Coffee Experience: Charleston, South Carolina

Coffee Experience: Charleston South Carolina
Coolest Places for Hot Java in Historic Downtown

by Jay Gross
ISBN> 1-879211-10-6 ˇ 72pp 5.5"x8.5" ˇ 175 illus. ˇ Cover Price: $14.95
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AmiGadget Press, P.O. Box 1696, Lexington, SC 29071
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Charleston upholds its reputation as the city of charm and grace with a long tradition of coffee and coffeehouses.  Tea, too, but this book is mostly about coffee.  There's a tea grown in Charleston, and a tea room Charleston's coffee roasting tradition started early.where you can get it hot, in a scrumptious English manor setting.  But...  this book is about coffee.  And coffeehouses.  The coolest array of places, where you can savor your café - au lait or not - in Charleston's historic downtown.  A coffeehouse is the kind of thing you relate to better if you can see, so this book takes you to more than twenty establishments, in pictures.  Alas, you can't smell the coffee, as scratch and sniff technology hasn't aromatherapied the web.  Yet..  The book's 175 black and white illustrations and accompanying text let you in on the where to park and how to get around.  There's also a map, an index by street name, and an alphabetized directory.


Here's a small sampling in color of photos from the book.

Coffee Experience: Charleston South Carolina is supported by that most wondrous of marketing traditions: promo stuff.  There's a fabulous signed poster featuring the cover image, not to mention the author's name in huge type.  Well, it's sweet anyway.  The 18x24 color poster is available direct from AmiGadget Press (where you're reading this webpage) for $5.00, which includes packing and mailing within the United States.  Send check or moneyorder (not cash!) to the address at the top of this page.  The posters are signed by the book's author.

You can buy the book direct, too.  Or just go forth naked - i.e., sans guidebook - and enjoy the coffee.
Bakers Cafe -214 KingBakers Cafe -214 KingBlossom Cafe - 171 East BayBlossom Cafe - 171 East Bay
Bogota's Cafe and Espresso - 151 Calhoun StBogota's Cafe and Espresso - 151 Calhoun St
The Bookstore Cafe - 412 King St.The Bookstore Cafe - 412 King St.Cafe Cafe - 177 MeetingCafe Cafe - 177 MeetingThe Ceramics Cafe - 434 King St (upstairs)The Ceramics Cafe - 434 King St (upstairs)Claras Coffee Extraordinaire - 344 King StClaras Coffee Extraordinaire - 344 King StClaras Coffee Extraordinaire - 344 King St
Dianas Restaurant - 155 Meeting StDianas Restaurant - 155 Meeting StJacks Cafe - 41-C George StJacks Cafe - 41-C George St
Jestines Kitchen - 251 Market StJestines Kitchen - 251 Market StKaminskys 78 N Market StKaminskys - 78 N Market St
The Lobby Lounge - 130 Market St at Charleston Place HotelPalmetto Cafe and Lobby Lounge (at Charleston Place Hotel)
Market Street Bakery - inside The MarketMarket Street Bakery - inside The MarketMoose Mountain Coffee and Tea - 50 N MarketMoose Mountain Coffee and Tea - 50 N MarketPalmetto Cafe - 130 Market St (Inside mall)Palmetto Cafe and Lobby Lounge - 130 Market St inside mall
Normandy Farms Bakery - 86 Society StNormandy Farms Bakery - 86 Society StPort City Java - King at CalhounPort City Java - King at CalhounPort City Java - Cafe-2K - Calhoun at King
Port City Java Bistro - Market StPort City Java Bistro - Market StPort City Java - Calhoun StPort City Java - Calhoun St
Pinckney Cafe - 18 Pinckney StPinckney Cafe - 18 Pinckney StPurple Fez - 72 Wentworth StPurple Fez - 72 Wentworth StWired and Fired - 159 East Bay StWired and Fired - 159 East Bay St
No way this is all the coffeehouses, nor even all that're cool.  Sweet, as the case may be.  The book suggests further exploration - in case your coffee fetish isn't even yet satisfied - of the many cool places in Mount Pleasant, West Ashley, and the islands.  More exploring, more coffee, for sure, but also more likely to have free and easy parking.  Here are some images to spark exploration.

BoissonsGitas Gourmet - inside The MarketFulton V Italian Restaurant - 5 Fulton StJoseph's Restaurant - 129 Meeting StThe Library at the Vendue - 23 Vendue Range
Speaking of parking...A parking ticket! (alas, this one is genuine) Your best bet's the public parking lots.  Cheaper than parking tickets, and much less hassle.
Coffee Experience: Charleston, South Carolina  by Jay Gross
Published January 2002 - AmiGadget Press, P.O. Box 1696, Lexington, SC 29071

All photos and the referenced book are copyright 2002 Jay Gross.  No re-posting, publication, or other use whatsoever by any medium, print or electronic, without permission of the author.  Trademarks and service marks contained or pictured here are the property of their respective owners.