Food Revelation Recap

Over 200 members of our greater 5-C and Claremont community came together on Friday, February 19th to celebrate sustainable, local, and organic food. The Scripps' Environmental Club put on a fabulous dinner that showcased cuisine from the local health food store, Ecoterra, and an array of local, organic farms. A student documentary on the Mallott Commons was then screened to begin the discussion: What are we eating? How do we become active, conscious consumers?


Following the student documentary, we had a representative from Participant Films, the production company that produced Food, Inc. introduce the film to then be concluded with the film's engrossing journey through an examination of the food industry in the US. We wrapped up the evening with many different engaging discussions throughout the Motley for everyone to process the evening's educational material and consider what they can do to address the issues at hand!

Keep an eye out for more activism opportunities and educational events with the Motley and the Scripps' Environmental Club. There will be a follow up event occurring shortly!

Bringing Life into the Motley

We now have beautiful native succulent plants in the sitting room. The fabulous plants are in one-of-a-kind pots decorated by our own coffeehouse community. We hope that these lively, friendly plants will bring warmth and nature into our space!

Not only are these plants native to Southern California and are therefore more sustainable, but we bought them from the wonderful family-owned, small nursery down Foothill Blvd: Mt. Fuji Nursery. We are greening our business in more ways than one!

FOOD REVELATION: Friday, Feb. 19th 6:30 p.m.

Come join us at the MOTLEY for delicious smorgasbord of local and organic food and brews provided by Eco-Terra, Scripps' Environmental Club, and the 5C Vegan and Vegetarian Club. All the food will be freshly harvested from farms on campus and within the local community! The dinner and drinks are completely free ( if you bring your own plate, utensils and cup) but the Motley will also be open for drinks, so feel free to spend away on your caffeine fix.

Dinner Menu Includes, BUT is not limited to.....

Indian Raw Humus, Sun Dried Tomato and Basil Pate, Sprouted Sunflower Seed Pate, Brown Rice, Vegetable Sushi Rolls, Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Salad, Raw Collard Green Spring Rolls, Pamello/Lemon/Agave Ade, Green Goddess Juice, Apple/Carrot Juice, and Assorted Fresh, Local, Organic Salads! Gluten-free and Raw options also available!

**PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SILVERWARE/PLATE/CUP IF YOU WANT FOOD! WE WANT TO MAKE THIS EVENT AS WASTE-LESS AS POSSIBLE! THANK YOU!**

We will then screen the riveting documentary Food, Inc. Followed by a short student documentary investigating Mallott Commons and its food.

The screenings will be complimented by a panel discussion comprised of students, professors, food service professionals and local, organic farmers.

Dinner begins at 6:30
Film Screenings at 7:00
Panel Discussion at 8:30

COME TO THE MOTLEY AND ENJOY FABULOUS FOOD, BREWS, EDUCATION AND COMPANY!!

You just have to ask yourself.......Do you know what you are eating?.........

Events Re-Cap: STAND UP FOR HAITI

The 5-C community came together the night of January 31st to enjoy fabulous, funky tunes and support the relief effort in Haiti. We were able to raise over $700 for the organization
Partners in Health that has been in Haiti for over 20 years!

Jos, Skylar Boorman,and Pot Roast Sandwich & Company composed a wildly entertaining evening for a packed house!

Jos soothing the crowd with his moving melodies.

Skylar delivering some soulful jams.

Pot Roast Sandwich showing the Motley how they get down.

Thank you to everyone who came to support Haiti and show their solidarity!

EVENTS RE-CAP: MOTLEY GAME NIGHT OPENING SPRING 2010

The Motley Coffeehouse opened for the Spring 2010 semester with a BANG. All the managers were dressed in their finest to the theme of Game Night. They were making up some fabulous coffee and tea concoctions in an assortment of Clue, Monopoly, Tic-Tac-Toe, Guess Who, Lady Gaga: Love Game, and Pillow Fight costumes!

There were plenty of games scattered throughout the entire building including a twister floor and a game of water pong going on outside! The air was filled with beautiful harmonies from the heart felt singer Chris Pureka.

The night was complete with amazing treats, tricks, games, funky tunes, laughs and COFFEE!

We are so happy to finally be open and mark the start to another innovative, inspiring and loving semester at the Motley. Come on by for some Motley love, and don't forget the kid inside of you...in case the games come out to play!

The New and Beautiful Brew Bar

As many of our loyal customers already know, we are now offering two options of drip coffee. If you're rushing off to class or simply want your coffee asap, we still have the older system of brewing one entire pot of coffee at a time. However, starting this semester we are offering another option of drip coffee made from the BREW BAR!

We switched over to this new method because we got a lot of feedback from all of you saying that you wanted our coffee to be more fresh. The Brew Bar is a pretty simple process - coffee is made one cup at a time by pouring hot water right over a filter filled with fresh coffee grounds. It takes an extra minute or two compared to the already brewed coffee but is worth the wait!

Along with improving the taste of your coffee, the brew bar allows us to offer more variety while cutting down on waste (we don't have to throw away extra brewed coffee every few hours any more!). Coffee has been brewed in this manner for years particularly in Japan and in countries in Europe, and it is just starting to make a more prominent appearance in coffee shops around the US. We're really excited about being able to offer you this option and we hope that you'll try one of our coffees from the Brew Bar the next time you come to the Motley!