Man Seeking Coffee

Gimme a Coffee Blogging Break

ManSeekingCoffee — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:41:47 +0000

Let’s call a spade a spade. I’ve been a bad blogger and my own attempts at self-reform have apparently failed miserably. My lack of writing is not due to a lack of coffee consumption or travel. I have a sizable backlog of posts, dating back well over a year, which include some pretty high-profile, [...]

Get the DISK, Man

ManSeekingCoffee — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:23:32 +0000

Product: DISK Company: Coava Coffee Roasters

For as long as I’ve had my Aeropress, I’ve searched for alternative filters. The paper filters designed for the Aeropress have never tasted satisfactory to me, even with a good rinsing beforehand. I’ve cut up Chemex filters, but that’s a bit too much work on a regular basis. [...]

I Couldn’t Work a Conehead Reference Into This Title

ManSeekingCoffee — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:00:34 +0000

Product: kone Company: Coava Coffee Roasters

While a long list of phrases could accurately be used to describe specialty coffee for 2010, to me, the past year largely stands out as the peak of the resurgence of pour over brewing. The Hario V60 family, Chemex Brewers, Abid Clever Coffee Dripper and even the Beehouse [...]

Coffee in Picksburgh?

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:00:34 +0000

I used to make mixed tapes. I’m not sure what the kids make these days. Imixes? Somehow, that’s just not as meaningful. So I turned my attention to something that seemed to have a bit more personality. I started making coffee maps. Sure, most of them are integrated into the reviews contained in this blog, [...]

San Diego Area Coffee

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:00:45 +0000

I’ll be spare with my words since I have little to add to my posts on San Diego area coffee other than that I wish I had managed to get to Zumbar’s and to try out the coffee cart outside of the Clairemont Mesa Kaiser offices – the latter simply because it sounds so fun. [...]

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters

ManSeekingCoffee — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:31 +0000

Name: Bird Rock Coffee Roasters Location: 5627 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla CA Roaster: Bird Rock Coffee Roasters Rating: 4-

As I pointed out in my Caffe Calabria review, San Diego doesn’t seem to have a whole lot to offer in terms of world class cafes. Caffe Calabria is a good start but [...]

Village Coffee

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:00:05 +0000

Name: Village Coffee (No web page) Location: 10415 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego, CA Roaster: Village Coffee Rating: 2+

Village Coffee is the kind of operation you’d probably never stumble into. It sits at one end of a relatively nondescript strip mall near Qualcomm Stadium on a small road just off the [...]

Elixir Espresso Bar

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:00:41 +0000

Name: Elixir Espresso Bar Location: 427 C Street #101, San Diego, CA Roaster: Caffe Calabria Coffee Roasting Company Rating: 3-

From Kansas City, we head to sunny San Diego, where I previously reported on coffee from Caffe Calabria. Elixir is a Calabria wholesale account, conveniently located downtown in a building lobby kiosk with [...]

Beyond Calvin Trillin’s Kansas City

ManSeekingCoffee — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:00:47 +0000

Click here to go to the Kansas City area coffee map.

My relationship with Kansas City cuisine, like so many people not from Kansas City, is tremendously indebted to Calvin Trillin’s Tummy Trilogy. But while that bound edition’s three component parts are tremendously funny, heart-warming and generally brilliant pieces of literature, not to mention a [...]

The Filling Station

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:00:45 +0000

Name: Filling Station Coffee Garage Location: 2980 McGee Trafficway, Kansas City, MO Roasters: Broadway Roasting Company and Oddly Correct Coffee Roasters Rating: 3+

A cafe title that plays on words like The Filling Station flirts with disaster by leading customers to assume the owners are opting for a clever twist on the necessity of [...]