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Why a blog about pens and coffee?
Because a blog about pens, coffee, & bacon is a bit much.
A few more reasons.

Inked: October 2016

October 14, 2016 By The Barista 1 Comment

inked-header-oct-2016It’s October! The mornings and evenings are finally cool. The leaves are starting to change color. And Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is back! I just couldn’t resist pulling out some fabulous fall fountain pens and inks to use this month.

Inked this Month

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TWSBI 580 AL Orange M [ Anderson Pens | Amazon ]
Diamine Autumn Oak [ Goulet Pens | Cult Pens | Amazon ]

Lamy Al-Star Copper Orange M [ Amazon ]
Lamy Copper Orange [ Cult Pens | Amazon ]

Retro 51 Lincoln F [ Jet Pens | Amazon ]
Diamine Ancient Copper [ Goulet Pens | Cult Pens | Amazon ]

Pelikan M200 Café Crème B [ Amazon ]
J Herbin Café des Îles [ Goulet Pens | Amazon ]

Lamy Logo Twilight [ Vanness Pens | Amazon ]
Noodler’s 54th Massachusetts [ Goulet Pens | Amazon ]

Edison Noveau Premiere Autumn Embers 1.1 [ Goulet Pens ]
Pelikan Blue-Black [ Amazon ]

Retro 51 Tornade Pen Addict Limited Edition [ Pen Addict ]
Schmidt P1826 Blue [ Goldspot | Amazon ]

Coffee of the Month

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, of course.

Let’s Go Shopping

Check out the The Lanier Briefcase on Kickstarter by our friends at Nock Co.
It looks like a great case, but I’m even more excited about the A5 notebooks!

The British Pound is quite low against the Dollar. Now is a great time to grab a Pelikan or the Diamine Deep Dark Inks from Cult Pens. I know I did!

T-Shirt of the Month

Filed Under: Ink, Inked, Pens

National Coffee Day 2016

September 29, 2016 By The Barista Leave a Comment

National Coffee Day HeaderPen: Pelikan M200 Café Crème Bold
Ink: J. Herbin Café des Îsles
Paper: Exacompta Forum Journal
Coffee: Starbucks Italian Roast

Happy National Coffee Day!

2016 has been quite crazy. Life continues to move faster than the speed of blog. I can’t believe I haven’t posted yet this year.

Well, National Coffee Day seems like the perfect day to break the post drought. I’ll make a great effort to post regularly moving forward. I’m itching to post about my favorite tools again. Perhaps more coffee will help.

Today we celebrate!coffeedaytools-2

I’m drinking my current daily driver coffee in my new coffee mug gifted by a friend. Thanks Teresa!

I’ll also be sure to stop by a favorite local coffee shop today to get a Goat Island Mocha. Here’s a reminder to support your local independent coffee shop.

I’m wearing my favorite coffee t-shirt. Yes, I have more than one.

Drink Coffee. Do Good.

My Life Motto

And I’m writing with the prefect coffee day pen – my new Pelikan M200 Café Crème. I missed out on this special edition last year and was super excited to discover Cult Pens still had it in stock. With the favorable exchange rates (Thanks, Brexit!), I was compelled to grab one. It’s gorgeous, a great writer, and perfect for the pens ‘n’ coffee guy.

This pen looks good enough to drink!

This pen looks good enough to drink!

What ink for today? I had to use Café des Îsles. It has a coffee bean on the label! I love its shading. It may have to be the permanent partner with this pen.

Enjoy the day!

May your coffee be strong and your nibs be smooth. [Tweet this.]

-Pat

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Filed Under: Coffee, Pens

Palomino Blackwing 1138 Unboxing

December 11, 2015 By The Barista Leave a Comment

I finally opened the December 2015 Limited Edition Blackwing 1138.
I had a lot of fun with my last unboxing video, so I had to do another one. 🙂

Check out what’s in the box.

Filed Under: Pencils

National Coffee Day Giveaway Winner

October 6, 2015 By The Barista Leave a Comment

National Coffee Day Header

It’s a week past National Coffee Day and time to pick the giveaway winner.

I hope you’ve had a good week. It’s been a great one at Pens ‘n’ Coffee. Besides celebrating National Coffee Day, we launched the first Pens ‘n’ Coffee T-shirt, and Blackwing sent some love by emailing my Blackwing 211 unboxing video to their entire email list – twice.

