The feature writer this month is David Stringer, who will be reading poems from his recent book, Inhale / Exhale, a collaboration with his wife Kim, an artist. The book’s title springs from a quotation, “I love you every moment I breathe.” A retired H.S. English teacher, David works as a barista in addition to writing, and divides his time between Saline, MI, and Gainesville, FL.

Open mic follows.

For more information contact Chris Lord at 734-369-2798 or go to the Writer’s Reading website.
Sweetwaters Writers Reading night is held the third Tuesday of every month.

Well maybe it wasn’t the real President Obama, but we were thrilled to see the large puppet in our downtown store. The puppets were part of the Festifools celebration along Main Street on Sunday, April 5th. Sweetwaters is a proud sponsor of this yearly foolhardy event!

View more pictures of Festifools’ puppets and foolishness on photogapher’s Myra Klarman’s Blog .

Founders Lisa and Wei recently visited Kauai and toured the coffee plantation where our featured coffee is grown and harvested. They experienced first hand the warm sunny weather, volcanic soil, and ocean breezes that combine to produce a bean that is less acidic and broader in taste.

They learned that the wonderful consistency of Kauai coffee’s is due to all the beans being grown on a single estate. To keep the estate pristine and productive for future generations the plantation uses many environmentally friendly processes to reduce its impact on the estate and this beautiful island;  water used for processing the beans is filtered and reused for irrigation, 100% renewable energy is used via the city’s hydro electricity plant, water and fertilizer is applied directly to the roots making them the largest drip irrigation coffee estate in the world!

We are featuring Kauai coffee during the months of March and April. Try a cup and taste why we love this tropical and well balanced coffee.

Sweethearts reading at Sweetwaters! Our Valentines’ month features are doubly-talented newlyweds Onna Solomon and Jonathan Schwartz. Onna will be reading poetry and Jonathan will be reading fiction. Their writings will warm your heart. Open mic follows.

We are happy to report another Sweetwaters couple! Moses Lee and Julie Kim have a history of dates at Sweetwaters, so after Moses proposed, they headed to Sweetwaters Kerrytown to take a few of these stunning engagement photos. Congrats to Moses and Julie from everyone at Sweetwaters.

* Pictures by Phrene Hoeksema

Taste great coffee and meet the owners and staff of Sweetwaters!  Wei (pronounced “Way”) and Barb from Sweetwaters Downtown and Chris from Sweetwaters Kerrytown will be sampling our coffees and introducing our new Organic Fair Trade Bolivian coffee.

Self proclaimed Abianno fantatics, Jim and Sue R. regularly order Abianno several times a month. The smooth rich taste is so cherished that even en route to Wisconsin they packed their Abianno Espresso and espresso machine! We’ve also shipped coffee directly to their destination. Thank you Jim and Sue. We love that you taste all the dedication and passion we put into our coffees!

Travel with the luxuries of home, beginning with the warmth of Sweetwaters coffee.

Pete started as a customer and eventually began working in Sweetwaters. It was here that he served Lesley coffee and then later married her. Pete and Lesley’s story is one of many romantic happenings that The Ann Arbor Observer has found at Sweetwaters.
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Our handcrafted Ginger Lemon Tea has been noticed by people far and wide. One foodie went so far as to claim that she had food allergies just so she could find out what the ingredients were. But there are no secrets here; ginger, lemon, and honey make our signature tea spicy, sweet, and a year around luxurious treat…found only at Sweetwaters.