Photo by H.M. Kerr-Schlaefer.

This Saturday, December 12, 2009, Colorado Coffee Exchange will be holding an official Grand Opening. Owners Mike and Carole Thorsrud’s first store, Colorado Coffee Exchange, has been open for fifteen years at the Fort Collins mall.

I am a big fan of this coffee shop, located in the 1^st National Bank building on the corner of Eisenhower (Hwy 34) and Boyd Lake Road (CR9). Colorado Coffee roasts their beans and the difference is noticeable. They also feature a convenient drive-through.

Excellent homemade bakery items, addictive made-in-house breakfast burritos, and consistently good coffee drinks make this coffee shop a HeidiTown favorite.

Join me this Saturday at the Colorado Coffee Company’s Grand Opening from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for free lattes and free award winning cinnamon rolls. Be sure to tell them you heard about it from HeidiTown!

By the way, Colorado Coffee Company is now open until 7 p.m. (Monday through Friday).

Read my previous review of Colorado Coffee BY CLICKING HERE.

Visit Colorado Coffee’s Web site at www.roasters2000.com.

Colorado Coffee, Loveland, CO. Photo by H.M. Kerr-Schlaefer

I’ve been remiss in my duty to review this place. My husband and I been going to this coffee shop since they first opened as a Loveland Coffee several years ago. We go there so often they recognize our vehicles when we pull up to the drive-thru. I use the coffee shop as a second office, and I use the drive-thru when I don’t have time to stop in for a while.

Recently, the shop became a Colorado Coffee Exchange. Owner, Mike Thorsrud, has been working tirelessly to renovate the shop and get the word out about the shop’s existence. The location is sort of hidden, on the northeast corner of Eisenhower and Boyd Lake Road (CR9), inside the First National Bank building. The original Colorado Coffee Company has been at the Fort Collins mall for fifteen years.

Thankfully, a lot of the same staff still work at the shop (and have been at the shop for years). The staff members are the reason I go, plus it’s close to my house and they have delicious coffee. Since the change over, I think I have been enjoying Colorado Coffee even more than Loveland Coffee, partly because the prices are better. I was startled when the price of my regular, an Americano with Irish cream, went down nearly a dollar. 

Colorado Coffee has homemade breakfast burritos every day ($3.51), but be careful, these big burritos are seriously addictive. They’ve also started carrying Colorado Coffee’s award winning cinnamon rolls, as well as Gib’s Bagels, and now they are experimenting with lunch options, recently a pulled pork sandwich ($3.99, including a side). This sandwich has proven very popular with the employees of First National Bank.

This is a great little coffee shop, with a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.  I highly recommend it. 

Heidi’s Illustrious Rating: 5/5

HeidiTown Tip: Colorado Coffee offers free wi-fi.

Visit Colorado Coffee’s Web site at www.roasters2000.com.