We are thrilled to announce that The Met won two awards for our booth at this year’s Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Expo.  Following 2009’s win of the People’s Choice Award, this year we picked up Best Use of Theme as well our second People’s Choice Award.  Christian Ganem, our assistant manager and soon to be coffee roasting manager,  took the lead on this year’s project as he incorporated our new coffee roasting business into the expo’s theme “Keep The Economic Engine Moving.”  We were joined this year by Dianne Mello, our manager, and Jake Luikens who will be stepping into Dianne’s shoes in a few weeks as she moves on to pursue her goals in commerical art and art education.  Check out the pic’s of our rockin’ booth, complete with coffee roaster, spinning globe, and pour over coffee brewing display.  We featured our own roasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe which was a crowd pleaser.  Kudos go out to our friend Mike Kline for his fabulous and engaging Keynote speech. Check him out at Klineseminars.com.  Look for The Met Coffee Roasters to be in full swing this summer with our fresh roasted coffee available online at metcoffeehouse.com and of course when you Meet Us at The Met!

Help Haiti and you could win this amazing picture! 36″x48″ ready to hang canvas - one of our most popular.

It’s hanging at the Met where raffle tickets are $5 or 5 for $20. Credit Card donations accepted for donations $20 and over.  Donate over the phone, call 603-356-2332.  We will mail you the raffle tickets.

If you win, shipping is free. All money will be donated to the Red Cross Weekly. Drawing Feb 1st.

The Met is a proud sponsor of this year’s New Year’s Fireworks in North Conway Village and a strong endorser of “The Festive not Frantic” Holiday Shopping Experience found right here in North Conway Village.

Happy Holidays to all of you from all of us at The Met! We know money is tight right now, and we have a solution to help trim your holiday shopping budget. Most of our gift ideas are under $20, high quality, and unique. Consider a pound of fresh locally roasted coffee. How about a Met Mug? Starting at less than $20.00, a Met Mug gets you a free drink right away. Thereafter, every drip coffee is ONE DOLLAR! These mugs really stand out and are made of double walled stainless steel to keep your drink warm for hours.

For those of you haven’t discovered our webstore store; Check it Out! We carry a huge selection of Mara Stoneware, the same kind we use for our coffee drinks at The Met. If you love our Mara Mugs, you will be amazed by the wide selection of other functional pottery that Mara produces. Everything from complete dinner sets, to water pitchers, to decorative tiles. If you’re having trouble deciding on a holiday gift for that special, hard to shop for someone, consider buying them a Met Gift Card. And, don’t forget the hip Met Shirts our Baristas wear. Both are available on our webstore.

In Community News: The Met, as part of The North Conway Village Committee, has been working hard to bring back a New Year’s Eve Celebration to North Conway Village. Participating businesses will be open later and offering special promotions. Don’t miss Los Heuvos at The Met; a live acoustic folk/rock duo playing from 7:00pm to 9:30 pm. It’s free! It’s Rockin’! Right after the music step outside The Met and gather around Schouler Park for a dazzling fireworks display to ring in the New Year.

Congratulations to all of the local bike groups! The Conway Selectman have recently approved designated motorcycle parking at the entrance to Norcross Circle along the south side of The Met. Work will be done on boxing in and signing the spaces this spring. Well done!

In Catering News: Don’t forget that The Met caters. Think of us around the holidays. Offer your employees a catered Met Breakfast or Afternoon Delight. Order bagels, muffins, scones, cookies, brownies, or tea breads and an airpot or two of freshly brewed micro roasted coffee for less than a dollar a cup. We’ll even deliver locally! Free! Save 15% off the per item price and ave the 9% meals tax because you are buying in bulk.

In “Met Baristas Rule” News: We receive many comments about our fantastic Met Baristas. Why not let them know? Send them a line through the comments section of our website. We’ll post your comments around The Met and have a drawing and send three winners a great thank you prize for participating.

When you’re out there in the hustle and bustle of the holidays and feel your stress level rising at times, take a deep breath and send a thought or prayer out to our service men and women. If you can, don’t miss an opportunity to thank them for their service in person. It’s not political. It’s the right thing to do. Besides, it will help put things in perspective.

Wishing you all happiness, peace, and good neighborliness this holiday season. And thank you for supporting The Met Coffee House!

Howard Stanten and Erin Wright, Owners.

If you’re thinking about coming to the Mt Washington Valley to see the foliage this weekend, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!  The color is spectacular this year, and we will hit peak this weekend and early next week.  North Conway Village is decked out and many businesses are offering specials.  Stop by The Met for a heart warming Harvest Latte and a fresh baked Apple Turnover or Maple Danish. Yes, we have Hot Apple Cider.  Try it with cinnamon or caramel.  Please stop by and say hi, we’d love to see you!  After a bit of rain on Friday night, the extended weekend weather outlook is calling for lots of sunshine - the evenings will be chilly so bring a jacket.  Come experience one of nature’s true miracles, Fall Foliage in North Conway Village!

The great work of The Met management team has paid off once again as The Met brought home two awards from the 11^th Annual Business to Business Expo recently held at The Mt Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods.

Dianne Mello, our stellar manager, won the Fledgling Young Employee of The Year award sponsored by The Mt Washington Valley Young Professionals. Congratulations Dianne!! No one deserved it more.  Click here to read her nomination letter.

Christian Ganem and Brandy Hewitt teamed with Dianne to win The Exhibitor Award for Best Use of Theme.  This year’s theme was “People, Planet, Profits.”  As you can tell from the picture, the booth they created looked fabulous. Central to The Met’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for its employees, its local community, and the world.  Our booth this year highlighted The Met’s efforts to further reduce its environmental impact by acting in ways that promote environmental sustainability. We proudly use environmentally friendly cleaning products, compact fluorescent light bulbs, and coffee cup sleeves, carriers, and napkins made from recycled materials. This year we have replaced our petroleum based plastic cups with corn-based plastic cups.

These corn-based cups are 100% compostable and will literally dissolve under hot water!  The Met serves all of its in-house coffee drinks in our lead-free ceramic Mara Mugs vs paper cups, producing less waste. And, we offer for sale our signature Met Mugs that are not only reusable but also get you a free drink and $1.00 coffee refills forever.  Many of our coffees, including our custom espresso blend, are organic and fairly traded.  Our decaf is produced via The Swiss Water method that alleviates introducing toxic chemicals into the environment.  We love to talk about this aspect of our business so drop us a comment and let’s get the conversation going.