About

Hello—my name is Drew Moody. Welcome to A Table in the Corner of the Cafe. Feel free to pull up a chair.

I built this Table in Spring 2011. At the time, I was a barista at Peet’s Coffee and Tea in Evanston, Illinois—a suburb just north of the great city of Chicago. I left the coffee industry after being in the business for almost ten years to pursue other career interests, but my heart was still with my favorite beverage—coffee.

My interests were split in two directions—professional editorial work and specialty coffee. The Table was the great compromise.

By starting this blog, I was able to keep one foot in the coffee industry and the other in the corporate world.

A Table in the Corner of the Cafe is a blog dedicated to specialty coffee and cafe reviews, primarily, but it also features a wealth of information about coffee, my opinions of the goings on in and of the coffee industry, coffee news, and some fun and games along the way.

Most importantly, though, A Table in the Corner of the Cafe is all about community. Please feel free to share your ideas with me, tell me about the things you find interesting, write guest articles, and engage with other readers.

There’s always room here at the Table, so feel free to pull up a chair.

12 comments

christina furr says:

May 15, 2012

hello, i’m very interested in what you are doing here on your blog. i run a blog called cup of texas about specialty coffee in my area. i would love to hear your feedback and maybe guest post. thanks!

christina

Drew Moody says:

May 17, 2012

Hey, I checked out what you’re doing at Cup of Texas – awesome stuff! I really like what you’re doing; your writing style is fantastic and the pictures are really classic. And I LOVE that each post is titled “A Cup of…” You should check out my Facebook group, Coffee Bloggers.

Candice Silva says:

Hello Drew Moody!

We at The Top Sheet team wanted to let you know that we featured your blog post “A Table in the Corner of the Cafe” in the May 18th issue of The Top Sheet! You can find a pdf of the issue on our website, TheTopSheet.com. You can find the link here: http://thetopsheet.com/customer-etiquette-part-2-in-the-shop/

The Top Sheet is a new one-page print publication with summaries of the top news and other information from the Internet, including bloggers. In conjunction with our sister publication, The Printed Blog, a, 11 by 17 glossy magazine featuring blog posts in print in their entirety, we are proving that print is not dead while highlighting the voices of bloggers, whether they have 10 million readers or 10.

Please let us know if you’d like to be considered for future issues of The Top Sheet or The Printed Blog or if you have any questions about our publications. Blog on!

Yours in print,

The Top Sheet Team

BrianR says:

Jun 1, 2012

Java Greeting Drew. This is a fantastic blog! I have been looking for a local blogger from Chicago. I am actually sitting in a coffee shop ( who knew!) Reading all you entries. Will definitely be bookmarking you.
Happy blogging!

Steve Agi says:

Aug 20, 2012

Hey Drew, great work – Steve Agi here, thecaffiend from Melb. Australia
Would love to connect – we havea brand new media portal, http://www.worldofcoffee.com.au that includes a TV show, online mag and mobile app – would be uber-cool if we joined forces as I think you are doing some very good things on here
Happy to discuss – steve.agi@worldofcoffee.com.au

Aug 21, 2012

Wow! Your site is a lot more professional than mine is! I’d love to collaborate – what do you have in mind?

Nzo Tiano says:

Dec 20, 2012

Hello Drew,

I work for a specialty coffee company in SOCAL called Klatch Coffee. I’d like ask if you’d interested in reviewing our Original Christmas blend. I checked out your blog and noticed that you’ve been reviewing whole beans from various companies and was hoping you’d be interested to review ours.

Esther says:

Jan 6, 2013

Edit:

Hey Drew, I work for Joe in NYC and I stumbled across your site after doing a search about coffee reviews. I have say that I really enjoy your writing. You’re obviously knowledgable about coffee, as well as a good journalist. I hope you”ll sample some Joe coffee soon, we just started roasting our own coffee last year.

John Martin says:

Jan 27, 2013

Hi Drew Like the site very much. Thought you might be interested in a cafe with a slight difference. cartoonlecafe.wordpress.com
Cheers

Brice says:

Feb 24, 2013

Hey Drew great site! Stumbled upon it by clicking your link on Instagram. I also run a coffee blog and would be interested in doing some guest writing. I do a lot of cafe reviews mostly in the northern Wisconsin area. I look forward to your reply!

Feb 25, 2013

Thanks for the compliment! I checked out your site too and I dig it. I like how concise your reviews are – everything I need to know in 300 words or less. Perfect. Shoot me an email at drew@cornerofthecafe.com so we can discuss guest posts (as long as you don’t mind writing for free, lol).

Maria Ocampo says:

Jun 3, 2013

Hi Drew! I must say, I’ve enjoyed reading a lot of the articles in your site such as “Coffee Tasting Wheel,” “The Coffee Belt,” “Chemex,” and “8 Tips for Environmentally Friendly Coffee Practices.” As someone who enjoys drinking coffee, I’d like to pull up a chair and share something with you that you might find interesting: ALKALINE WATER in brewing coffee. That’s right. Alkaline water makes coffee taste better and less acidic, plus, the aroma is stronger. We use Alkaline water in brewing our morning coffee in the office all the time, and there has never been a morning where it doesn’t smell like a coffee house! Try it; it’s REALLY awesome!!

Blessings,

Maria O.
Walnut, CA