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August 22, 2008 Category: California, East Bay, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, the scoop, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, coffee, De La Paz Coffee, Ecco Caffe, espresso, Flying Goat Coffee, Four Barrel Coffee, New York City coffee, republican national convention, Slow Food Nation 2008 Reading the headlines this week was nearly enough to give me a madonna-whore coffee complex. Scantly clad baristas at a coffee drive-through dumped scalding water on a cross-dressing flasher, while at the same time Iggy Pop extols the virtues of coffee as an addiction-combating beverage. There was the story of the South African politician cavorting [...]
August 19, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 4, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, Flying Goat Coffee, God in a Cup, Michaele Weissman, Panama coffee, Panama Esmeralda Geisha, rating coffee, Santa Rosa Coffee
Beans: Panama La Esmeralda Gesha Roaster: Flying Goat Coffee Rating: 4
For those of you not yet familiar with La Esmeralda Gesha/Geisha coffee, you probably have some catch-up reading to do. I’d highly recommend Michaele Weissman’s God in a Cup, which is a great read about the specialty coffee industry – third-wavers in particular - but also [...]
August 13, 2008 Category: Brooklyn, California, Central Coast, East Bay, Manhattan, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, the scoop, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Alterra Coffee, Bay Area coffee, Cafe Grumpy, Chris Owens, coffee, coffee cupping, Counter Culture Coffee, El Salvador coffee, El Salvador Matalapa, espresso, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala San Jose El Yalu, Justin Tiesel, M'Lissa Muckerman, Octane Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Ritual Flora Grubb, Ritual Oxbow Market, San Francisco coffee, USBC 2008 In case you haven’t noticed, Ritual has been a busy, busy coffee company in the past few months. Here’s a bit of what’s been going on.
Ritual’s new website is online. Amongst other things, it includes some great videos on cupping, brewing and other tips and tricks for appreciating good coffee. Staff have revamped the [...]
April 27, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, East Bay, North Bay, Rating 2, Rating 3, Rating 4, roaster, San Francisco, United States Tags: Bay Area coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Brazil Chapada Diamantina, Brazil coffee, Brazil Daterra, Brazil Fazenda Cachoeira, Brazil Fazenda Do Serrado, Brazil Poco Fundo, Catuai Varietal, coffee, Coffee Klatch, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, espresso, Folger's Coffee, Pikes Place Roast, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Starbucks Coffee
Beans: Four single origin beans from Brazil and one blend Roasters: Blue Bottle, Ritual Roasters, Ecco Caffe, and Starbucks Rating: 2 – 4
A Little Background Reading Please…
Being the world’s largest coffee producer means that Brazil has a coffee for everyone, regardless of their need or price point. They produce vast [...]
April 11, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 4, roaster, United States Tags: Bay Area coffee, coffee, coffee cupping, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, Ecco Caffe Reserve Espresso, espresso, french press, Northern Italian Reserve Espresso, rating coffee, WRBC 2008
Beans: Ecco Reserve Espresso Roaster: Ecco Caffe Rating: 4
I picked up a bag of Ecco Caffe’s Ecco Reserve Espresso at the recent 2008 WRBC, a somewhat short-sighted move on my part since my home espresso setup is currently non-existent. So I did what I could, cupping it, pressing it and doing a [...]
April 2, 2008 Category: cafe, California, Central Coast, East Bay, North Bay, Rating 4, roaster, San Francisco, South Bay, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Chris Baca, Clover Brewer, coffee, Coffee Klatch, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, espresso, Flying Goat Coffee, Heather Perry, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, John Laird, Ken Davids, Kyle Glanville, Mike Perry, Moksha Coffee Roasters, Pacific Bay Coffee Company, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Taylor Maid Farms, Verve Coffee Roasters, Weavers Coffee and Tea, WRBC 2008
Name: The 2008 Western Regional Barista Championship Host: Pacific Bay Coffee Company Location: Gaia Arts Center, 2120 Alston Way, Berkeley, CA Rating: 4
The 2008 Western Regional Barista Competition took place this past weekend in my hometown of Berkeley. Of course, the fact that I’m only just now getting around to posting my summary [...]
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