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January 30, 2010 Category: Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Rating 3, United States, cafe Tags: Blue Spoon Coffee Co., Brooklyn coffee, Brooklyn Standard, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Hair Bender, Honduras coffee, Honduras el Puente, Kaffe 1668, New York City coffee, Nuova Simonelli, rating coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Van Leeuwn Artisan Ice Cream
Name: Brooklyn Standard
Location: 188 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Roaster: Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Rating: 3-
Not far from Lucky Shot Espresso lies Brooklyn Standard, an ordinarily looking New York deli serving pleasantly updated deli fare. The atmosphere, setup and overall aesthetic to the shop resembles more or less what you might find at any deli/convenience store/bodega in the greater New [...]
January 25, 2010 Category: Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Rating 3, United States, cafe Tags: coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Mordecofe, Hair Bender, La Marzocco Linea, Lucky Shot Espresso, New York City coffee, Oliver Strand, rating coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Variety Coffee and Tea
Name: Lucky Shot Espresso
Location: 145 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Roasters: Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Rating: 4-
Over the holidays, I headed back to New York to explore cafes, see Kandinsky at the Guggenheim, meet up with Oliver Strand of the New York Times, test out the true temperature rating of my down jacket, and…something else. Oh yes, to visit my [...]
November 2, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, California, East Bay, Greater LA Area, Manhattan, New York, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, South Bay, United States, blog management, the scoop 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 patting myself on [...]
October 20, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Oregon, Portland, Rating 3, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, espresso, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala La Concepcion Buenavista, Hair Bender, rating coffee, siphon brewer, Stumptown Ace Hotel New York, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Beans: Guatemala La Concepcion Buenavista
Roaster: Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Rating: 3+
Occasionally I have a strong opinion about what coffee I want (or don’t want) when I’m buying beans. That was even more the case a few years back when the pickings were slimmer and I was frequently rotating amongst different coffees from one particular roaster. These days [...]
October 11, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Oregon, Portland, Rating 4, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, espresso, Hair Bender, rating coffee, Stumptown Ace Hotel New York, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Beans: Hair Bender
Roaster: Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Rating: 4
A true metaphysical puzzle for any coffee roaster is how to name a signature blend. The challenge is that the components of any blend change, both seasonally and from year to year (I’m not even considering variation from roast to roast). With single origins, the challenge is easy. This year’s [...]
August 4, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Rating 4, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Tula and Tega, Hair Bender, La Marzocco, New York City coffee, rating coffee, Sit and Wonder, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Name: Sit and Wonder (no website yet)
Location: 688 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Rating: 4-
Sitting there, I couldn’t help but wonder how long this cafe could manage to keep selling coffee at $1 a cup. Granted, you’re not going to spend $2 to schlep across the greater Metropolitan area just to save a dollar off the [...]
August 1, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Rating 2, United States Tags: 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea, Brooklyn coffee, coffee, coffee review, Crop to Cup Roasters, espresso, La Colombe Torrefaction, La Spaziale, New York City coffee, On the Road to Ephiphany, Ortine, rating coffee, Sit and Wonder, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, The Glass Shop, Uganda Bugisu, Washington Commons
Name: Ortine
Location: 622 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Rating: 2+
It’s becoming more and more difficult to get to new coffee shops in New York, but not because there aren’t any from which to chose. It’s because one becomes quickly overwhelmed by choice. The small stretch of Washington Avenue in Brooklyn between Atlantic and the Eastern Parkway, for instance, [...]
April 18, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, New York, New York City, Rating 4, United States Tags: 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters, Brooklyn coffee, Cafe El Beit, Clover Brewer, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala Finca de Perla, La Marzocco FB/70, rating coffee
Name: El Beit
Location: 158 Bedford Avenue (b/w 8th and 9th), Brooklyn (Williamsburg), New York
Rating: 4
I’m hoping my last two and a half months of New York cafe visits haven’t confused or mislead too many folks. I was only there for about a week and still happily reside in the East Bay. It’s simply taken me this [...]
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