Man Seeking Coffee

A Cupping Extravaganza

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:57:31 +0000

What I’m not attempting to do

It’s not entirely clear where the right place is to begin when discussing the coffee cupping event I attended last Saturday. I’d like not to spend time discussing the pros and cons of coffee cupping as either a brew method, tasting technique or public relations tool. I’d also not like to [...]

coffee@home: Scarlet City Coffees

ManSeekingCoffee — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:06:20 +0000

Beans: Scarlet City Coffees Roaster: Scarlet City Coffee Roasters Rating: see below

I first encountered Scarlet City Coffee Roasters in what amounted to something of a pop-up appearance for Blackbird Cafe when they set up shop for all of two weekends at the Grand Lake Farmer’s Market. After I tasted their espresso there I found myself in touch with [...]

coffee@home: Le’Lit PL53

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:00:56 +0000

Model: PL53 Doserless Stepless Espresso Grinder Brand: Le’Lit

Reviewing coffee equipment is no small endeavor. It takes a desire to tinker and plenty of time. Besides, it’s hard to argue with the collective coffee equipment wisdom accumulated on the boards of Coffee Geek and Home Barista.

In fact, these two sites were the first places I looked when approached [...]

A 90-Point Brew It Is: The Coffee/Brew Quality Divide

ManSeekingCoffee — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:30:53 +0000

First things first. It looks like I need to consider some new polling software. Mine doesn’t seem to allow me to present results in a fancy format. So until I can convince Richard Dawson to tell us what the survey said, some bullet points will have to announce the results of my little poll.

Those in favor [...]

A 90 Point Brew?

ManSeekingCoffee — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:34:05 +0000

I don’t mean for this to sound satirical or sarcastic. I’m asking it in all seriousness, even if I might be pushing the boundaries of hypothetical coffee pondering. The fact is that I was genuinely inspired by a recent quick question posed by another coffee blogger which asked whether you would prefer a higher quality roast [...]

Reports of My Decaffeination…

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:33:53 +0000

When I posted last, the World Cup hadn’t yet begun. Since that time, the U.S., despite a valiant effort, has dropped out. But that loss didn’t stop the U.S. from winning another world sporting competition. Earlier this month, Intelligentsia’s Michael Phillips became the first American to win the World Barista Champion. If you’ve managed to avoid [...]

coffee@home: Evocation Coffees

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:57:10 +0000

Beans: Spitfire Espresso and Guatemala Trapachitos Roaster: Evocation Coffee Roasters Rating: 4- and 3

A not so secret perk of running a blog is that a lot of people like to send you stuff. The often unexamined aspect of this perk is that much of the stuff that people want to send you is crap.* Managing this blog has [...]

Pavement Coffeehouse

ManSeekingCoffee — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:59:57 +0000

Name: Pavement Coffeehouse (or here) Location: 1096 Boylston Street, Boston, MA Roasters: Barismo, Atomic, and Rotating Guest Rating: 4

It’s time to wrap up this series on Boston coffee with the new kid on the block.

Pavement Coffeehouse sits in Boston’s Back Bay, just a few blocks from Espresso Royale Caffe’s three locations. In fact, Pavement is the fourth cafe in [...]

Barismo

ManSeekingCoffee — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:47:50 +0000

Name: Barismo Location: 169 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA Roaster: Barismo Rating: 4-

No coffee tour of Boston would be complete without a stop by Barismo. Other than Terroir, which doesn’t have a coffee bar of its own, it’s hard to think of a local roaster that’s done as much for Boston area coffee as has Barismo. Barismo has been consistently [...]

Quality Coffee. Off the Grid.

ManSeekingCoffee — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:41:38 +0000

Name: Hi-Rise Bread Company in the Blacksmith House Location: 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Roasters: Barismo and Ritual Rating: 4-

Earlier this week, the New York Times printed this review of Prime Meats in New York City. What is so striking about the article is that it takes exactly the same tack I started taking when I started writing this [...]