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September 24, 2009 Category: Chicago, Illinois, Manhattan, New York, New York City, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Black Cat Espresso, coffee, coffee classes, espresso, espresso training, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, La Marzocco GB/5
Name: New York Training Lab
Location: 594 Broadway, Suite 909A, New York, NY
Roaster: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea
It seemed obvious enough how to find the Intelligentsia New York Training Lab as I entered 594 Broadway, a nondescript, but otherwise obvious building in the lower portion of Manhattan. “Suite 909A” was posted on the directory in the lobby and [...]
August 17, 2009 Category: California, Chicago, Greater LA Area, Illinois, Rating 3, Rating 4, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, Culture Cafe, El Salvador coffee, El Salvador Los Inmortales, espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Panama coffee, Panama El Machete, rating coffee, Third Rail Coffee
Beans: Los Inmortales El Salvador and El Machete, Panama
Roaster: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea
Rating: 3+ and 4-
At the risk of sounding like a total Intelligentsia shill – having recently touted both Culture and Third Rail – I’ll go ahead and give my plug for these two fine coffee from Intelligentsia. Of course, this review may only do you [...]
April 30, 2009 Category: California, Chicago, Greater LA Area, Illinois, Rating 4, United States, coffee@home, the scoop Tags: coffee, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia Finca Santuario Micay, espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Intelligentsia Venice, rating coffee, The Grove
Beans: Finca Santuario Colombia: Micay
Roaster: Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
Rating: 4-
I picked this coffee up at the The Grove in Albuquerque, waffling between it and the Agua Preta from Brazil. I ultimately picked the Colombian (and, yes, Colombia is spelled correctly as I learned) coffee largely because I was intrigued by the descriptor “licorice root.” Only later did I find [...]
April 14, 2009 Category: California, Chicago, Greater LA Area, Illinois, United States, coffee@home, the scoop Tags: Black Cat Project, Bolivia Anjilanaka, Bolivia coffee, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Mike Phillips, rating coffee, USBC 2009, WBC 2009
Beans: Anjilanaka, Bolivia Black Cat Espresso Roast & Anjilanaka, Bolivia regular roast
Roaster: Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
Rating: 4-
For many of you, this coffee needs no introduction. If you are not one of those people, then let me clarify that this coffee, or at least the espresso-roasted version of it pictured on the left (“Black Cat” is the name [...]
April 8, 2009 Category: Austin, Chicago, Illinois, Massachusetts, Rating 3, Texas, United States, coffee@home, the scoop Tags: Brazil coffee, Brazil Moreninha Formosa, coffee, coffee review, Cuvee Coffee Roasting Company, Dean's Beans, espresso, Metropolis Coffee Company, Mexico Chiapas, Mexico coffee, rating coffee, Roaster's Club, Timor Coffee
What the heck is Roasters Club?
Roaster’s Club is a little like Heraclitus‘ river since you never get the same shipment twice. That’s the beauty of this coffee subscription service that I first reviewed last October. Unlike the coffee subscription services provided by most roasters, which offer different coffees by the same roaster, Roaster’s Club gives you [...]
December 6, 2008 Category: California, Chicago, Greater LA Area, Illinois, Rating 3, Rating 4, United States, coffee@home, roaster Tags: Celebration Blend, coffee, coffee review, french press, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Nicaragua coffee, Nicaragua Flor Azul, rating coffee, single-origin espresso
Beans: Flor Azul, Nicaragua
Roaster: Intelligentsia
Rating: 4 (espresso), 3 (brewed)
Coffee tasting notes tend to vary in extent and usefulness. Some authors strive for quantity and complexity, others prefer graphically representative precision, while still others develop detailed character studies of their beans. As a rule, I tend to prefer more information to less (and have a soft spot [...]
November 27, 2008 Category: California, Chicago, East Bay, Greater LA Area, Illinois, Oregon, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, South Bay, United States, Washington, the scoop 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 with [...]
October 27, 2008 Category: Alabama, Chicago, Illinois, Kansas, Rating 3, Rating 4, United States, coffee@home, media Tags: Aerobie Aeropress, Bolivia Caranavi, Bolivia coffee, coffee, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia San Rafael, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Limu Gomma Organic, Higher Grounds Roasters, Metropolis Coffee Company, PTs Coffee Roasting Co, rating coffee, Roaster's Club Even Man Seeking Coffee Gets the Blues
Once in a while, even this man gets tired of seeking coffee. Some days I wake up and hope to find a good cup of coffee that required no research on my part. No thinking, yet something new, different and interesting. I suppose I’d have to change the name of [...]
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