During the holiday season it can be very easy to get caught up in the retail of it all! And as nice as that can be, we like to take time during the holidays to connect with loved ones, reflect on the past year’s accomplishments and learning’s, set goals for the new year, and take time to rejuvenate! We want our Sportivo family to have time to do last minute shopping, wrap presents, bake goodies, or just enjoy family and friends, so we will be closing at 2pm today and will be closed on Christmas day. We wish you a very festive holiday season and look forward to many more encounters with you in the new year. We will be closing at 2pm on New Year’s Eve, but will be open our regular hours on New Year’s Day. Thank you for visiting our blog and for your support of our local, independent, and family business!
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Bring the kids and the kid in you to Caffé Sportivo on Saturday, December 12th, from 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Santa will be here, singers, a band, fun activities for the kids, and a real fire truck to climb aboard. Don’t forget to bring in a new unwrapped gift for the Redwood City Police and Fire Toy and Book Drive!
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Becky Vayo has found Caffé Sportivo to showcase her tasty treats with unique flavor combinations. These tasty items are made with attention to ingredients, flavors, textures, colors, and finally, visual appeal. Most ingredients in Becky’s baked goods are locally sourced and in line with the seasons. The items offered at Caffé Sportivo are made with at least 70% organic ingredients. Most importantly, all fats and dairy are organic.
Our offerings will change with the seasons, and we will always have Mini Muffins, Biscotti, and Shortbreads. Also featured will be Tartlets, Tiny Tarts, and Vegan Granola. Stop in today to try these amazing items yourself. You won’t be disappointed!
Here are just a few of the items:
- Mini Muffins – Cranberry Lemon / Cheddar, Dijon, & Chive / Roasted Red Pepper, Feta, & Basil / Cranberry Cardamom / Orange Ginger Parmesan, Pepper, & Parsley / Lime Poppy
- Tartlets/ Tiny Tarts – Bittersweet Chocolate / Toasty Granola / Autumn Apple
- Biscotti – Ginger Almond / Chocolate Dipped Espresso Almond
- Shortbreads – Coco Nibs / Cracked Peppercorn
A little bit about Becky…
She grew up in Central Illinois in swirls of flour and sugar, baking muffins and reading her parents’ cookbooks.
After graduating from Cornell University with a degree in Nutritional Science, she moved to San Francisco and took a desk job. But there was something missing; she wasn’t baking.
About a year later, she left the desk and became a pastry chef to pursue her passion. On most days, you can find Becky tinkering in the Be. Baking kitchen perfecting recipes and developing fun flavor combinations that are deliciously addictive.
The Be. Baking line of goodies is dedicated to using the finest ingredients possible, and takes a playful approach to baking – perhaps by introducing savory spices into sweet cookies or making savory versions of sweet old favorites. An emphasis on local, seasonal and organic ingredients is obvious in every scrumptious mouthful.
Satisfy your foodie blog cravings here: www.BeBaking.blogspot.com
Be.Baking is now taking holiday orders for cookie gift boxes, tarts, cakes and whatever else you can dream up. For more information, contact Becky at Becky.Vayo [at] gmail.com or call 309-830-0205.
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You’ve asked and we are delivering! In an effort to meet the needs of our customers and create a greater sense of community, we are keeping our doors open later each day. Our trial started by staying open later on Sunday’s. As of December 1, 2009, we will be open Monday – Saturday until 10:00 p.m. We will continue to stay open on Sunday’s until 6:00 p.m.
We hope these new hours will be to your liking and provide you the options you seek. As a reminder, we are open early Monday – Friday at 6:30 a.m. Saturday we open at 8:00 a.m. and Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
“After Hours” is still happening but on a limited basis. Our LGBTQ late night event will only be on the 1st Friday and the 3rd Saturday of each month.
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| Wind Dancer Heritage Turkeys Available @ Caffé Sportivo 
Order by Friday, November 20th Last chance to reserve a naturally raised, free range, heritage breed turkey from Wind Dancer Ranch, a local Capay Valley farm, for Thanksgiving. Heritage turkeys are naturally-mating, long-lived, slow-growing varieties of turkeys that were popular before the domination of industrial farming practices. Wind Dancer Ranch raises Bourbon Red, Narragansett, and Spanish Black varieties which are all on the Slow Food USA Ark of Taste. Capay Valley Farm Shop will deliver Wind Dancer Turkeys to Caffé Sportivo the Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving between 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. |
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Our roaster, Andrew Barnett from Ecco Caffe in Sonoma County, California recently shared his pictures of his trip to Ethiopia to visit with the growers that are the beginning of the process that results in our great tasting coffee.
Andrew Barnett
As a Certified Organic and Fair Trade coffee roaster, Ecco Caffe sources directly from growers and importers focused on phenomenal quality who are known to be socially and environmentally responsible.
Farmers at the Ethiopian, Yirgacheffe Konga Co-op. The coffee from this cooperative is organic and fair trade certified.
Drying and Sorting Beans
The cooperative is comprised of 183 family members. The average coffee plot is 1.25 acres and is grown at over 6, 000 feet.
Our Organic Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Konga Co-op Reserve is brewed fresh and has an intoxicating peak of season, vine-ripened peach and floral aromatics. They flow into exceptional clarity and graceful and rounded acidity. Luxuriously balanced stone fruit notes and sweetness are found in the finish. Ethiopia’s Yirgacheffe region is renowned for its beauty, friendly people, fertile growing conditions, and phenomenal coffee. Farmers at the Konga Co-op artfully sort only the ripest red coffee cherries in crafting this gem. Coffee Review selected this coffee “Best of the Bay Area” and awarded it First Place with 93 points.
Stop in today and try this award-winning coffee. If we aren’t brewing this coffee the day you come in, just ask for a pour over (a cup of coffee brewed fresh just for you). We also sell whole coffee bean and will grind to your specifications if you wish.
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It’s Monday and we are welcoming a new month! Hello November!!
So what is brewing this beautiful fall day at Caffe Sportivo? Fresh today is Organic Brazilian Santa Terezinha Auction Lot. Organic farmer Paulinho Almeida has grown some of the world’s most exquisite coffees, and in 2001, Santa Terezinha won First Place in Brazil’s prestigious Cup of Excellence competition. Ecco founder Andrew Barnett has been working closely with Sr. Almeida for many years. This coffee received a 92 on CoffeeReview.com.
What’s it taste like? Sugar cane, flowers and cocoa are noted in the dry aroma. This coffee is exceptionally approachable with an elegantly balanced acidity and a deeply satisfying roundness. The finish is long and finessed with turbinado sweetness.
Come in an try a cup today!
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
We love Halloween and would love to see you. Open all day until midnight and possibly 2am. We are having a little costume contest at 10pm tonight. Stop by for some candy, fun, and music!!
And of course, great coffee, espresso and friendly service!
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Julie Vaughn grew up in Palo Alto, California and has a unique style that incorporates different genres of music and enjoys making any song that she performs her own.
Her repertoire includes an eclectic mix of jazz standards and popular music from the last several decades, country, rock and original music. See her on YouTube.
Come check her out, this Saturday from 7-9pm.
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