Take a peek inside a West Seattle artists’ sketchbook!

Naomi Cox, an illustrator and designer, has gathered up a collection of fresh sketches to share with Dubsea’s guests and the White Center community. Living just blocks from her favorite coffee shop, Naomi found Dubsea to be the perfect spot to pull out her sketchbook and travel watercolors. This sketch from Dubsea, accompanied by more sketches and paintings from everyday life, can be seen displayed at Dubsea August 15 – September 14.

More of Naomi’s work can be found at http://www.spillstudio.com/.

Available Starting
Sunday Feb. 13th!

Dubsea is thrilled to announce the newest sweet treat in our bakery case: Seattle’s own Mighty-O Donuts, debuting at Dubsea Sunday February 13.  Mighty-O donuts have a lot going for them.  First and foremost, they’re delicious.  They’re also organic, vegan, and made without trans-fats, by a local company dedicated to sustainability.  To learn more about Mighty-O, tour their website at http://www.mightyo.com/, and make sure to stop by Dubsea for that timeless combo: hot coffee and a fresh donut.

Want to have Mighty-O at your meetings?  Just give us a heads up 3 days in advance by ordering online and be the most popular kid in the office.  Mmm..Mmm…Mighty-O!

Students from Neighborhood House’s afterschool tutoring program at White Center Heights Elementary in grades 1-6 have been working hard to prepare personal narrative stories and either photo illustrations or graphics to help tell their stories.

Writing has helped us look at where we came from as a clue to where we’re headed. We’ve been working to record our stories so we can share them with you, so join us in celebrating our young writers!

Come out and get to know your neighbors. Hear the personal narratives told live by some of the students themselves on Saturday, Jan 15th between 6- 9 pm.

Coming Tuesday Jan. 11th

One cold winter day, Diane walked in with her sister to get something hot & tasty to drink before heading out to work.  That’s when we heard about her business, Street Treats, a mobile dessert truck selling homemade treats in a different Seattle neighborhood six days a week and weekend evenings, dispensing fresh, homemade, delicious, and fun cookies, brownies, bars, pies, & ice cream.  Needless to say our curiosity was peaked.

A few days later she dropped off some samples and within the first bites of these tasty morsels we were hooked.  We couldn’t resist the flavors of two bar cookies in particular, the decadent carmel & chocolate Carmelita Bar and the buttery rich Apricot Almond Bar.  We know once you try you’ll be hooked too.  Let us know what you think and we hope to bring more goods from the Street Treats menu to you as the year progresses.  Treat yourself and enjoy!

See our January Newsletter here!

Happy New Year’s!
Ok so we’re a week late, but hey, we just had a baby!  Our little chipmunk love joined us on December 27th weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs 1.4 oz (about the same weight as a bag and a half of our Stumptown beans!).  We haven’t gotten much sleep since and still loving every moment of it.  We are excited to get back to work and seeing all of you again on a regular basis.  Til then, we invite you to join in at any or all of this month’s events.  Read on to find out more about them including a new “Town Hall” which we’re very excited about!  We wish you a wonderful 2011!

New Hours:
We are constantly trying to adjust and fine tune things around here at Dubsea. We sincerely hope these new hours don’t leave out those earlier risers!

Monday – Friday: 6:30AM-7:00PM
Saturday: 7:00AM-7:00PM
Sunday: 8:00AM-2:00PM

The official Dubsea Coffee 16 oz Ceramic Latte Cup is here! Just in time for holiday gift giving to warm the hearts & tummies of your co-workers, friends, & family!

Fill it with a bag of classic-all natural-tree shaped shortbread cookies, a bag of whole bean fresh from Stumptown Roasters, or pair it with a Dubsea Gift Card for that extra touch of warmth.

News & Winter Cheer!

• Baby Alert! As many of you know, we are welcoming the newest member of our family any day now and we are excited to meet her!  If she chooses to make her grand debut on a day that Sean & myself are regularly scheduled and none of our other staff are able to make it in right away, you may see a pink sign temporarily posted on the front doors announcing her arrival.  We sincerely apologize in advance for any inconvenience or coffee deprivation this may cause you.  We do promise though to let you know via Facebook & Twitter if this should happen, how we’re all doing, and maybe post a picture of our little chipmunk… (;
• Holiday Hours:  Winter break is almost upon us!  With some of our staff going home for the holidays and baby time in our new future, we will be taking a little bit of a break ourselves the last several days of the year.

Dec.24th – Jan. 2nd | 8 am – 2 pm
Dec 25th | Closed

Read on to find out about this month’s events.

Wishing You & Yours Happy Holidays, Warmth, Love and Joy All Season Long!
Sibelle & Sean

See Sarah Fox’s comments on White Center Blog .

Warm up with us this fall and our new products lineup!

Egg Nog is back.

Steamed up hot and prepared how you like it! Try an Egg Nog Steamer, Egg Nog Latte, or something new & daring like a Spicy Chai Nog or sophisticated taste of a Mocha Nog. Come in today to enjoy the taste of the season!

That’s right folks, he’s back visiting us for another awesome night! Decker will be filling our shop again with the sound of  his musical talents. Accompanying him are two local Americana/Folk artists Ben Fisher and Mount Forgotten. We are so excited for this event to be happening. You can not miss it!

Want to hear what they sound like?

Decker: www.deckermusic.org

Ben Fisher: www.myspace.com/benbfisher

Mount Forgotten: www.myspace.com/mountforgotten

Savings of over $2,000 at over 60 local restaurants & retailers (including yours truly coffeehouse) while supporting students & their families in the Highline School District? You can do it! Here’s how..

The Highline School Foundation for Excellence just released a passport book full of savings to use each month. For example, here at Dubsea Coffee, if you had one of these passports you could bring it in once a month for a BUY ONE DRINK, GET ONE FREE deal. We simply stamp your passport and you get the savings!

For $20, you can pick up a passport for yourself or as a gift at Dubsea Coffee or online at: http://www.highlineschoolsfoundation.org/fundraising.html You’ll find a list of other participating businesses, doing their part to support education in our communities. All proceeds go directly to the Foundation, and its a win win win situation all around!

Your neighborhood coffeehouse is currently featured in Fresh Cup Magazine (a national coffee & tea trade publication)!  If you’ve ever wondered what Dubsea Coffee is really all about, this article pretty much covers it.  We hope to do White Center proud.  Enjoy!

Fresh Cup Magazine Oct 2010 | Cafe Crossroads: Dubsea Coffee (PDF version)

View it online by clicking the logo below: