Man Seeking Coffee » New Mexico

A Miracle in the Desert?

ManSeekingCoffee — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:26:55 +0000

Name: Milagro Coffee y Espresso Location: 1733 East University Avenue, Las Cruces, NM Rating: 3-

After flying into El Paso, TX and heading an hour north to Las Cruces, I didn’t have the time or energy to head another 3 hours east in search of the godshot that espressomap suggests may be found at the Jahva House in [...]

Top Secret Coffee

ManSeekingCoffee — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:00:52 +0000

Name: Gold Street Caffe Location: 218 Gold Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM Rating: 2-

A couple of weeks ago, Mark Prince posted this rumor on Twitter. Ever since, I’ve been eagerly looking about for signs of this Intelligentsia purchuse to the point of actually considering absurd hypotheses. The sight of a Southwest airlines seatback card even made me wonder. Might [...]

Getting My Kicks On Route 66

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:07:09 +0000

Name: The Coffee House Location: 203 W. Coal Avenue, Gallup, NM Rating: 2-

The drive from Albuquerque to Gallup is a long one, especially late at night, and neither the drive nor the destination held much promise for good coffee. I’m not sure about you, but facing such deprivation starts to make me a little stir crazy. Even though [...]

The Grove

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:45:24 +0000

Name: The Grove Cafe & Market Location: 600 Central Avenue SE, Suite A, Albuquerque, NM Roaster: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea Rating: 4-

It’s incredibly humbling to find that even painstaking research can occasionally let you down. In all my recent trips to Albuquerque, I somehow overlooked The Grove. To be fair to myself, I didn’t actually overlook it. I had [...]

A Man Wanders into Winning…

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:41:13 +0000

Name: Winning Coffee Company Location: 111 Harvard Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM Roaster: Winning Coffee Company Rating: 2

I learned on my recent trip to Albuquerque that the 2008 USBC is happening there right now! Of course, the “B” in this case stands for “bowling” and not “barista,” but this realization isn’t as disappointing for me as you might think. You [...]

Napoli Coffee

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:08:51 +0000

Name: Napoli Coffee Location: 2839 Carlisle Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM Roasters: Batdorf and Bronson and Caffe Umbria Rating: 2+

Napoli Coffee enjoys a brisk and friendly local business. At least, that was my take during the couple of hours I spent there doing some work one morning. I watched a steady flow of customers chatting with the baristas, who [...]

Is it possible to be as bad as Bad Ass?

ManSeekingCoffee — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:43:56 +0000

Name: Bad Ass Coffee Location: 965 F Highway 550, Bernalillo, NM Roaster: Bad Ass Coffee Company Rating: 1+

I’ve been in aesthetically unpleasant cafes and visited shops that just couldn’t make a decent cup of coffee. While I’ve felt sorry for these businesses and often puzzled by their inability to fix their problem, I never harbored open disdain or [...]

Satellite Coffee

ManSeekingCoffee — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:41:47 +0000

Name: Satellite Coffee Location: 2300 Central Ave SE (at Harvard), Albuquerque, NM (and 4 other Albuquerque locations) Roaster: Satellite Coffee Rating: 2+

Stepping into one of Albuquerque’s five Satellite Coffee locations made me think of an historical re-enactment of what it must have been like for a 70′s Seattle-ite to step into one of the handful of original Starbucks, a [...]

coffee@home: Michael Thomas Coffee Three

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:47:23 +0000

Beans: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia Yergacheffe Roaster: Michael Thomas Coffee Rating: 2 to 3

My flight home from Albuquerque was truly pleasant – the smell of fresh coffee wafted from my bag every time it was bumped. I imagine that my seat neighbors either hated me or wanted to rip open my bag and brew themselves a cup. By [...]

Querque Cafe, Nice Coffee

ManSeekingCoffee — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:02:40 +0000

Name: Michael Thomas Coffee Locations: 1111 Carlisle Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM

Roaster: Michael Thomas Coffee

Rating: 3 3+ (see update below)

As I pulled up to Michael Thomas Coffee, I couldn’t shake the twisted rendition of The Talking Heads’ “Stay Up Late,” forming inside my head. Dr. Oliver Sacks would probably ascribe my musicaphilia to this cute, cute, brown adobe, [...]