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coffee@home: Novo’s Washed Amaro

Beans: Ethiopia Amaro Gayo Washed
Roaster: Novo Coffee
Rating: 4-

The second coffee I ordered from Go Coffee Go was this Washed Ethiopia Amaro Gayo from Novo Coffee in Denver, whose Arvada and Denver Art Museum cafes (not to be confused with the kiosks inside the DAM) I last visited over two years ago. The Brodsky brothers source and [...]

To “Bleagh” or not to “Bleagh”: A New Twist on Hotel Room Coffee

Name: Double Tree Hotel
Location: 3203 Quebec Street, Denver, CO
Rating: 1+

In the great coffee hierarchy, the stuff you find in on that tray in the bathroom of most hotel rooms tends to rank just above that thick brew baking on the back burner at a truck stop. The only thing hotel room coffee has going for [...]

coffee@home: Beloya Section One

Bean: Beloya Section One (Sidamo, Ethiopia) and Lake Tawar Sumatran
Roaster: Novo Coffee
Rating: 3

When I was at Novo a few weeks back, I picked up three bags (12 oz) of their Lake Tawar Sumatran and one (8oz) of their Beloya Section One. Sadly, not even one bag of Lake Tawar made home, but I did have the [...]

Novo Coffee

Name: Novo Arvada Coffee Bar and Denver Art Museum Cafe
Location: 7745 Wadsworth Blvd # B, Arvada, CO and 1200 Acoma Unit A #101, Denver, CO (inside Mad Greens)
Roaster: Novo Coffee
Rating: 4

Novo Coffee was the other coffee destination on my latest trip to Denver. In full disclosure, it’s not my first visit. A couple of trips ago [...]

Aviano Coffee

Name: Aviano Coffee
Location: 955 Lincoln Street, Suite G, Denver, CO
Roaster: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea
Rating: 3 (+?)

Travel for work can be intense and rewarding. It can also be exhausting. My way of coping is to try to do at least one fun thing on each trip. For me, that usually means finding good food or coffee. My [...]

coffee@home: Svoboda Blend

Bean: Svoboda Blend
Roaster: Dazbog Coffee Company
Rating: 2 (barely) 

Despite my previous excitement for Dazbog coffee, this particular blend was a big disappointment. It was harsh, bitter and offered nothing of the “liberating mild, sweet blend of coffees” with a clean finish promised on the package. Of course, I didn’t have high hopes from the start. The bags [...]

Dazbog Coffee Company

Name: Dazbog Coffee Company
Location: Denver International Airport, Concourse C, Gate 47
Roaster: Dazbog Coffee Company
Rating: 3

Move over Starbucks; now there’s something tastier. Not that Starbucks is known for taste, but they do have that oh so clever marketing savvy. Well, the coffee I just tasted is a serious contender for Starbucks 2.0. It’s a local, rapidly [...]