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Coffee tasting to be held on Foutain Square – 5/19

Cincinnati is blessed with a large number of terrific local coffee shops, and those interested will be able to partake in a coffee tasting and sampling event on Fountain Square Wednesday, May 19 from 6am to 10am.

Cincinnati is blessed with a large number of terrific local coffee shops, and those interested will be able to partake in a coffee tasting and sampling event on Fountain Square Wednesday, May 19 from 6am to 10am.

Vendors at the coffee tasting will include Baba Budan’s, Awakenings Coffee & Tea Co., Greenup Cafe, Kidd Coffee, Starbucks, Coffee Break Roasting Co., and Murray Coffee LLC.

Coffee tasters are welcome to sit down and enjoy their coffee on Fountain Square with KISS 107 FM’s morning show, or they can take their coffee to-go as they make their way to work. Staff from the local coffee shops will be on-hand to share their knowledge and love of coffee. According to event organizers, there will also be tea selections to sample for those not interested in coffee. There will also be pastries, coffee cakes, donuts and bagels available for purchase.

The Rippe & Kingston Coffee Tasting on Fountain Square (map) is free and open to the public, but samples will cost between 25 and 50 cents. Regular sizes will also be available at the selected vendor’s normal price.

By Randy A. Simes

Randy is an award-winning urban planner who founded UrbanCincy in May 2007. He grew up on Cincinnati’s west side in Covedale, and graduated from the University of Cincinnati’s nationally acclaimed School of Planning in June 2009. In addition to maintaining ownership and serving as the managing editor for UrbanCincy, Randy has worked professionally as a planning consultant throughout the United States, Korea and the Middle East. After brief stints in Atlanta and Chicago, he currently lives in the Daechi neighborhood of Seoul’s Gangnam district.