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From the Small World Kitchen: Breakfast Menu News

By Jacqui | Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 7:20 am

The Small World Kitchen has launched a new approach to our breakfast menu! In addition to our Classic Pile Driver and the Gringo Breakfast Burrito, we’ve added a ‘Build Your Own Egg Sandwich’ feature. We have been listening to the way you are ordering and decided it was time to strip the pile driver down to the basics and offer an egg sandwich that you can customize.

Our egg sandwich includes – an organic fried egg and garlic butter on an English muffin – then you can add as many or as few toppings as you like, so our kitchen crew can make you your sandwich exactly how you’d like it! This new approach will allow us to accommodate the varied appetites and budgets of our customers. (more…)

‘Genius Country’ Profiles Princeton University Vice President Bob Durkee

By Jacqui | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at 9:38 am

Princeton University Vice President, Bob Durkee.  Images via Genius Country.

We were pleased to see an excellent photo essay & interview with Princeton University Vice President, Bob Durkee, posted to the Genius Country blog.

Small World Coffee came to Princeton, NJ because of Princeton University.  Back in 1993, Brant and Jessica were looking for the perfect college town to open Small World Coffee, and they stopped looking once they found Princeton.  Eighteen years later, we are happy to serve this amazing community, both town and gown.  Bob Durkee has been a loyal customer and comes in most days for his “no whip mocha”. (more…)

The Cap-Off Winner Is…

By Jacqui | Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at 10:48 am

Cappuccino

Last Tuesday we held our annual Cap-Off contest to determine which of our baristas makes the best cappuccino.  The competition is fierce, and the rules are strict.  All of our coffee trained employees are eligible to compete, which means there are roughly 30 competitors, broken down into brackets.  Our judges, our own master roaster Jon along with former roaster Michael and former worldling, Nicos, sip each drink in seclusion, ranking them for their composition and quality.  One by one, the brackets get smaller until we have crowned a new champion.

So who made the best cappuccino & took home the trophy last week?  This year’s competition proved to be quite a show, and when the winner was announced, the crowd went wild.   And the winner is….
Tuc wins!

TUC!

Despite the fact that Tuc has trained each and every one of our coffee makers, he has never won the title of Cap-Off champ!  More pictures (courtesy of Kathy Altimirano) in the gallery below.

Supporting Princeton Family Dinner Week, April 15-22

By Jacqui | Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 8:31 am

After serving Princeton their morning joe for nearly 20 years, we have a deep understanding of how busy our fellow community members are, and so we’re proud to be a sponsor of a wonderful initiative put forth by Corner House and the Princeton Alcohol & Drug Alliance. It’s called ‘Princeton Family Dinner Week’, and it’s mission is to encourage families to sit down and enjoy their meals together. (more…)

Small World Coffee’s ‘Cap-Off’ Rules

By Jacqui | Monday, April 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 am


Every year, our worldlings gather for an in-house, bracket-style competition to see who can pour the best cappuccino.  We call it the ‘Cap-Off’, and at our staff meeting this Tuesday night, it’ll be time for this annual showdown.  It’s an event that is widely talked up by the crew, as the winner earns bragging rights for an entire year… and everyone else has an entire year to hype themselves up to be this year’s biggest threat! (more…)