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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 [...]
January 13, 2009 Category: Oregon, Portland, Rating 4, Seattle, United States, Washington, coffee@home, event, the scoop Tags: Alex Bond, Barista Magazine Blog, coffee, coffee review, NWRBC 2009, Panama Carmen Estate, Panama coffee, rating coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, The Fresh Pot, USBC, WBC
Beans: Panama Carmen Estate
Roaster: Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Rating: 4
It’s hard to know which happy event to begin this piece with so I’ll start instead with a caveat. I will return to my coverage of New Orleans, but felt compelled to interrupt that thread for this important bit of news combined with happy coffee consumption.
Sunday wrapped up the [...]
January 6, 2009 Category: California, Oregon, Portland, Rating 3, San Francisco, Seattle, United States, Washington, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Wondo, Four Barrel Coffee, rating coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Beans: Ethiopian Wondo
Roaster: Stumptown (via Four Barrel Coffee)
Rating: 3+
In what very well may be the last of my Stumptown purchases from Four Barrel (1,2), I grabbed this bag of Ethiopian Wondo from the shelves during a fit of not knowing what else to grab. My primary goal at the time was to get some more tasty decaf [...]
January 1, 2009 Category: California, North Bay, Oregon, Portland, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, El Salvador Finca Matalapa, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala Finca Semillero, Kenya coffee, Kenya Kirinyaga Muburi, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, siphon brewer, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Beans: Kenya Muburi Kirinyaga and Guatemala Finca Semillero
Roaster: Ritual Roasters & Stumptown (via Four Barrel Coffee)
Rating: 4 & 4-
This post isn’t a Ritual vs. Stumptown taste test even though it does compare one coffee from each of these two roasters. What I’m hoping to illustrate with this comparison are the varied extremes that two very good [...]
December 20, 2008 Category: Oregon, Portland, Rating 4, Seattle, United States, Washington, coffee@home, the scoop Tags: coffee, coffee review, Decaf coffee, Decaffeinated House Blend, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, rating coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Beans: Decaf House
Roaster: Stumptown (via Four Barrel Coffee)
Rating: 4
When it rains, it pours. That seems to fit the weather around here this past week – that and (relatively) frigid temperatures. Of course, what I had in mind with that cliche remark wasn’t weather, but decaf coffee. Recently, I’ve found the two best decafs I’ve [...]
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 10, 2008 Category: California, East Bay, Oregon, Portland, Rating 3, San Francisco, South Bay, United States Tags: Clover Brewer, coffee, Coffee Equipment Company, coffee review, Counter Culture Coffee, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Nardos, Kenya coffee, Kenya Gaturiri, Kenya Gichatha-Ini, rating coffee, San Francisco coffee, Starbucks buys Clover, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks Small Batch
Name: Starbucks – Small Batch/Clover Service
Location: 7 Third Street, San Francisco, CA (and other locations in Boston, Seattle, Portland and the Bay Area)
Rating: 3
My previous piece was the backstory. I filled you in on the controversy surrounding Starbucks’ recent purchase of the Coffee Equipment Company and its technological wonder, the Clover 1s. Today is the action.
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