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Disney(waste)land

The travel I do for work usually affords me the opportunity to try out good, sometimes even stellar, coffee in far away places. My most recent trip to Anaheim was sadly not one of those. I had a list of places I wish I had visited. I even had some spare time in my schedule. [...]

coffee@home: Kean’s Beans

Beans: Sumatra Blue Batak, Rwanda Karaba, and Decaf Peru Cafe: Kean Coffee Rating: 3

My consultation with Ted, the roaster, at Kean led me to the Rawanda Karaba and the Blue Batak (I had been interested in the Blue Batak having read about it elsewhere). I also got the Peruvian Decaf which I [...]

COffee in the OC: Part 2

Name: Kaffa! Location: 424 S. Main Street, Orange, CA Roaster: City Bean Rating: 3

My mother had been raving for months about this cafe she accidentally discovered on the way to the drug store, but while I love her dearly and respect her opinion on many things, she’s not on the top of my [...]

COffee in the OC: Part 1

Name: Newport Beach Coffee House Location: 2043 Westcliff Drive, Newport Beach, CA Roaster: Kéan Coffee Rating: 4

I keep forgetting that Orange County – my destination over the holidays – isn’t really a part of the greater LA Metropolitan area. I also keep forgetting that even within LA, distances between “neighborhoods” constitute what most [...]