Iced Coffee and Kahlua

The cinnamon roll is for our Sweet Sixteen Blue and Gold Macaw Miss Bubba Boy:

Born on the Fourth of July!

We love coffee, winter or summer! In summer, we prefer iced coffee. With years of experience, we think we've perfected iced coffee. We offer our Seattle Method Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee here.

For iced coffee with a kick, a refreshing accompaniment to your summer grilling adventures, nothing is more simple than Iced Coffee and Kahlua. Start with a good coffee, poured over ice. Add your favorite Kahlua. Ours is a nice smooth three year old homemade Kahlua (that's another blog post entirely). Top off with cream or milk. Add sugar or not. Enjoy! Bet you can't drink just one.

Requiem for Parrot BBF A 7593

We called him Leschi, for the Seattle neighborhood where he was found. All we know about him is printed on his red leg band: BBF A 7593.


This Budgie parrot was found on a parking lot near the Leschi Market on Lake Washington, July 2, 2012. The woman who found him thought he might be a parakeet, but had no idea what to do with him. She went to a local pet shop, which found us on an Internet search. She phoned us, saying she had no idea what to do with the bird if we didn't take him in. So we gave her our address, and about an hour later she showed up with the parrot.


We did an Internet search for the leg band number. We checked Seattle Craigslist. And 911ParrotAlert. To no avail. When he came in to the house, we transferred the parrot into an appropriate cage with food and water. The little tyke tried to eat a little. But all he really wanted to do was fluff himself up, close his eyes, and sleep. We assumed he was just really really tired. No telling how long he had been out on the loose. Sadly, he never woke up. He expired about an hour later.


At least he didn't die out in the parking lot, run over by a car, or attacked by crows. No parrot deserves this. Companion parrots depend upon people for survival. He was someone's companion parrot. There is no flock of feral Budgies in Seattle that he could have joined. He either escaped, or (as sometimes happens) was discarded and let loose by someone that tired of him. Summer is finally coming to Seattle, slowly but surely, and parrot people get careless with doors and windows. Or people are just stupid! So sad. RIP, Leschi. You deserved better.

The Perfect Coffee Travel Mug

Is there such a thing as a perfect coffee travel mug? We want to find out. We drive a lot! Our fuel of choice is caffeine, hot or iced depending upon the season. We need the perfect coffee travel mug! Badly.

We have a drawer full of coffee mugs. Most end up in the drawer because they just don't seem to do the job! They leak. The handles break off. They can't keep hot coffee hot or iced coffee cold. They're not microwaveable. We are desperately looking for suggestions for the perfect coffee travel mug.

Wait, there's more! Anyone who comes up with a suggestion that we actually like, we'll send that person a 10 ounce bag of our signature TheParrotCafe.com Blue Tara Blend whole bean coffee:

Red is Our Favorite Color

We fancy the color red!

Especially red parrots and red flowers.

Our Greenwing Macaw Roxanne

Named for the song, of course!

Our Congo African Grey Arua
Matching tail and petals!

Scratch and Sniff

We love technology. Almost as much as we love coffee. Our computers and smart devices can accomplish wonders. They can tell us where to find the best coffee, even if they can't brew the coffee for us. Just yet. So we're thrilled to offer our new Scratch and Sniff app:

It's simple. Just scratch the images on your screen, and sniff the wonderful coffee aroma, freshly roasted for your enjoyment!

Can't smell it? Be sure to go into your Control Panel and turn off your computer's aroma blocker. Most computer's come set for maximum aroma blockage. You'll need to adjust your levels for the optimal aroma experience.

Still can't smell it? Then apparently your computer comes permanently blocked. Then your only option is to just order the darn coffee from TheParrotCafe.com. We guarantee you won't regret it.

Stained Glass Macaws

Stained Glass Greenwing Macaws

by North Carolina glass artist Nancy Goulding

This pair of lovely stained glass Greenwing macaws was modeled on our own Diva parrot and Greenwing macaw Roxanne.

Canada's Shame!

One thing about Canada we are not proud of: