coffee@home: Guatemala La Concepcion Buenavista
Beans: Guatemala La Concepcion Buenavista Roaster: Stumptown Coffee Roasters Rating: 3+ Occasionally I have a strong opinion about what coffee I want (or don’t want) when I’m buying beans. That was...
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Trick or…Coffee? Halloween activities most typically involve costumes, collecting candy or cavorting in the Castro (or the location du jour), but I, unintentionally, managed to associate Halloween...
View ArticleCoffee to Make Pat Benatar Weep
Name: Lucky Shot Espresso Location: 145 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn, NY Roasters: Stumptown Coffee Roasters Rating: 4- Over the holidays, I headed back to New York to explore cafes, see Kandinsky at the...
View ArticleA New Standard…for a Corner Deli
Name: Brooklyn Standard Location: 188 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY Roaster: Stumptown Coffee Roasters Rating: 3- Not far from Lucky Shot Espresso lies Brooklyn Standard, an ordinarily looking New York...
View ArticleNinth Street Espresso
Name: Ninth Street Espresso Location: 700 East 9th Street, New York, NY Roasters: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea Rating: 3 As any article on third wave coffee in the Big Apple will tell you, Ninth...
View ArticleCity Girl Cafe
Name: City Girl Cafe Location: 63 Thompson Street, New York, NY Roasters: Stumptown Coffee Roasters Rating: 3- As the New York coffee turf battle continues, it seems not unsurprising that Ground...
View ArticleModern Coffee Looks to the Future
Name: Modern Coffee Location: 411 13th Street, Oakland, CA Roasters: Multiple roasters, including Ecco Caffe, Four Barrel, and Verve Rating: 4 This post is sorely overdue. I say this because I...
View ArticleSprucing up Philly Coffee
Name: Spruce Street Espresso Location: 1101 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA Roaster: Counter Culture Coffee Rating: 4- By the time I finally made it back to Philadelphia in January, it had been nearly...
View ArticleGet Your Fixe
Name: Cafe Fixe Location: 1642 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA Roasters: Barrington Coffee Roasters and Guest Roaster Rating: 4- Cafe Fixe deserves more than it’s about to get in this review given their...
View ArticleA Cupping Extravaganza
What I’m not attempting to do It’s not entirely clear where the right place is to begin when discussing the coffee cupping event I attended last Saturday. I’d like not to spend time discussing the pros...
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