Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Nov 26, 2009, 9:16 am
Happy Thanksgiving!  People all over this country will give thanks today for the many blessing bestowed upon them, including family, friends, the comforts of the USA and more. We’re thankful f...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Nov 12, 2009, 6:07 am
Our weekly specials are up.  Featured coffee is a new arrival, Papua New Guinea Fair Trade Organic.  Click here to see all the specials:  http://tr.im/EO3q  
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Nov 10, 2009, 5:44 am
Our web site is down again.  If this is frustrating you right now, we apologize.  It’s frustrating us, too. Sometimes shit happens.  We get that.  It very well might not even be our host...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Nov 9, 2009, 6:03 am
It’s been a while since I’ve made a blog post here, so I figured when I did, it should be significant.  I think this one qualifies. Yesterday I had the good fortune to spend an hour with...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Oct 26, 2009, 2:40 pm
The Muddy Dog Website is temporarily offline. We are currently looking into the problem. We will let you know when we are back online. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Oct 22, 2009, 5:57 am
Our weekly specials are up. Pumpkin Spice Rooibos this week, mmmm.  http://tr.im/CDSy
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Oct 15, 2009, 7:03 am
Weekly specials are up. Pumpkin Spice now available. And yes, hell has frozen over.  http://tr.im/BRPA A few extra words on the flavored coffee.  I know, you thought we would never do it.  Hell, ...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Oct 11, 2009, 8:52 am
Starbucks is the company that coffee people love to hate.  They’re an easy target, after all, our favorite whipping boy. That’s why it surprises people when I tell them I don’t hat...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Oct 8, 2009, 6:02 am
Our weekly specials are up.  If you are a decaf or half caf drinker, it’s your lucky week, if you can act FAST.  http://tr.im/B53G
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Oct 5, 2009, 11:19 pm
One of our customers invited me to attend the World Beer Festival this past weekend (thanks Steve!). The World Beer Festival kind of reminds me of the World Series – it has nothing to do with th...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Sep 30, 2009, 10:23 pm
This week’s special are up.  Save 20% on our new Organic Harvest Blend. http://tr.im/AhRR
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Sep 29, 2009, 8:56 am
Today is National Coffee Day.  Not as much fun as International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but tastier.  And no, I’m not making either of those up. Anyway, what’s in it for you is 25% off...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Sep 29, 2009, 7:07 am
Lauren, the other Muddy Dog Yeah, it’s been a while.  But I’ve been busy. Between my many travels this month, I did manage to do something that’s been on my mind for some time now...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Sep 23, 2009, 10:18 pm
Take a look HERE for our weekly specials.  Get a special bonus for taking our winter products survey.
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Sep 7, 2009, 8:04 am
This morning, I noticed that the ClusterMap that tracks the location of our blog visitors archived itself.  It does that once a year to avoid becoming just a giant red shmear of visitors instead of m...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Sep 6, 2009, 11:35 pm
Starring your favorite and mine, King Corn. On this Labor Day weekend Sunday morning, we were forced to contemplate the end of summer.  With one exception (C.), we are a summer family, enjoying the ...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 27, 2009, 5:56 am
Our weekly specials are up.  Save 20% on our flagship Old North State Blend.  Also, suggestions on helping us get into the Durham Farmer’s Market.  http://tr.im/xfgD\ If you want the roasted...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 26, 2009, 10:45 pm
And eggplants, and heirloom tomatoes.  All of these foods are things we have in abundance right now, thanks to our new product launch last week, and an prolific garden.  So tonight’s task was ...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 22, 2009, 11:41 pm
Somebody is going to have to explain this one to me. The "Old Jalopy", our 1997 GMC 1500 4WD. We use this truck exclusively for the business now. The government says shes gets 12 MPG. Seems about r...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 22, 2009, 5:32 pm
I have no idea why.  Trying to get ahold of the web host now.  Thaks for your patience.
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 21, 2009, 10:07 am
How many of you had that old Rice-a-Roni jingle in your head as you read the subject of this post?  If so, you’re showing your age… I was in San Francisco a couple weeks ago, and made it...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 20, 2009, 10:56 am
Here’s this week’s specials: http://tr.im/wLNB If you like grits or cornmeal, you’re gonna like this week’s specials.  Also, the window for pre-orders of Esmeralda is going t...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 20, 2009, 6:04 am
It’s not often one has the opportunity to be a part of introducing something really unique, and clearly better than the status quo.  It’s happened to me only a couple times in my career.Â...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 17, 2009, 7:26 pm
And then I woke up.  What a nightmare!  Because the judgement was against us.  In my dream, Bailey sued us for using her image on our label without her consent. It was just a dream, right?  Not f...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 16, 2009, 2:57 pm
We’re close enough now that I don’t mind talking about the project I’ve been contemplating with Ron West at Carolina Grits & Co.  For a while now, we’ve been talking about doi...
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Jim P. posted an article on Muddy Dog Roasting Co. - Aug 16, 2009, 7:11 am
I was especially thrilled with the Millstone Hazelnut.  That is some seriously bad stuff.  Good to get that off the street for everyone’s safety.  The Yuban smelled so bad I had to taste it.Â...
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