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Senior Marrisa Shepard and sophomore Antonio DeJesus prepare coffee at Scribbles Coffee on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Kent is home to many local coffee shops

Holli Phillips August 3, 2017

To get through stressful days of studying, junior architectural studies major Brad Reuschling — like many college students — needs coffee.Caffeine in coffee helps retain information for over 24 hours...

Local coffee shops brew seasonal drinks

Nathaniel Harvey November 9, 2016

Two local Kent coffee shops, Scribbles Coffee Company and Tree City Coffee and Pastry, see an increase in sales come fall and seasonal drinks.“Fall is the busiest time of year for us. We really focus...

Drink coffee, fight poverty

Anne-Marie Colant March 9, 2016

Coffee and community service go hand in hand during the month of March at Scribbles Coffee. It has partnered with ARM (Anonymous Relief Mission) and Paint Nite, a company that offers groups the chance...

Samantha Karam is a sophomore journalism major. Contact her at skaram3@kent.edu.

Opinion: Starbucks’ new loyalty program

Samantha Karam February 24, 2016

College students hold Starbucks near and dear to their hearts. For some, a visit to Starbucks is a part of their everyday routine. That’s loyalty, and it deserves compensation.The coffee powerhouse announced...

Guest column: Starbucks lovers brewing over holiday cup design

Jenna Kuczkowski November 11, 2015

A red cup has never caused so many people to become offended until now. On Oct. 22, Starbucks, the coffee giant, gave a sneak preview of its annual holiday cup design to the public. The actual debut of...

Our view: Enough with the pumpkin spice

KS Editors September 23, 2015

Yesterday marked the first day of fall, but Starbucks began serving Pumpkin Spice drinks weeks before cooler weather hit.Beyond coffee cups scrawled with the infamous "PSL" on the side, companies have...

Starbuck’s new featured drink is a flat white coffee. The drink is steamed milk over a single or double shot of expresso.

‘Flat White’ coffee starts strong, finishes sweet

Jamie Brian February 10, 2015

One sip and a flat white coffee goes down smooth, numbing taste buds with two shots of espresso. The velvety texture of the steamed milk gives it a gentle feel, but it has a more intense flavor than a...

Ece Gogebakan reads the fortunes for a group of students by looking at the shapes and figures made by the leftover grounds of Turkish coffee at the Turkish fortune-telling event in White Hall on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014.

Turkish students explain fortunes, culture during International Education Week

Teahl Rice November 20, 2014

Turkish students read fortunes from coffee grounds as part of Kent State’s International Education Week celebration Thursday morning in room 200 of White Hall.Evren Koptur, a graduate educational psychology...

Sam Chronister, junior psychology major, reads his poetry at Scribbles on Saturday night, Sept. 20, 2014. Scribbles is now hosting a poetry night once a month.

Poetry Reading Series at Scribbles looks to grow

Andrew Keiper September 24, 2014

Scribbles Coffee in downtown Kent was host to a night of live poetry readings by Kent State University students Saturday."The whole point was to give friends and the Kent community a public forum for poetry,"...

Your coffee character

Audrey Young September 16, 2014

Fall is here and college girls across the nation — including myself— are downing their 100th pumpkin spice latte. We all know deep down if we could get an IV drip of PSL it still wouldn’t be enough....

Starbucks barista Kathy Lovell has been working at Kent's Starbucks since 2006 after losing her teaching job. She is a familiar face to those who frequent the coffee shop.

Coffeeshop’s a stage for local barista

Mark Oprea September 16, 2014

Kathy Lovell is unmissable at the Kent Starbucks. Working mostly with Kent State students half her age, Lovell initially seems out of place. Yet the one-time actress’ personality — as gleaming and...

Teafaced: Explore Kent’s coffee scene this fall

Carley Hull August 20, 2014

Kent State may have been your college of choice based on a competitive academic program, great campus atmosphere or simply because it was the right place to be. Little did you know you should have chosen...