Now, for the giveaway winner. I’m drinking some fabulous Fair Trade Organic Sumatra Mandheling from Brown Sugar Coffee Roastery. And the winner of the Brown Sugar Coffee Roastery giveaway is…

Josh E, randomly chosen by Raffelcopter, with a winning tweet.
Josh Coffee Giveaway Tweet

Check your email Josh so I can get your coffee on its way!

Thanks to our at home audience for playing along. We only had one winner here, but we all win every day there is coffee in our cup.

Filed Under: Coffee, Giveaway

How about a Pens ‘n’ Coffee T-shirt?

October 1, 2015 By The Barista Leave a Comment

PensNCoffeeT-HeaderNational Coffee Day seems like a great day to launch our first Pens ‘n’ Coffee T-shirt.

Show you love for Pens, Coffee, & Other Awesome Things. Grab your own T-shirt here: teechip.com/pens-n-coffee.

Available in several colors through October 15, 2015.PensNCoffeeT

Filed Under: Swag

National Coffee Day 2015 Giveaway

September 29, 2015 By The Barista 15 Comments

National Coffee Day 2015Pencil: Palomino Blackwing 211
Paper: Muji Notebook
Coffee: Americano from Floyd and Blackies (a local independent coffee shop)

HAPPY NATIONAL COFFEE DAY!

Every year on September 29 we pause as a nation to celebrate the joy in a cup that is coffee. Enjoy your day off work – your business did close in honor of National Coffee Day, right? – and support your local independent coffee shop.

Last year Pens ‘n’ Coffee held a pencil giveaway to celebrate National Coffee Day. That’s weird.

This year we’re celebrating by giving away a 12 oz bag of coffee beans from Brown Sugar Coffee Roastery. The owners of this independent coffee shop understand the importance of working for the common good, both locally and globally. Coffee can be a part of this work!

The contest begins on National Coffee Day and ends on Midnight (Eastern Time), October 6 2015.

Enter the contest on the Rafflecopter Giveaway below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Which of the great coffee selections at Brown Sugar Coffee Roastery would you choose?

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Coffee Day 2015

 

Filed Under: Coffee, Giveaway

Palomino Blackwing 211 Unboxing Video

September 28, 2015 By The Barista 2 Comments

Received my Blackwing Volumes Subscription #2 today. Here’s an unboxing video.

Note: WOOHOO! I Love it!

Update: Thanks Blackwing for posting my video on your website and emailing it to the entire world. #ShareTheLove #FriendsAreFriendsForever

Filed Under: Pencils

Life Moves Faster

August 3, 2015 By The Barista 1 Comment

Life Moves Faster

Life moves faster
than the speed
of blog

The desire to write
is often stronger
than than the writing

The use of pen and ink
continues

-Dr. Pat Hannon
8.3.15

TWSBI Eco 1.1
Sailor Yama-dori

Filed Under: Ink, Miscellany, Pens

Atlanta Pen Show Ink Tease

May 6, 2015 By The Barista Leave a Comment

Atlanta Ink Tease HeaderI picked up four bottles of ink at the Atlanta Pen Show bash.

From Anderson Pens I bought Lamy Copper Orange with a Copper Orange Lamy Al Star.

I also bought three ink bottles from Vanness Pen Shop: Monteverde Blue-Black, Monteverde Brown, and Conway Stewart Tavy. I was browsing the specialty inks Vanness carries (Akkerman, Bung Box) when I discovered these at a can’t pass up discount, even though I wasn’t sure what I was getting.

Perhaps I’ll do a full review of these inks, eventually. In the mean time, here’s an ink teaser on the fabulous Nock Co Black DotDash Pocket Notebook.

Atlanta Ink TeaseI really like Conway Stewart Tavy. Too bad it’s a discontinued ink. I hear it is quite similar to Diamine Denim. Can anyone confirm?

Filed Under: Ink

Holy Pen Show, Batman! (Atlanta 2015)

April 29, 2015 By The Barista 4 Comments

It’s been 10 days since the 2015 Atlanta Pen Show. Finally, here’s the official Pens ‘n’ Coffee report.

holy-pen-show-batmanThe Lead-Up
I’ve had the Atlanta Pen Show on my calendar for a year. Last year Brad hosted a small soiree at the show. Upon hearing him share about this experience I did two things. I checked for a pen show in Charlotte. Not finding one, I placed the Atlanta show on my calendar. Who knew that things would heat up as they did. Brad’s soiree turned into a full blown bash (a #sassafling even). I backed the Pen Addict Kickstarter and knew I had to attend.

