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Ypsi’s newest startup, Hyperion Coffee, wants to do more than just roast the best coffee in the world

By Mark | February 4, 2015

At some point in the next six weeks or so, a new business will be opening in Depot Town, a coffee roastery by the name of Hyperion. It’s the brainchild of Eric Mullins and Dan Kubera, both of whom were, until recently, employees of Ypsilanti’s Ugly Mug. Here, with more, is the transcript of a […]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alex Merz, Anodyne Coffee Roasters, Anthology Coffee, Babo, Billy Kangas, Blue Bottle Coffee, coffee education, coffee roasting, Comet Coffee, Commonwealth Coffee, Counter Culture Coffee, craft beer, crop-to-cup, Cultivate Coffee and Taphouse, Dan Kubera, Direct Trade Coffee Club, empathy, Eric Mullins, foody, Four Barrel, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, Ghostly, Grand Rapids, Honduras, Hyperion Coffee, Intelligentsia, interviews, Jim Sabrio, Josh Longsdorf, Madcap Coffee, Mighty Good Coffee, Milwaukee, Miro Lomelli, RoosRoast, startups, Stumptown Coffee, Uganda, Ugly Mug, Zak Rye, Zingerman's, Zingerman's Coffee | 13 Comments

Taco Tour 2013 recap

By Mark | September 16, 2013

Every year, at about this time, my friend Tom Lennon has been hosting an event called the Taco Tour for those local bicycle enthusiasts loosely aligned under the banner of Bike Ypsi. As I couldn’t make it yesterday, for the 6th annual marathon of corn tortilla-wrapped gluttony, I sent Tom a handful of questions. Following […]

Posted in Food, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arizona, Barry Goldwater, bicycles, Bike Ypsi, Chela, Corner brewery, Dos Hermanos, espresso, Fiesta Mexicana, food tourism, La Casita, Mexican food, pant shitting, skin taco, Taco Tour, tacos, taqueria, Taqueria la Fiesta, Thomas Kula, TMAZ, Tom Lennon, Tucson, vegetarian | 7 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Miro Lomeli

By Mark | September 15, 2013

Having given up caffeine some time ago, it took me a while to discover that Miro Lomeli, the guy who roasted the coffee at the Ugly Mug, had packed up and moved to Chicago. Thankfully, though, I was able to track him down and ask him a few questions. What follows is his official exit […]

Posted in Food, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Chicago, Christmas parties, coffee roasting, Elbow Room, exit interviews, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, gay bars, ghost thong, Highland, Logan Square, Miro Lomeli, Prospect park, skateboarding, skateparks, skating, Ugly Mug, Ypsi Skate Park, Ypsi Skatepark, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 13 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Johnny Lupinacci

By Mark | August 25, 2013

A few weeks ago, shortly after earning earning his PhD from Eastern Michigan University, local Ypsilanti activist John Lupinacci packed up all his belongings and headed west to begin his new life as a academic. Fortunately, though, I was able to track him down and force him to submit to an exit interview… Here are […]

Posted in Detroit, Special Projects, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged activism, adjunct faculty, Alfredo Martini, anarchy, anti-consumerism, beer, Beezy's, black bloc, blue-collar scholar, Bona Sera, Bona Sera Cafe, Boots Riley, Brite Idea Tattoo, Cafe Ollie, Capitalism, Coffee Bean, community, community schools, Cross Street, curriculum, Derrick Jensen, Dreamland Theater, Eastern Michigan University, education reform, EMU, exit interviews, grimy, Growing Hope, Hamtramck, Huron River, Ian MacKaye, Idaho, Jeffree St. John, Johnny Lupinacci, living systems, Moscow, Moscow Food Co-op, mutual aid, North Huron, Occupy Ypsilanti, One Word Cafe, organizing, paranoia, Paul Horvath, Plymouth, political organizing, Pub 13, Pullman, rebellion, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside Park, Sean Fitzgerald, Smarty Catz, Social Foundations of Education, social justice, Target, teaching, Thomas Blondi Salon, Ugly Mug, urban chickens, urban farming, Washington State, Washington State University, Washington Street, wine, Woodruff's, working class, yoga, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Zapatismo | 11 Comments

Shadow Art Fair 2012 (part two)

By Mark | July 22, 2012

Sorry I only made it a few hours into my Shadow Art Fair live blog before I had to bail out. You’d think that I’d know better by now, having tried to document these things live on several occasions over the past half dozen years. I always think, “this time, it’ll be different,” but it […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Barely Legal, Ben Connor Barrie, Chris Becker, conversion therapy, Corner brewery, Damn Arbor, Darth Vader, Dustin Krcatovich, Equality California, Factsheet Five, florist, FM Dust, Foraging Florist, Four Seasons, Hustler, Hustler box, Josh Steichman, Larry Flynt, Martha Bishop, Michael Woodyard, moss, Natalie Berry, Olive Garden, Patrick Dunn, Paul Saginaw, porn, reparative therapy, Spontaneous Art, The Onion, Trevor Stone, Ugly Mug, VG Kids, Washtenaw County Circuity Judge | 13 Comments

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Ypsi’s newest startup, Hyperion Coffee, wants to do more than just roast the best coffee in the world

Taco Tour 2013 recap

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Miro Lomeli

Shadow Art Fair 2012 (part two)

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