ice Cream, Zen restaurant, and the Hotel San Jose. Tom cranks up the ipod and the music resumes.
We found 63 photos on flickr matching the search phrase Jo’s Coffee. The picture below is one of them. Add your Jo’s photos to flickr!

Jo’s has a MySpace page at myspace.com/joshotcoffee and soon there will be a guide to MySpace on Jo’s blog. What would you like to see on Jo’s blog, send us an article or post something in our comments.
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February 22, 2007 at 9:29 am
· Filed under coffee, austin, texas, soco, southcongress, espresso, cafe, meetups, barista, chocolate, roaster, tea, blog, sanjosehotel, book, library, chili, web2.0
Austin American Statesman writer Shermakaye Bass has written up a “day in the life” of Jo’s South called:
Quotes from Shermakaye’s XL piece:
“Shermakaye Bass scopes out the social landscape at Jo’s on South Congress for a glimpse of the famous and soon-to-be famous. MORE”
“Any given day is a funky parade at Jo’s Hot Coffee on South Congress Avenue. Its location at the foot of the “SoCo strip” and its layout — open shed seating, walkup-window, tables — make Jo’s perfect for marathon people watching.
It’s one of those places where, throughout the day, life’s rich pageant unfurls, jogging past in sweats, ambling up with dogs, strolling through with babies, buzzing by on scooters, dashing up and away in suits. Musicians and filmmakers chat with geeks and fashionistas; well-heeled tourists sidle up to local characters. Stars of the big and small screen (hello, “Friday Night Lights”) hang out — and sometimes try to hide — here. “
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February 19, 2007 at 12:43 pm
· Filed under Uncategorized, coffee, austin, soco, southcongress, espresso, barista, blog, slides, slideshow, webshow, web2.0
Jo’s Coffee Slide show is a self running application which will give you a tour of the some of the best coffee blogs and coffee sites on the net. When you go to the site, click “run slideshow” and it will start running. Relax and enjoy, it might help to have a good cup of Jo’s coffee handy and a little bit of time on your hands. There are about 200 some odd web sites on the web based slide show.
These slides are drawn from our Jo’s Coffee Del.icio.us bookmarks which you see on our left sidebar. Jo’s del.icio.us site is http://del.icio.us/joscoffee
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February 17, 2007 at 4:30 pm
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February 15, 2007 at 2:06 pm
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Remember the 1st annual Jo’s Chili Cold Blood Christmas Chili Cook-Off this past December? Well we just got this in the mail today. The proceeds payed for 1125 meals for central Texans. Pretty cool huh? This year’s chili cook off is going to be bigger and more competitive. Hone your skills, tweak your recipes. You only have 10 months left to get ready.
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February 14, 2007 at 10:47 am
· Filed under coffee, austin, espresso, cafe, music

Tues February 13 at 8 pm
Blackwater Gospel
Amy Cook 9 pm
Thurs February 15 at 12:30 pm
Alice Spencer
and her Monkey Butlers
Sun February 18 at 12:30 pm
Andrew Nafziger Trio
Jo’s Downtown
242 W 2nd Street
Austin, Texas
512.469.9003
joscoffee.com
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February 14, 2007 at 3:11 am
· Filed under coffee, austin, texas, espresso, cafe, meetups
SXSW, Austin Community College (ACC), and the Digital Media Council present “Get into the Game”, an industry seminar and mixer on Thursday, February 22 from 7–9 pm at Jo’s Coffee, 242 West Second Street Austin, Texas.
Mix it up with gaming industry mavens as they share their insights in to how to launch a gaming industry career.
Rodney Gibbs, from Amaze Entertainment, will give a presentation along with other gaming industry wonks.
And you can register to win a free 2007 sxsw interactive pass and attend this major blog/media fest in March.
Downtown Jo’s has a state of the art video projector for events like these and encourages meetups and special interest groups to use their facility.

