Chilled blueberry soup from Babblin' Babs. Photo courtesy of William Mueller.

Blueberry season will be here shortly, but if you can't wait, pick up a bag of frozen blueberries at Terry's Berries on River Road. (Berry caveat: I also saw she was selling fresh strawberries at the Terry's Berries booth Saturday morning at the Sunrise Village Puyallup Farmers Market.)

I picked up some frozen blueberries a few weeks ago, the last time I was at the farm store at Terry's Berries. They are sitting in my freezer, still, which is a small miracle they haven't yet been devoured. I wasn't sure what to make with the blueberries until I heard what Chef William Mueller of Babblin' Babs in Proctor served at the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra dinner Saturday night – chilled blueberry soup. The farm-themed dinner paired chefs with local farmers. Mueller and Terry's Berries were a match made in blueberry heaven. Click the read more button for details on how to get blueberries from Terry's Berries, and for Mueller's blueberry soup recipe.

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The (coffee) buzz around the newsroom and blogosphere today is the unexpected closure of Tacoma's Black Water coffee, which recently moved to the St. Helens neighborhood.

TNT business reporter C.R. Roberts asks readers here where they will go for their coffee fix. Visit this thread to spread the buzz about places that can help fill the void Black Water leaves. I didn't get to Black Water more than once or twice a month, it was on the wrong side of town for my morning coffee fix. I've always been and always will be a devotee of Commencement Bay Coffee Company – mostly because of its proximity to the News Tribune office (it's at 25th and Jefferson, just down the hill), but also because I like their roasts and they serve a mean quiche. There's always a table open after the early morning rush and they have free wi-fi. The location is odd, but if you're in that part of town, it's a great morning stop.

Things I will miss about my occasional trips to Black Water: rich coffee that never tasted over-extracted, and Rachel, the owner who I remember fondly because of her gracious smile. I always wanted to sit down and clack-clack-clack on the manual typewriters at the old Black Water location. I'm fond of the old relics, and have an old Olympia on my desk here at work (if I could blog from it, I'd use it more).

Sorry to see you go Black Water.