One of the Occupy D.C. "sleep strikers" we met with earlier this week has gone to bed. The other, now in his fifth day without any rest, says he's trying to stay awake for a couple more days. Is he crazy? Not yet. more ›

The first Starbucks on the east coast -- which is located on Wisconsin Avenue -- is closing its doors. more ›

Remember: the bathroom at the Saxby's Coffee at Vermont Avenue and K Street is only for customers. Peeping customers. more ›

Do you live or work near Capitol Hill and found yourself out of milk this morning? Thinking about running to the grocery or the bodega? You should probably just stop by Pound The Hill coffeeshop. more ›

Regardless of whether you're upset that the corner of 14th and U has turned into a mini-7th and H Streets of sorts or not, free coffee is free coffee. This morning, the new Dunkin' Donuts at 2001 14th Street NW is open for the first time. To mark the occasion, they're giving out free medium coffees. more ›

Happy National Coffee Day! Wondering where you can grab a free cup of joe this morning? more ›

If you've spent any time hopping from cafe to cafe during the workday, chances are you've heard that Mid City Caffe will stop pouring caffeine on October 1. more ›

In case you missed it in yesterday's Go Home Already, news broke late last night that 14th Street coffee shop Mid City Caffe will be closing its doors on October 1. The shop opened in 2009. more ›

Starbucks is being sued in D.C. Superior Court -- but it has nothing to do with its expensive, burnt tasting coffee. WTOP reports that a Norfolk, Virginia man is suing the company after his daughter found a video camera installed inside one of the two unisex bathrooms at the Starbucks near the entrance to the Archives Metro station. more ›

Working at home certainly has its perks, but one of the few things that gets me out during the day is the hope of grabbing a better cup of coffee than I can faithfully produce at home. more ›

On Friday, we took a quick peek at Peregrine Espresso's new digs at 1718 14th Street NW -- by far, the biggest question we got was "so, when will the place be open?" Soon, caffeine freaks! more ›

Coffee buffs in the Mid City area were thrilled when news broke last August that the award-winning baristas of Peregrine Espresso would be opening up a second location at 1718 14th Street NW. Last night, DCist got a first look at the new digs. more ›

A hearty congratulations to M.E. Swing Coffee -- the local brewer we highlighted in March -- who earlier this month was awarded the KRUPS "Cup O' Joe" prize as the best local coffee shop in the District. more ›

Since the tea taxes of the 18th century, America has always been a country of coffee drinkers. The ubiquity of Starbucks brought about the rise of "gourmet" coffee, and recently, many people have been fixated on single origin, fair trade beans that are brewed in the latest multi-thousand dollar machine or fancy gizmo from Japan. But in the end, it's not the technology that makes the coffee. It's careful attention to the beans used, and how they're roasted. more ›

Pound Coffee, 621 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, is celebrating its impending opening by offering free coffee from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. today outside of its shop. Stop by on your way to Eastern Market or brunch in the Capitol Hill area. They won't be serving average joe either: kickapoo coffee won Roast Magazine’s 2010 Micro-Roaster of the Year. They will also have their in-house baked goods, like banana and pumpkin bread, for free. Pound will be opening in February 2011. more ›

Crumbs Bake Shop (yes another cupcake shop) is celebrating its first D.C. location at 604 11th Street downtown today by giving away free coffee with each order for the next two weeks. Crumbs is second in famous New York cupcake shops to Magnolia Bakery (so yes, we have another New York import). And, if you're patient, if you go in next Friday they will be giving away 1,000 cupcakes. more ›

Plenty of exciting news for those who live and play around the 14th Street corridor this afternoon. First, Peregrine Espresso announced on its blog that they have signed a lease on the storefront at 1718 14th Street NW. It'll be months before Peregrine opens up shop there, but caffeine fiends will certainly be jumping for joy at yet another high quality coffee joint in the area. Additionally, Chris Richards reports in the Post's Click Track blog that the Clyde's Restaurant Group has plans to open a 15,000-square-foot nightclub in the enormous space they are taking over from Borders at 14th and F Streets NW. The space will be a "'more adult' music club with a general focus on singer-songwriters" and book live acts. more ›

