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Looking for D.C. Area Coffee?

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:00:01 +0000

Having visited only two cafes in the greater Washington, D.C. area, I’m hardly in a place to dispense with anything but hasty generalizations about the D.C. coffee scene. If I did have to dabble in such fallacies, however, I’d comment on the fact that coffee in D.C., like much of the rest of the country, seems [...]

coffee@home: Apollo Espresso

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:00:17 +0000

Beans: Apollo Espresso Roaster: Counter Culture Coffee Rating: 4-

A prominent gap in this blog’s coffee coverage is the absence of reviews for Counter Culture Coffee’s two signature espresso blends: the brighter, zestier Aficionado and the darker, sweeter Toscano. I’ve written about each from time to time during east coast cafe visits (since you can rarely find Counter Culture [...]

Peregrine Espresso for a Seeking Man

ManSeekingCoffee — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:06:10 +0000

Name: Peregrine Espresso Location: 660 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. Roasters: Counter Culture Coffee Rating: 3+

Look around the internet, and you’ll quickly determine that the coffee mantle in Washington D.C.’s post-Murky era appears to have been passed to two institutions: Chinatown Coffee and Tea and Peregrine Espresso. In my post on Chinatown Coffee, I mentioned how Nick Cho influenced [...]

Chinatown Coffee and Tea

ManSeekingCoffee — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:13:34 +0000

Name: Chinatown Coffee and Tea Location: 475 H Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. Roasters: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea and rotating guest coffees Rating: 4-

Good coffee in the Washington D.C. area used to be synonymous with the name Murky Coffee. Sadly, I never did make it to Murky before the IRS closed the Capital Hill location in February 2008 due to [...]

coffee@home: Ritual Karimikui

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:00:38 +0000

Beans: Kenya Karimikui Roaster: Ritual Coffee Roasters Rating: 4-

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a cupping event for Home Barista members. As luck would have it, five of my seven top picks (out of 22 world class coffees) were not available in this country. Thankfully, at least one of these seven was a Bay Area coffee. I [...]

coffee@home: Four Barrel Coffees

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:47 +0000

Beans: See Below Roaster: Four Barrel Coffee Rating: see below

It’s been quite a while – far too long – since I’ve actually reviewed Four Barrel at Four Barrel, but I have been tasting their coffees quite regularly both at Modern Coffee, Subrosa and the occasional cupping event. Fortunately for me, the mountain does occasionally come to Mohammed, such [...]

coffee@home: Temple Coffees

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:31:39 +0000

Beans: See Below Roaster: Temple Fine Coffee and Tea Rating: see below

Temple Coffee just celebrated their first year as a roaster. This occasion is a sad one for me since somehow during that time, I never actually managed to get up to Sacramento to try their coffee. Of course, I also somehow never managed to visit Temple prior [...]

A Cupping Extravaganza

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:57:31 +0000

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 and cons of coffee cupping as either a brew method, tasting technique or public relations tool. I’d also not like to [...]

coffee@home: Scarlet City Coffees

ManSeekingCoffee — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:06:20 +0000

Beans: Scarlet City Coffees Roaster: Scarlet City Coffee Roasters Rating: see below

I first encountered Scarlet City Coffee Roasters in what amounted to something of a pop-up appearance for Blackbird Cafe when they set up shop for all of two weekends at the Grand Lake Farmer’s Market. After I tasted their espresso there I found myself in touch with [...]

coffee@home: Evocation Coffees

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:57:10 +0000

Beans: Spitfire Espresso and Guatemala Trapachitos Roaster: Evocation Coffee Roasters Rating: 4- and 3

A not so secret perk of running a blog is that a lot of people like to send you stuff. The often unexamined aspect of this perk is that much of the stuff that people want to send you is crap.* Managing this blog has [...]