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Sacramento’s Merry Old Soul

January 4, 2009
Category: California, Rating 3, Sacramento, United States
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Name: Old Soul Company
Location: 1716 L Street, Rear Alley and 812 21st (21st and H) Street, Sacramento, CA
Rating: 3 (a 3+ for the espresso)

It’s comforting to know that California lawmakers and folks heading up to Tahoe can count on our State capital for good coffee. There’s Temple, which, by all accounts, serves quality coffee from Barefoot [...]

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coffee@home: Ecco Caffe Espressos

December 4, 2008
Category: California, North Bay, Rating 3, Rating 4, Sacramento, United States, coffee@home
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Beans: Northern Italian Reserve Espresso, Organic SWP Decaffeinated Sumatra Gayo Mountain
Roaster: Ecco Caffe
Rating: 4-, 3+

During my recent visit to Chocolate Fish Coffee, I picked up two bags of Ecco Caffe coffee – the two blends I tried while visiting. I always enjoy calibrating  my home espresso against a well-prepared rendition by some skilled baristas that could [...]

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The Flight of the Chocolate Fish

November 11, 2008
Category: California, Rating 4, Sacramento, United States
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Name: Chocolate Fish Coffee
Location: 3rd and Q, Sacramento, CA
Rating: 4

A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Mojo Bicycle Cafe. This week found me at Chocolate Fish. I wish I could say that this recent spate of visits to Ecco Caffe-serving institutions was part of a master plan to create a journalistic theme, but my [...]

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