COFFEENEURING 2018

Another season of the Coffeeneuring Challenge has been completed. If you have read some of our previous posts, you will know what the Coffeeneuring Challenge is. If not, here is a brief explanation. It is a fun challenge put forth by Mary G. of chasingmailboxes.com in which, over the course of seven weeks, you ride your bike to seven different places, at least 2 miles round-trip each time, drink seven cups of coffee (or similar), and take seven pictures as proof of your coffeeneuring. Simple as that. We like to go to locally owned, non-chain, coffee spots as much as possible. This year we carried on in that vein adding the twist that the coffee spot must be on a Main St. Not that the coffee spot was on a busy main road in town, but on a road with the name Main St. This required us to head off to other towns outside of Manchester, but we do that anyway so no big deal. Many of the places we have been to in the past, but the Main St theme allowed us to add a couple of new coffeeneuring places. They are all awesome establishments, and we hope you give them a try if you are in the area.

Below are the results of our seven coffeeneuring rides:

COFFEENEUR #1

WHERE: Silk City Coffee

                 763 Main St, Manchester, CT              

                 http://www.silkcitycoffee.com/

DATE: October 12, 2018
DRANK: Two lattes

DETAILS: Our favorite coffee shop down the street from the house. Go there regularly on Fridays for games and live music. Great ride down Main St. in Manchester.

DISTANCE: 2.5 miles
RIDING: Bike Friday Tandem

COFFEENEUR #2

WHERE: Daybreak Coffee Roasters
                  2377 Main St, Glastonbury, CT              
                  http://www.daybreakcoffee.com/ 
DATE: October 14, 2018
DRANK: A mocha latte and pumpkin latte.
DETAILS: A nice ride through the back roads of Manchester and Glastonbury to the busy Main St. of Glastonbury.
DISTANCE: 14.7 miles
RIDING: Felicity the Hokitika Tandem

COFFEENEUR #3

WHERE: The Angry Egg
                  1097 Main St, Manchester, CT              
                  http://www.angryeggcafe.com/
DATE: October 20, 2018
DRANK: Two coffees.
DETAILS: Another Main St. establishment just down the street from our house. Offers a great breakfast along with tasty coffee.
DISTANCE: 2 miles
RIDING: Felicity the Hokitika Tandem

COFFEENEUR #4

WHERE: Center Perk
                  639 Main St, Manchester, CT              
                  http://www.centerperk.net/
DATE: October 21, 2018
DRANK: Two coffees
DETAILS: A favorite breakfast place of ours in an eclectically decorated restaurant. Always enjoy a ride down Manchester's Main St.
DISTANCE: 3 miles
RIDING: Felicity the Hokitika Tandem

COFFEENEUR #5

WHERE: Heirloom Market
                  263 Main St.,Wethersfield, CT              
                  http://www.heirloommkt.com/
DATE: October 28, 2018
DRANK: Two coffees
DETAILS: A new coffee shop for us this year. Takes us across the Connecticut River to the "other side" of the state. Wethersfield is a quintessential historic old New England town.
DISTANCE: 23.2 miles
RIDING: Felicity the Hokitika Tandem

COFFEENEUR #6

WHERE: Grounded Coffee Co.
                 869 Main St., Willimantic, CT              
                 http://groundedcoffeecompany.org/
DATE: November 4, 2018
DRANK: One maple coffee and one pumpkin coffee.
DETAILS: Longest ride of the coffeeneuring challenge, but almost completely on bike paths and rail trails. Recent heavy rains put a small part of the trail under water. Needless to say we got a little wet below the knees.
DISTANCE: 38.0 miles
RIDING: Felicity the Hokitika Tandem

COFFEENEUR #7

WHERE: So G Coffee Roasters
                 882 Main St, South Glastonbury, CT              
                 https://www.facebook.com/sogcoffee/
DATE: November 17, 2018
DRANK: Two lattes
DETAILS: An enjoyable ride through the hilly back roads of Glastonbury.
DISTANCE: 19 miles
RIDING: Felicity the Hokitika Tandem