Where do the beans come from? How did owner Drew Crockett get  that fire engine red paint job? Rick Nichols has all the answers about the Hub Bub coffee truck that has set up shop on 38th Street between Spruce and Locust Streets.

Artisan coffee from a truck [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Hub Bub Coffee [Official Site]

We’ve got a new food truck on the scene starting today. The bright red Hub Bub Coffee truck is hanging out at 38th and Spruce weekdays and should be rolling around town on weekends.

They’ve got the much praised Stumptown Coffee from Portland Oregon and treats including a Rice-Krispy type deal from Pub & Kitchen among other treats.

You can follow the truck via Twitter @hubbubcoffee.

Meal Ticket has plenty of photos of the shiny red truck.

Peek at the Hub Bub Coffee Truck [Meal Ticket]
Coffee, Coffee, Buzz, Buzz [Daily Candy]
Hub Bub Coffee [Official Site]

Phoodie tips as off that the Music Fountain Cafe has quietly opened on East Girard Avenue in Fishtown. It’s a throwback classic of a soda fountain and coffee shop serving up Bassett’s ice cream and LaColombe coffee. There’s even a free jukebox filled with oldies to take you back to a simpler time, as long as you think of maintaining a fallout shelter (there’s even an era appropriate sign on the one wall) as a simpler time.

It looks very slick and Phoodie has many more photos.

The Music Fountain: Pretty Much The Cutest Thing Ever [Phoodie.info]
The Music Fountain [Facebook]

The slickly-muraled Milkcrate Cafe has opened on Girard Avenue at Columbia. The former Canvas Cafe is now a coffee shop and record store by Adam Porter (who you may know better as DJ Botany 500).

Available today is coffee and espresso from La Colombe, bagels from South Street Bagels and pastries from Le Bus. Look for an expanding menu of sandwiches within a month.

The Crate Leap Forward [Thrillist]
Milkcrate Cafe [Official Site]

Veggicurious discovers Honest Tom’s at his Saturday hangout next to Clark Park. There she enjoys the $2.50 breakfast taco.[Veggicurious]

Living on the Vedge walks 15 blocks to Honest Tom’s weekday haunt at 33rd and Arch as much for the French pressed Stumptown coffee as for the breakfast taco. [Living on the Vedge]

Cafe Loftus which has turned 3 is celebrating by giving away coffee on Fridays in April. 

The free coffee will be available from 7 to 10am, wash it down with LeBus pastries, Redhouse Bagels or Flying Monkey’s cupcakes.

Cafe Loftus [Official Site]

For all of October Bridget Foy’s will be offering free coffee with their 7-day a week breakfast. Get in by 11:30am and enjoy complimentary La Colombe coffee, espresso, cappuccino or latte with any breakfast purchase.

New breakfast menu after the jump.
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Philly Chit Chat provides all the 411 on Cret Cafe at 16th and the Parkway where they are hoping the cafe and tourist bureau will kick off a revitalization of the Parkway.

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE HEARD everything about the new Cafe Cret, think again!! [Philly Chit Chat]

Divan Turkish Kitchen has a Queen Village sibling in the coffee house Cafe Fulya. Elisa Ludwig hopes this is just the beginning of an Ottoman empire.

All is Fulya Love [City Paper]

Philly Mag comes up with nine hot drinks to get you through the winter. We are surprised to see Naked Chocolate Cafe missing from the list, especially the seasonal peppermint hot chocolate. Get it with a shot of espresso for a real pick-me-up.

• Caramel Cream Dream: Double Shots
• White Hot Chocolate: Gryphon Café
• Mexican Hot Chocolate: E’s Passyunk
• The Flat White: Ants Pants Café
• Caramel Apple Cider: Burlap and Bean
• French Press: Mugshots
• Sweet Dreams: Lambertville Trading Company
• Fresh Lemon Ginger Tea: Soy Café
• Benna Cap: Benna’s Cafe

In Search Of … Hot Drinks [Philadelphia Magazine]