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Java Junket ** will soon be here! I'll post details later, but save the date/time/starting location for now! The Event photo should give you a clue about one of our planned stops! This photo was from Java Junket I in 2007! We'll be making a return visit there on our JJ odyssey! When I confirm our additional stops I'll add them to the post.Length of Ride: Approximately 15 Miles (24 Kilometers).
Pace: Relaxed touring pace (but you should be able to ride steadily at 10 MPH)
Helmets: Yes Please.
Cost: Free! But please bring money to support our coffee shop hosts!
Additional: As one participant said, this is an Artisanal Friendship Ride! As such we ride friendly without amplified music, whistles (except in case of emergency) or fog horns!
We will NOT have a SAG (support and gear) vehicle, so please make sure your bike is in riding condition. We highly recommend you have an extra tube that fits your bike.
Past Java Junkets!
Here's is the complete list of all the prior 19 JJs! Quite a history of midtown, downtown, and adjacent coffee shops!!
I: November 3, 2007 We started at Grand Circus Park's Millenium Bell. Our stops were:
Amsterdam Cafe (Forest Arms),
Java Exchange Cafe in Tech Town,
Cafe 1923 in Hamtramck,
Beans & Bytes in Midtown, and
Espresso Jazzy Cafe in Harmony Park, followed by a stop at the
Bureau of Urban Living on W. Canfield Street!
II: November 15, 2008
Good Girls Go to Paris Crepes, John R., Downtown
Cafe con Leche, Michigan Welcome Center on Bagley
Mercury Coffee Bar on Michigan Avenue
Cafe 1923 in Hamtramck
Woodbridge Cafe on Trumbull
III. November 14, 2009
Start at Biggby Coffee in Midtown
1515 Broadway Cafe
Cafe con Leche (Vernor and Scotten)
Cafe 1923, Hamtramck
Good Girls go to Paris, Park Shelton
IV. November 13, 2010
Start: Biggby Coffee in Midtown
Cafe con Leche on W. Vernor
Bear Claw Cafe at the Doubletree Fort Shelby
Tim Horton's in the Argonaut Building, College for Creative Studies
V. November 12, 2011
Biggby's, Midtown, Woodward Ave.
Astro in Corktown, Michigan Avenue
Cafe con Leche, W. Vernor
Thistle on Second at Willis
Fourteen East in the Park Shelton
VI. November 10, 2012
Start at Cafe con Leche del Este in Lafayette Park Shopping Center
Cafe Chez Zara in the Madison Building downtown
Coffee and (______) on Agnes in West village
Fourteen East in the Park Shelton
The Bottom Line on Third Street
Great Lakes Roasting Company on Woodward at Alexandrine
VII. November 10, 2013
Start at Biggby's on Woodward in Midtown
Fourteen East in the Park Shelton
Stella Good Coffee in the Fisher Building
Melt on Cass at Willis
Urban Bean in Capitol Park
Cafe con Leche on W. Vernor
VIII. November 14, 2014
Cafe con Leche, Vernor and Scotten
Anthology, Corktown
Commonwealth, inside Shinola
Red Hook, West Village
IX: November 14, 2015
Cafe con Leche, New Center
Will Leather, Midtown
The Bottom Line, Third Street
Dessert Oasis Cafe, Capitol Park (preview only)
Donut Villa, W. Vernor
X: November 12, 2016
Cafe con Leche, New Center
Eleos on Dexter
Dessert Oasis Café in Capitol Park
Dilla's Delights downtown
Bella's in Southwest Detroit
XI: November 11, 2017
Avalon Cafe and Biscuits, New Center
Riverfront Cafe, UDM Law School
Ashe Supply, Jos Campau
La Pecaro Nera on Washington Blvd
New Order Coffee on Woodward at Watson
XII: November 10, 2018
Bikes & Coffee, Putnam and Trumbull in Woodbridge
For the Love of Sugar, 100 Erskine, Brush Park
Populace Coffee, Siren Hotel, Wurlitzer Building
Hygrade's Deli (lunch!)
Folk, Trumbull and Bagley
XIII: November 9, 2019
(About 35 participants)
Start/End: Bikes & Coffee, Putnam and Trumbull
Awake Cafe on 3rd Street (Kayla and Abbie greeted us)
Spread Deli, Cass and Willis (Terry opened early for us)
Cannelle's, Capitol Park (Rawaa Knio served us)
Anthology Cafe, on Division in the Eastern Market.
Lunch at the Woodbridge Pub afterwards.
XIV, November 8, 2020
Unofficial, renegade ride during Pandemic
3 stops:
Congregation
Ochre Bakery
Milwaukee Cafe
XV. November 13, 2021
(40 + participants)
Start/End: Bikes & Coffee, Putnam and Trumbull
Momento Coffee & Gelato, Trumbull north of Michigan. A Pre-Pre-soft opening preview
The Red Hook, Jos Campau Greenway
Bea's, Eastern Market
The Gathering, E. Grand Blvd.
XVI. November 12, 2022
65 participants.
Start: Bikes & Coffee
Roost on W. Canfield west of Trumbull
Cairo Coffee in the Spot-Lite Building on Beaufait
Give Thanks Bakery on Woodward across from the DSO
Warda Patisserie at 70 W. Alexandrine
XVII. November 11, 2023
Approximately 80 participants.
Start: Craig's Coffee, 421 Peterboro. https://www.craigs.coffee/
Cafe Sous Terre at 445 W. Forest. https://www.cafesousterre.com/
Dooped Donuts, on Broadway at Grand Circus Park; https://www.getdooped.com/
Kitab Cafe and Bookstore, Holbrook at Jos Campau in Hamtramck; https://www.kitab-cafe.com/
Black Coffee, on John R at Kenilworth; https://blackcoffee.cafe/
XVIII. November 9, 2024
Approximately 70 participants.
Qargo Cafe, Woodward and Mack
Alba, Michigan and 14th
Capper & Capper, David Whitney Hotel
Moka Coffee, John R and Garfield
XIX November 8, 2025
Approximately 50 participants
Stops, in order:
Simply Roasted, on Cass at Canfield;
Dose Detroit, at Selden and Fourth;
Bev's Bagels, Grand River and 16th;
Yellow Light Coffee, Michigan Central;
Saturn Coffee, Seward, between 2nd and 3rd.
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Java Junket update, October 2, 2026:
Confirmed stops:
Cafe 1923, Hamtramck
Chai Khana, Midtown
Grand Porter, SW Detroit
Nuvrei MC (Grand River eastt of Warren)
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Tech Town Parking Lot, Amsterdam twixt Cass and Woodward, Detroit, MI, United States
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