Sweetwaters brings you our NEW in-house espresso and drip brew: 4|12 Blend.  Featuring beans from India, Brazil and Sumatra with European inspiration.  A sweet & lively yet rich roast.  We’re thrilled to introduce this new blend to you!  There are a couple ways for you to help us welcome it in – and get some good deals along the way:

• Sign up for a complimentary taste-testing
  • The first 5 to participate get a FREE 4|12 Blend T-shirt
  • At Sweetwaters downtown only
  • Contact kt_swc@yahoo.com to sign up
• Bring in a photo of yourself in India, Brazil or Sumatra and get 30% off a cup or whole bean package of 4|12 blend

On your next visit, be sure to give it a try!  We’d love to hear what you think.

For more information click here.

Thanks to all of the 1,000+ people who voted in AnnArbor.com’s annual Community Choice Awards contest.  Sweetwaters came out on top for best coffeehouse in AA!  We appreciate the support, and we love providing great drinks and treats to great customers.

Check out the full listing to see Sweetwaters as well as the other winners: http://www.annarbor.com/about/annarborcom-announces-the-winners-of-its-community-choice-awards-contest/

Ann Arbor’s Pioneer High School and The Michigan Department of Education presented this certificate to Sweewaters for sharing professional experience with Taylor, one of our youngest and brightest baristas! Taylor is enrolled in Pioneer’s Occupational Education Program and we are proud to say that she has received straight A’s in the program.

At Sweetwaters we appreciate the importance of career and technical education and are proud to support and mentor our local students.

Blue Tractor in Ann Arbor has created a stout using our coffee! Sweetwaters Java Stout, is brewed with pale, caramel, chocolate, and roasted malts with a wee bit o’ oats and a coffee malt made from our House coffee. Head over to the Blue Tractor or Cafe Habana on Washington St. just past 4th Ave. and try a pint. Reviews are in and from customers to staff they’re all lovin’ it!

Check out Sweetwaters staff enjoying the new brew: Quinn, Brian, Kate, and Wei.

To see a fun taste-testing video, click here.

AnnArbor.com published a great executive profile on one of Sweetwaters’ founders, Lisa Bee. Read about what makes Sweetwaters fun and what’s the best part of being in the coffee biz.

Executive Profile: Lisa Bee, co-owner, Sweetwaters Cafe

People— they’re the best part of the job and the most challenging part of the job for Lisa Bee, co-owner of Sweetwaters

Café in downtown Ann Arbor.

“I get to meet so many different people,” Bee said. “Not just the customers, but also the staff.” Bee said that  former Sweetwaters employees move away after college, but often come back to let her and her husband, Wei, know how they area doing.

Bee said that while customers are loyal and have made many useful suggestions, they’re also the first to let her know when they don’t like something or want something to be changed, from adding new beverage selections to repairs or remodeling work on the shop.

“I’m really thankful for those people, though,” Bee said. “Our customers set a very high bar for us. They make us who we are.”
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It’s easy to boast on and on about the great benefits of drinking green tea. So, that’s exactly what we’re going to do! The Chinese have been using green tea for its medicinal benefits for over 4,000 years. Green teas are said to fight cancer and heart diseases. They are also thought to lower cholesterol, burn fats, prevent diabetes and even strokes.

Why is green thought to be so healthy? Green tea has powerful antioxidants that swarm the free radicals in your body looking for problematic things like blood clots and diseases. Because green tea is so minimally processed, its antioxidants are more powerful than most other teas which are fermented.

There are even studies to show that drinking green tea regularly may help prevent tooth decay by killing the bacteria which causes the dental plaque. Research has shown that drinking green tea, is more effective than taking supplements.

Learn more about green tea:

WebMD

Wikipedia

University of Maryland Medical Center

“Happy New Year” in Chinese:

In Mandarin – Xin Nian Kuei Le – phonetically [shin-nian-kwie-le]

In Cantonese - Gung Hai Fat Choi – phonetically [gong-hey-faat-choy]

Celebrate the Year of the Tiger on Feb 14th at Sweetwaters with an Imperial Milk Tea or a Dragon Eye!

Sweeten the day for someone special with our Chinese New Year inspired Red Pockets! Fill with the traditional Asian gift of money or sweeter yet…a Sweetwaters Gift Card!

We’re proud to announce that through the joint effort of Sweetwaters and Classical Revolution, Classical Revolution was able to raise funds to donate to Partners in Health for Haiti Relief! We’d like to thank Classical Revolution for their continued partnership with Sweetwaters and also for their excellent idea to provide support for Haiti!

For all of you Plum Market shoppers, we have great news! Sweetwaters coffee which has been sold at the Ann Arbor Plum, is now also available at the West Bloomfield and Bloomfield locations! Enjoy Sweetwaters’ finest in the comfort of your own home!

For a map of Plum Market Ann Arbor.

For a map of Plum Market West Bloomfield.

For a map of Plum Market Bloomfield.

Sweetwaters has branched out into your local Busch’s Fresh Food Markets. Our coffee is now available at both Ann Arbor locations of Busch’s . Whether you’re on the north side or south side of Ann Arbor, picking up Sweetwaters’ Coffee is even more convenient!

Click here for both locations of Busch’s Stores.

For a listing of more restaurants and grocers carrying Sweetwaters’ Coffee, please click here.