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January 25, 2010 Category: Brooklyn, cafe, New York, New York City, Rating 3, United States 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, [...]
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 [...]
October 20, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, coffee@home, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Oregon, Portland, Rating 3, United States 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 [...]
October 11, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, coffee@home, New York, New York City, Oregon, Portland, Rating 4, United States 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 [...]
October 3, 2009 Category: Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 4, United States Tags: Ace Hotel, Cafe Pedlar, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, Frankies Sputino, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala Finca El Injerto, Hair Bender, La Marzocco Mistral, New York City coffee, New York Times coffee, Oliver Strand, Panama Carmen Estate, Panama coffee, Panama Duncan Estate, Prime Meats, rating coffee, Stumptown Ace Hotel New York, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Name: Stumptown Coffee Roasters – NYC Ace Location: 18 West 29th Street (29th and Broadway, next to and with interior access to the Ace Hotel), New York, NY Rating: 4-
Not too many newspapers do good coffee the justice it deserves, which is why I was so happy to see the New York [...]
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 [...]
August 14, 2009 Category: Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 4, United States Tags: Black Cat Espresso, Chemex, coffee, coffee review, Culture Cafe, espresso, Honduras La Tortuga, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, La Marzocco GB/5, New York City coffee, rating coffee
Name: Third Rail Coffee Location: 240 Sullivan Street (between Bleeker and West 3rd), New York, New York Rating: 4
Third Rail Coffee is one of the many new spots slinging quality coffee in the greater New York Area these days. Following a hearty recommendation of this cafe from a couple of people, I swung [...]
August 7, 2009 Category: cafe, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 3, United States Tags: Abraco, coffee, coffee review, Counter Culture Coffee, espresso, Espresso Aficionado, Espresso Toscano, farm:table, La Marzocco FB/80, Manhattan coffee, New York City coffee, Papua New Guinea Coffee, Papua New Guinea Kuta, rating coffee, Simon Sips, Tamp Tamp Update: Simon Sips has closed. Blue Bird Cafe, still using Counter Culture has opened in the same space.
Name: Simon Sips Location: 72 East 1st Street, New York, New York Roaster: Counter Culture Coffee Rating: 3
There’s a reason I tend not to hob-knob with coffee industry folks, and it’s not just because I don’t [...]
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