Taza: Combining Coffee With Community
What's the deal?
It was a sad sad day when Corryville's Buzz coffeeshop closed its doors in January of 2004. The comfy couches and hot coffee downstairs combined with a surprising used CD collection upstairs made it the quintessential college-area coffeehouse. However, good news is in store. Almost exactly four years after Buzz closed its doors for good, a new coffeehouse is set to open up in the same space, TAZA. The not-for-profit coffeehouse hopes not only to become the type of college hangout Corryville has been missing since Buzz left, but also become a positive force in the neighborhood and beyond.
It was a sad sad day when Corryville's Buzz coffeeshop closed its doors in January of 2004. The comfy couches and hot coffee downstairs combined with a surprising used CD collection upstairs made it the quintessential college-area coffeehouse. However, good news is in store. Almost exactly four years after Buzz closed its doors for good, a new coffeehouse is set to open up in the same space, TAZA. The not-for-profit coffeehouse hopes not only to become the type of college hangout Corryville has been missing since Buzz left, but also become a positive force in the neighborhood and beyond.
Our coffee sales will enable us to make community happen inside the walls of TAZA and impact our community outside the walls of TAZA. Inside our walls TAZA is a home away from home - a place to meet up with old friends and make new ones. Outside our walls we will use our resources to support organizations that are positively impacting our local and global community.
TAZA also plans on becoming a venue for both "creative and performing artists," by showcasing some of the area's creativity on the walls of the coffeehouse as well as on TAZA's stage. Oh, and the coffee? TAZA promises the "highest quality" fair-trade* coffee out there. Doors open tomorrow morning bright and early - 7am.
Perfect for?
UC students and hip Uptown workers.
Where to get it?
2900 Jefferson Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Once you stop in, be sure to head back to BuyCincy and let us know what you think.
::TAZA
[*ed. A previous version of this story mistakenly used the word "free trade." Changed to "fair-trade" 01/26/08]
Perfect for?
UC students and hip Uptown workers.
Where to get it?
2900 Jefferson Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Once you stop in, be sure to head back to BuyCincy and let us know what you think.
::TAZA
[*ed. A previous version of this story mistakenly used the word "free trade." Changed to "fair-trade" 01/26/08]
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Loved it! Great coffee, right by my house- on the way to school. Perfect!
Sean,
Check your use of "free" vs. "fair" trade, you may want to issue a correction. You may or may not know that there is an important distinction.
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Author's note: Thanks for the head's up, it is amazing what happens after writing a paper involving the free market. It infiltrates all of your thoughts. This has been corrected.
Stopped by Taza today. Hot coffee and hotter baristas. Dig It!!!