However, driving three hours to look at pens sounds fabulous when it’s months away. The week of the show gives a different view. It was a very busy week. Could I squeeze in the trip? I tried to convince my daughters to skip school on Friday to go to the show. They choose school. (Is this a parenting win or a parenting fail?) I nearly attended on my own on Friday, which would allow me some time at the Big Party before I made the drive home. The final decision? Get up early on Saturday, throw the Hannon 5 in a minivan, make the 3 hour trip to Atlanta, look at pens for a while, and make the 3 hour trip home. Crazy? Possibly.

The Show
Finally, we arrived at the show, the first pen show for our family. Holy pen show, Batman! Sensory overload! Pens! Ink! Paper! People! Yes, it was crazy. Crazy awesome!

#Repost @clickypost ・・・ Where to look first… #atlantapenshow

A photo posted by Pat Hannon (@pathannon) on Apr 29, 2015 at 12:42pm PDT


Someone recommended making a lap around the show and viewing everything before settling in and making purchases. I tried to do that, but it was hard. We couldn’t even get past the hallway. Lovely pens everywhere. The kids were almost as excited as I was. And of course, there was two rooms full of venders as well, selling most anything pen related you could imagine. Vintage pens, modern pens. Ballpoint pens, fountain pens. Pen parts. Cheap pens ($3), expensive pens ($1,000+). Ink and paper, oh my.

We loved seeing and touching all the different options. I handled many pens that I had only seen online before. Pilot Vanishing Points and Lamy 2000s are on my wishlist now, when before I considered them just too darn expensive. (This is certainly a danger of going to a show.)

The People
As wonderful as all the products were, the people were even better. Vendors were eager to chat, sharing about their pens, eager to teach onlookers whether or not a sale seemed promising. Meeting people I only knew from the interwebs was worth the drive.

Brad Dowdy and Myke Hulry from the Pen Addict Podcast were the rockstars of the show. Still they took time to engage with everyone. It was great to talk with them. Brad chatted like we were old friends, even though I doubt he even knew me from online.

Mr. Pen Addict with Dr. Pens 'n' Coffee

Mr. Pen Addict with Dr. Pens ‘n’ Coffee

It was also a treat to meet Brian and Lisa Anderson from Anderson Pens. Great people with a great shop! And Lisa Vanness from Vanness Pen Shop. And Jeff “The Beard” Bruckwicki from NockCo. And Dan Bishop from Karas Kustoms. And…

People didn’t only shop, we shared – pens, ink, and life. I’m pretty sure I sold some Field Notes to a sweet lady who had never heard of the brand and a TWSBI USA to someone else. Two of us randomly shared our Muji Aluminum Fountain Pens with Myke Hurly and discussed converters that fit (Retro 51 does).

The Haul
So, what did I buy among all this awesomeness?

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  • The new FodderstackXL and Dot Dash Notebooks with improved fountian pen friendly paper from Nock Co. Also see my Nock Co sticker, soon to go on my MacBook.
  • The Limited Edition 2015 Lamy Al-Star in Copper Orange with a bottle of Lamy Copper Orange ink and a Pilot Plumix from Anderson Pens.
  • 3 half price bottles of ink from Vanness Pens Shop: Monteverde Blue-Black, Monteverde Brown, and Conway Stewart Tavy.
  • And, somewhere along the way, a Pilot Varsity.

The Kids
Among all this, the highlight of the day was experiencing  the kids excitement. They looked and looked. Several vendors gave each of them a free pen. They also each picked out their own Pilot Varsity. Lisa Anderson made their day truly special. She sent the kids on a scavenger hunt, looking for things you can only find at a pen show. When the kids had their scavenger hunt cards filled up by other vendors, Lisa gave each one a free pen and a bag crazy full of cartridges. Such joy!

The Kids with Lisa Anderson

The Kids with Lisa Anderson

The Kids with Brad and Myke

The Kids with Brad and Myke

When it fas finally time to go find some pizza and make the 3 hour trek home, the kids were begging to come back next year. You can count on it! And I may have let it slip that there is a Pen Show in Raleigh in May…

Don't forget the pizza!

Don’t forget the pizza!

By the way, my wife isn’t in any pictures because she spent most of the day in the corner reading. She loved it!

Filed Under: Ink, Miscellany, Pens

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