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February 10, 2007 at 10:24 pm
· Filed under austin, texas
Organizers and city officials to bring the cycling event to Austin in 2008
(Lebanon, NJ) January 19, 2007 — g4 Productions, with the support of the city of Austin, has announced that the Austin International cycling event originally slated for this June will be rescheduled for June 2008.
“We have formed some fantastic partnerships in the Austin community and we will continue to work closely with the city, the Austin Sports Commission, our media partners and the Austin cycling community to make the 2008 race one of the best one day races in America,” said Robin Morton, partner, g4 Productions.
Official race website http://www.g4events.com/
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February 10, 2007 at 10:14 pm
· Filed under texas
New pro race for Armstrong’s hometown of Austin
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
Big time professional cycling for both men and women is coming to Austin, Texas, the hometown of seven time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong next June. The Austin International is a new race that has already earned a prestigious 1.1 UCI rating for its first edition. Executive Director of the Austin Sports Commission Matthew Payne declared “On behalf of the City of Austin, the Austin Sports Commission is very excited to welcome the Austin International in June 2007. It will be one of the first international sporting events ever hosted in Austin and will continue to distinguish our city as a true global destination. It will be a great new event for our corporate sponsors, the city of Austin and all of the avid cyclists that are proud to call Austin their home.”
The 2007 Austin International, slated for June 17, 2007, will feature a pro men’s and women’s race and will be evaluated as a potential Women’s World Cup event for 2008.
The Austin International is organized by g4 Productions, a highly experienced team of four women who were instrumental in the success of the USPRO Championships and Liberty Classic in Philadelphia, the inaugural edition of the Tour de Georgia among many other international cycling events in the USA.
Moving on from their previous affiliation, the Austin International is the first major venture for g4 Productions. “We are very proud that the Austin International has received a 1.1 from the UCI. It is rare for a first year event to receive such a high ranking but we have put a lot of effort into the organization and planning of this race,” said Robin Morton, President of g4 Productions. “The course for the Austin International is very challenging and technical and should be very popular with the teams. Additionally, we are also very pleased that our race will be included in the new USA Cycling Professional Tour, immediately recognizing the Austin International as one of the premier cycling races in America.”
USA Cycling welcomed g4’s Austin International to the growing list of world class American races that will make up their ambitious new USA Cycling Professional Tour in 2007. Steve Johnson, chief executive officer of USA Cycling stated that “USA Cycling is very excited about the commitment that Austin has made to support and showcase professional men’s and women’s racing. Austin has a great history of supporting world class bike racing and we are elated to see Austin back on the calendar. We trust and hope the Austin International will become a mainstay on the USA Cycling Professional Tour attracting some of the top teams and riders in the world. We are very hopeful that the women’s race will become one of the prestigious World Cup races in the very near future.”
Local Austin International supporter Hill Able, owner of Austin’s Bicycle Sport Shop and President of mountain bike advocacy group International Mountain Bike Association stated that “Austin, Texas is a world class cycling city and the announcement of the Austin International race coming to town is solid confirmation of that fact. Austinites are some of the healthiest, most active people in the world and riding bicycles is a core part of their lifestyles. The race is sure to be a huge success and we look forward to hosting some of the best cyclists in the world next June.”
from Cycling News article
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February 10, 2007 at 10:05 pm
· Filed under austin, tv, video, blog, music
For all you South by Southwest (SXSW) fans out there, DirecTV just did a deal to bring the music-design-tech event to TV, airing live March 15-17th. Press release…
PRESS RELEASE — For two decades, the SXSW music
festival in Austin, Texas has been the industry’s best kept secret for
breaking new acts such as Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt.
That’s all about to change as DIRECTV, the nation’s leading satellite
television service provider, teams up with music/entertainment guru Blaze
TV to bring the nation’s biggest music showcase to national television for
the first time in DIRECTV Presents SXSW Live. Exclusively on DIRECTV’s
Channel 101 (The 101), the special will be broadcast live March 15-17 and
feature unprecedented access with upfront performances and
behind-the-scenes footage from the three day musical extravaganza.
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February 9, 2007 at 2:02 pm
· Filed under Uncategorized, coffee, austin, texas, soco, southcongress, espresso, cafe, barista, chocolate, roaster, book, signing, library
The Birth of Coffee – presentation and book singing to benefit Friends of the Austin Public Library
Date and Time: Wednesday February 21 – 7 PM
Location: 800 Guadalupe – Austin Public Library- Austin History Center
Seating is limited so please call 974-7400
For more information on our project please see www.birthofcoffee.com
Thanks
Daniel Lorenzetti & Linda Rice Lorenzetti
The Birth Of Coffee Project
www.birthofcoffee.com
lorenzetti@birthofcoffee.com
512 585-0011
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The Birth of Coffee is a multiplatform, media project consisting of a book, an international photographic exhibition tour and a complementary web site. The goal of the project is to extend the individual’s personal coffee experiences, providing them with an understanding of the many people, places and processes involved in bringing coffee to the table.
To complete this project, the author and photographer traveled a quarter of a million miles to five continents and eight countries documenting and recording the world’s coffee cultures. They followed the coffee cycle from a single seed at planting, to harvest, processing, shipping and the final cup.
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The Birth of Coffee is a special project of The Image Expedition, a documentary photography organization that produces “visual artifacts” for the next generation.
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February 8, 2007 at 3:30 pm
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Lisa and Tom take us on a video podcast walk through of Jo’s Coffee South.
Jo’s Coffee Video Podcast Windows Media Version - download now light and fast
Jo’s Coffee Video Podcast Mac Quicktime Version - download now (ipod ready) big and long download
and there’s an audio only podcast.
Tom, Jo’s Assistant Manager and fixit guy, shows us the equipment and processes that keep Jo’s running. He talks about the history of the place and gives us a tour around the outside on South Congress in Austin.
Lisa demos one of her favorite drinks. We also encounter Fritz, the Motorblade poster guy and one of the regulars who talks about the NASA astronaut space love triangle. It’s a fascinating look at the inner workings of South Congress epicenter of activity.
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February 6, 2007 at 8:07 am
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Disclaimer added after making the video:Â Rose now knows the difference between Portofino (a small fishing village in Italy located in the province of Genoa on the Italion Riviera) and a portafilter (the handle and basket thingy on an espresso machine that holds the ground espresso for extraction.)
Rose of Jo’s Coffee South, Austin, TX shows us how the pros make a mocha. It’s on an early Tuesday morning in Austin and it’s just before the big crowd shows up at Jo’s.
Makin’ Mocha – the Ipod Version
Makin’ Mocha with Rose – for Windows Media player
A Café Mocha is a variant of a cafe latte. It is simply a chocolate latte. Like a latte it is typically one third espresso and two thirds steamed milk, but a shot of chocolate is added. Typically the chocolate is in the form of an Italian syrup, although less sophisticated vending systems use instant chocolate powder. Whipped cream, dustings of cocoa and marshmallows may also be added on top for flavour and decoration.
This being an American invention, it is mostly unknown in Italy and other continental European countries. Mocha was originally a particular variety of coffee from Mocha, Yemen, made without cocoa, but which tasted as if it had cocoa in it, and modern usage usually refers to an imitation of it using other coffee varieties and cocoa.
A variant is white café mocha, instead made with a shot of white chocolate.
A term moccaccino is used in some regions of Europe and the Middle East to describe cappuccino with cocoa or chocolate.

pictured above – actual cup of mocha made at Jo’s South.
Photo by Tom Page.
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