7/ 1: Source’s “Best of Central Oregon 2010” Ballot; 7/2: First Friday Art Walk; 7/3-7/25: Tour de Thump–Live Tour de France Coverage; 7/4, Pet Parade, closing early; Fridays: Trad Cap Happy Hour

Art quilts and fiber art works by local artists group Journeys are on display throughout July at Thump Coffee in downtown Bend. July is designated as fiber art month every year at Thump, in honor of owner Hazel Chapple’s mother and celebrated Ohio fiber artist, Anne Hubler, who was the first fiber artist to show [...]

The coffee that wins our hearts and tastebuds year after year has returned!

With the return of Guatemala Finca el Injerto, Stumptown’s first Direct Trade relationship coffee, it seemed like a good time to share a bit about what Direct Trade is and how the producers of Finca el Injerto embody the attributes of a Direct Trade coffee producer.

From the first conversation I had with Leah (a phone call for an available position at thump) during which she mused out loud that the actual interview might involve some sort of Survivor-like reality TV barista challenge, I knew that thump was the right fit for her! The wit that came through in our first [...]

Fri., 6/4: First Friday Art Walk, Sun., 6/6: Last day to view Thump’s Mixed Media Beard & Mustache Competition entries, Sat., 6/6, Noon: “Beards & Mustache March”, Sun., 6/20, 1:30pm: Father’s Day Public Coffee Tasting With Dad, Every Friday, 2:30pm-close: Trad Cap Happy Hour, ART: Rise Up’s Art for India, Commute Options Week Retrospective, Seasonal Eats, Seasonal Drinks

A favorite from last year has returned: Costa Rica Montes de Oro Direct Trade! The folks at Stumptown write: “The Gamboa Chacon family has produced coffee in the Tarrazu region since the 1800s.

Paintings from the Art for India fundraiser for local nonprofit Rise Up International and a retrospective of Commute Options Week posters all share the spotlight in June at Thump Coffee in downtown Bend.

You might think we’re talking about the cool, rainy season that we just can’t seem to shake around here, as being “coffee season.”

If you lived in Bend between 1980 and 1999, you surely remember Bend’s first introduction to espresso at Coffee & Co. on Wall St., next to the Tower Theater. At the tender age of 8, our featured thumpista Mark, started serving coffee at there.