With plenty of help that is.

Help us win the WDIV “Best of” contest running currently.  Thanks for the nomination!!  It’s an honor to know someone nominated us to win.

To help us win the best Coffee Shop, we need you to head to their site and vote for us–that means giving us stars, not just a comment.  Of course, your comments are welcome too–but if you want to see us win, we need stars!

Here’s the link: Vote For Us!

BONUS:

Post a comment on this post after you vote and we’ll issue you a special 20% off coupon just for voting.  Just our way of saying thanks for being a great customer.  We wouldn’t be here without you guys.  (Make sure when you post that you use your real email address–it won’t be visible on the site but we’ll issue your coupon to it)

We’ve received word that as long as the weather plays nicely, we will have a brand spankin’ new parking lot in a little over 2 weeks.

How cool is that?

I’ll admit, it will be hard to say goodbye to “Lake Louise”, the migratory puddle that visits us with every big rain (like the one we got yesterday!!) NOT!

We will be posting when we have exact dates and timeline.  As of right now, we know they need to grade the lot before they pave and the process altogether takes a few days.

In other news, we’ve been nominated for the “Best of” contest run by WDIV (channel 4).  Once our link is available, we’ll post it here so you can give us some stars and hopefully, win!

You know we have the best coffee, we know we have the best coffee, isn’t it time we told everybody else?

Today’s reminder: breathe deep.  Come sip on something and relax.  Let the world melt away while you enjoy a respite in our historic mill.  Seriously, it can be like an instant transformation!

We love that we can give you guys a little happiness in your days at camp!

Thanks for all your support and generosity.

A BIG “We’re sorry!!!” goes out to Barclay. We missed your drink on the top of our espresso machine. We didn’t charge anyone for it, but your next one is on us!

This week we’re featuring Camp Skyline which has its operations right here in Almont. Its a great summer camp just off Hough Rd and Sandhill Rd.

Here’s a link to their website: http://www.campskyline.org/

They have a beautiful location with all the ‘amenities’ you want at summer camp (like a pool and trails) and they have an amazing calming, labyrinth. In a shady grove of towering pine trees planted years ago, a lovely labyrinth weaves around dipping between trees with cool stone seats where you can sit and reflect. If you’ve never walked a labyrinth, try it some time! A pleasant time of contemplation reveals itself as you walk the path that many before you have walked. To the center and back to clear your mind and set you free.

The camp is also available for conferences, so if you’re looking for an area place to hold something, contact them!

Skyline, you ROCK! We’re always happy to see your smiling faces so keep on popping in!!!

From the pages of “The Big Black Book of Coffee” (sure, the title is a bit misleading since it’s chock full of smoothies, teas, sodas, steamers and other non-coffee drinks too, but it’s all good!)

Full Moon Latte

Vanilla gets a kick with a little bit of Hazelnut to make a creamy dreamy latte.  Stop in for one today!

Also available over ice or blended (aka a frappe)

We will be closed the first week of July.

I will post the exact dates shortly–we are confirming the parking lot installation this week and that will determine the actual dates we will be closed.

Don’t forget, we’re open SUNDAYS on a trial basis. If you want us to stay open, stop by and see us!

UPDATE: We will be closed Thursday July 3rd-7th and reopen on Tuesday July 8th.

Enjoy the long holiday weekend-I know we will!  If you need a coffee fix, consider picking up some of our fresh roasted coffee to tide you over (we should be roasting small batches by then.)  And even if our fresh roast isn’t available, we carry Lavazza which brews not only amazing espresso but quite good drip coffee.  Espresso is all in the brewing, not the roasting (but more on that later.)

Fresh roasted coffee coming this fall…

We’re in the planning stages of adding small batch roasted coffee to the mix.

Made daily, you won’t be able to find a fresher cup around.  Really.  Roasted, Ground and Brewed FRESH just for you.  Every cup.  No stale coffee.  No coffee sitting around.  FRESH FOR YOU.

We can’t wait!

If you love us, please tell the world about us!

We can’t survive without wonderful customers like you who share our passion for great drinks and great company.

Take a moment to blog about us, leave a comment (we LOVE comments!!!), or visit one of the sites listed below to share the love.

Leave a Review at Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/kings-mill-almont

Or On Yahoo: (just click here)

Even on the Detroit News Site: http://events.detnews.com/almont-mi/venues/show/921755-the-mill

Come see us again soon!

What an unexpected storm that was.  We knew rain was headed our way, but we certainly didn’t expect to be without power for what *seemed* like days.  (Yeah, it was just over 24 hours).

Of course, much of the town lost power again today. 

We’re still up and running.  So if you need internet, a cool place to relax or something to sip, come on over!

Ask us about our $1 coffee  (you’ll only get it if you ask!)

And did you know…taking advantage of our complimentary wireless internet can be CHEAPER than having high speed access at home?

If you came in 5 times a week and treated yourself to a medium coffee, you’d spend just under $30 for a month of access–and you would not only have internet, but great coffee too!

How awesome is that?  (Seriously, $30 a month for high speed access AND fresh coffee??!!!)

If you’re stuck with a dial up connection that’s so slow you can do laundry between page loads and emails, pop up and treat yourself to a quick connection and a tasty beverage.  It will brighten your day!!!!

This week the honor goes to long time friend & customer Teemie.

A little more adventurous, she has TWO BrewHouse regular favorites!

First, a Chai Tea Latte.  Rich, creamy and spicy.  Great hot, over ice or frappe style (blended like a shake)

And 2nd, the robust Americano.  This is our signature espresso + hot water to create a drip strength coffee.  Quite fabulous.

Thanks for your support!

Want to become our Customer of the Week?  Stay tuned to learn more about becoming one of our Customers of the Week!

Sort of!

The weather is conspiring to put a hold on our new roof.  No matter!  It will get done, we know Stroup Builders is taking good care of us.

We will be open during all our summer projects EXCEPT when paving the parking lot begins.  We don’t have a start date as of yet, so stay tuned for updates on that and all our projects.  Currently we expect to be closed 2 days for the completion of the lot but we’ll keep progress updates here.

We’d love to be open while they pave, but there’s no good way around it!  We’re 100% sure you’ll LOVE our new lot so we hope you won’t mind the inconvenience too much.

Check back soon to see what project’s under way and when our customer work days will be.  We’ve got several projects we’ll need a helping hand with.  (Like our Labyrinth!!!!!).

Thanks to everyone for your support over the years.  All these updates are for you!  We truly want you to come and enjoy the building as much as we do.  Its such an amazing historical building with an atmosphere like no where else.  The building truly seems to light up when its bustling with customers living life over fantastic drinks.  It sounds weird, sure, but the building seems happiest when there are people inside sharing life.

We have so much to be thankful for including finding this extraordinary 16 years ago and Stroup Builders for their help in completing our vision.

What can you be thankful for? (just food for thought!)