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November 2, 2009 Category: blog management, Brooklyn, California, East Bay, Greater LA Area, Manhattan, New York, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, South Bay, the scoop, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Awaken Cafe, Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, coffee, Coffee Bar, Coffee Ratings, Counter Culture Coffee, Dynamo Donuts, East Bay coffee, Ecco Caffe, Epicenter Cafe, espresso, farm:table, Flying Goat Coffee, Four Barrel Coffee, Haus Cafe, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Intelligentsia Silverlake, Intelligentsia Venice, Local 123, Los Angeles coffee, Man Seeking Coffee, Modern Coffee, Mojo Bicycle Cafe, Moksha Coffee Roasters, Mr. Espresso, New York City coffee, Pacific Bay Coffee Company, Remedy Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, San Francisco coffee, Scarlett City Coffee Roasters, Sightglass Coffee, Specialty's Cafe and Bakery, Stable Coffee, Stumptown Ace Hotel New York, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Subrosa Coffee, Taylor Maid Farms, The Shot, Verve Coffee Roasters
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 with the anniversary of this blog. That’s right. I started writing Man Seeking Coffee two years ago on October 31, 2007. So I’ll start this post by [...]
September 16, 2009 Category: California, event, South Bay, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Caffe Mediterraneum, coffee, coffee classes, coffee tasting, Epicenter Cafe, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala Finca Vista Hermosa, Kenya coffee, Kenya Mchannu Estate Peaberry, Sumatra coffee, Sumatra Sidikalan Lintong
It’s been almost a year since I attended the first session of Barefoot Coffee Roaster’s “Foundations of Taste” series at their flagship store in Santa Clara. It was an enjoyable enough experience for me on a Saturday, but because Barefoot is just far enough away to not hover too high on my radar. A [...]
June 25, 2009 Category: California, Rating 4, South Bay, United States Tags: Blue Bottle Cafe, Cafe Zombie, coffee, coffee review, Colombia coffee, espresso, Fraiche Yogurt, Intelligentsia Venice, LAMILL, Moksha Coffee Roasters, rating coffee, siphon brewer, WRBC 2008, ZombieRunner
Name: Cafe Zombie Location: inside ZombieRunner, 429 S California Ave, Palo Alto, CA Rating: 4
I recently drove the family down to Palo Alto to visit some family friends. Of course, the trip had to include a stop-off for yogurt from Fraiche, but as happy I as I am with their Blue Bottle coffee [...]
November 27, 2008 Category: California, Chicago, East Bay, Greater LA Area, Illinois, Oregon, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, South Bay, the scoop, United States, Washington Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, Fraiche Yogurt, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Stumptown Coffee Roasters I find it a little surprising sometimes that prominent, high quality (OK, let’s just say it – “third wave”) cafe/roasters have opened as few shops as they have. Take the Big Bay area players, for example, which have no more than a large handful of stores combined. Blue Bottle appears to be in the lead [...]
November 21, 2008 Category: California, East Bay, Rating 2, San Francisco, South Bay, United States Tags: Berkeley coffee, Brazil coffee, Caffe Trieste, Chemex, coffee, coffee review, Digital City 21 best coffees, espresso, Francis Ford Coppola, Geno's Cheesteak, La San Marco, rating coffee, San Francisco coffee, The Godfather
Name: Caffe Trieste Location: 2500 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA (locations in San Francisco, San Jose and Sausalito) Rating: 2+
The original North Beach location of Caffe Trieste introduced espresso to the Bay Area back in the 50′s and was the first cafe, as we know them today, to be remembered and revered by [...]
November 17, 2008 Category: California, Rating 4, South Bay, United States Tags: Bella Donovan Blend, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, coffee, coffee review, Dannon Frozen Yogurt, espresso, Fraiche Yogurt, Froyo, Hayes Valley Espresso, La Marzocco GB/5, Palo Alto coffee, Pinkberry, rating coffee, Red Mango, Sour Frozen Yogurt
Name: Fraiche Location: 644 Emerson, Palo Alto, CA Rating: 4-
I love coffee but have never really been bitten by the sour frozen yogurt bug. My wife, on the other hand, complained about the demise of Dannon’s sour frozen yogurt for years before Pinkberry, Red Mango and countless copycats burst on the scene. She, [...]
November 3, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, Rating 3, Rating 4, South Bay, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Caffe Mediterraneum, coffee, coffee review, Element 114 espresso blend, espresso, Kyle Glanville, rating coffee, Santa Clara Decaf, Stephen Morrissey, WRBC 2008
Beans: Element 114 espresso and Santa Clara Decaf Roaster: Barefoot Coffee Roasters Rating: 3+ and 3-
The four main variables in making good espresso include the quality of the machine, the ability to get a good and consistent grind, the quality and freshness of the beans and one’s barista skills (i.e. the ability to [...]
October 10, 2008 Category: California, East Bay, Oregon, Portland, Rating 3, San Francisco, South Bay, United States Tags: Clover Brewer, coffee, Coffee Equipment Company, coffee review, Counter Culture Coffee, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Nardos, Kenya coffee, Kenya Gaturiri, Kenya Gichatha-Ini, rating coffee, San Francisco coffee, Starbucks buys Clover, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks Small Batch
Name: Starbucks – Small Batch/Clover Service Location: 7 Third Street, San Francisco, CA (and other locations in Boston, Seattle, Portland and the Bay Area) Rating: 3
My previous piece was the backstory. I filled you in on the controversy surrounding Starbucks’ recent purchase of the Coffee Equipment Company and its technological wonder, the Clover [...]
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