Where: Giant, Magruder's, Wagschal's more ›

It's been a sluggish hump day, hasn't it? Now we know it's not quite as pleasurable as ice cream, but Au Bon Pain will be giving out free medium iced coffees after 2 p.m. today. And if you don't need the pick-me-up, there is also a decaf version. Check here for a list of locations. more ›

Former Murky Coffee owner Nick Cho revealed on Don Rockwell this morning that he will be opening his new coffee shop, Chinatown Coffee Company, sometime in June. Cho also said that Wrecking Ball Coffee roasting company, which DCist previously reported would go into the space at 5th and H Streets NW, is actually "a separate venture." And for anyone who had a favorite Arlington Murky barista, Cho says he will employing a number of them in the new Chinatown storefront. Photo by erin_m more ›

The 14th and U Street NW corridors have experienced a number of setbacks in the locally-owned coffee shop department over the last couple of years. First was the end of Sparky's (making way for the wildly popular Cork). Then it was the shuttering and now presumed death of 14U, despite rumors that it would reinvent itself as a retail/cafe hybrid. Cafe Collage entered the scene, but since then Love Cafe has sharply reduced its hours, no longer serving coffee in the early morning hours (it's been opening at 11 a.m. for a couple months). And if wireless internet is important to you, as I noted on Sunday, Mocha Hut has become markedly inconsistent in that area. more ›

We posted earlier about the Mid-Atlantic Regional Barista Competition that took place over the weekend. Congrats to locals Katie Duris (Murky Coffee), Allyson Turner (Murky Coffee), David Flynn (Peregrine Espresso), and Jeremy Sterner (Peregrine Espresso) for taking the first four spots, respectively, in a field of over 25. An espresso sure sounds good right about now... more ›

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Barista competition is being held in Cranberry, PA this weekend. You can check out a live stream of the contest, featuring local contestant Peregrine Espresso's David Flynn. (Hat tip, Big Bear Cafe's twitter feed.) more ›

Plenty of people put soy milk in their coffee, but soy sauce? John Ulaszek, who also goes by the DCist Flickr contributor pseudonym F1.4, was eating breakfast at what he describes as one of his favorite restaurants in Northern Virginia over the weekend, when he had an experience that makes us a little queasy

The ever attentive waiter noticed my empty cup and promptly topped me off – by now I was rockin the caffeine, the birds were chirping, the sun was smiling, so I gulped down another mouthful and……and something is really wrong here – what the hell did I just drink – It looks like coffee, but I don’t think it is, as a matter of fact it tasted like hot Soy Sauce?! Suddenly I wasn’t sure if I just drank coffee, soy sauce, or maybe some cleaning chemical ended up in the coffee. I am almost instantly nauseous, probably not from what I drank, but my mind and body running in overdrive trying to figure out if I should hurl, because whatever I just drank sure as hell wasn’t coffee. more ›

In case you missed the list of Starbucks that will be closing in the D.C. metro area, WTOP has the whole list up. Only one out of the 600 stores that will close nationally is in the District -- at 2101 L St. NW. Given that there are also Starbucks locations at 2109 M Street NW, 2175 K Street NW, and 2400 M Street NW, we doubt anyone will be too inconvenienced by the change. more ›

The Post finally picked up on the Murky Coffee brouhaha this morning, and it appears it's been a topic of conversation at other locally owned coffee shops around town. We snapped this photo at Big Bear Cafe in Bloomingdale today. Thanks to Catherine Andrews for the tip. more ›

Apparently Starbucks wasn’t the only coffee shop closed yesterday. According to a post on Murky Coffee's website, their Capitol Hill location was shuttered on Tuesday by the D.C. government.

We've had a hiccup with the DC Government, and were shut-down for a couple of non-compliance issues. We're in communication with them, and expect to be back up-and-running in a couple of days.

Our pals over at Seattlest have been following this far longer than we have, but in case you hadn't heard, Starbucks will be closing its 7,100 stores nationwide tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in order to re-train all of its employees simultaneously on ... how to make coffee. more ›