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December 28, 2009 Category: cafe, California, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States Tags: Bay Area coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Yergacheffe Koke Cooperative, Four Barrel Coffee, rating coffee, San Francisco coffee, Sermon Blend, Sightglass Coffee, Slayer Espresso, Verve Coffee Roasters, Yemen Coffee
Name: Sightglass Coffee Location: 270 7th Street (at Folsom), San Francisco, CA Roaster: Verve Coffee Roasters (for now) Rating: 4
The literature tells us that there are five states to coping with the existence of “speakeasy cafes.” I’m speaking about those underground coffee carts that operate in seeming guerrilla fashion, either as a temporary coffee [...]
December 3, 2009 Category: cafe, California, Rating 4, roaster, San Francisco, United States Tags: Bay Area coffee, Blue Bottle Cafe, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Blue Bottle Ferry Plaza Kiosk, Blue Bottle Jack London Square, Chemex, coffee, coffee review, espresso, La Marzocco Mirage Triplette, rating coffee, SFMOMA
Name: Blue Bottle SFMOMA Roaster: Blue Bottle Coffee Company Location: Sculpture Garden, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA Rating: 4-
Many cafes take a great deal of pride in supporting local art. Sometimes the art is good, but often times it’s not. While the correlation isn’t perfect, I think its safe to say that the quality [...]
September 3, 2009 Category: cafe, California, coffee@home, East Bay, Rating 4, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Awaken Cafe, Bay Area coffee, Berkeley coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Brazil Boa Sore Peaberry, Brazil coffee, Cafe 504, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Flying Goat Coffee, Flying Goat No. 9 blend, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala San Jose Ocana, Kenya coffee, Kenya Nyeri Gatina, La Marzocco GB/5, Local 123, Pacific Bay Coffee Company, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters
Name: Local 123 Location: 2049 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA Roaster: Multiple, including: Coava, Flying Goat Coffee, Verve Rating: 4
(Update: 10/19/10 – See comments)
I have to admit that the arrival of Local 123 took me something by surprise. It’s not that I hadn’t been eagerly waiting for a cafe of this [...]
August 13, 2008 Category: Brooklyn, California, Central Coast, East Bay, Manhattan, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, the scoop, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Alterra Coffee, Bay Area coffee, Cafe Grumpy, Chris Owens, coffee, coffee cupping, Counter Culture Coffee, El Salvador coffee, El Salvador Matalapa, espresso, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala San Jose El Yalu, Justin Tiesel, M'Lissa Muckerman, Octane Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Ritual Flora Grubb, Ritual Oxbow Market, San Francisco coffee, USBC 2008 In case you haven’t noticed, Ritual has been a busy, busy coffee company in the past few months. Here’s a bit of what’s been going on.
Ritual’s new website is online. Amongst other things, it includes some great videos on cupping, brewing and other tips and tricks for appreciating good coffee. Staff have revamped the [...]
August 8, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, Rating 2, Rating 3, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States Tags: Bay Area coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Breakroom Cafe, coffee, coffee review, De La Paz Coffee, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Misty Valley, Guatemala coffee, Jason Benford, Nicaragua coffee, Nicaragua Segovia, Peru coffee, Peru Norte, rating coffee, Vello-Bella blend
Roaster: De La Paz Coffee Address: 933 Treat Avenue, San Francisco, CA Beans and Rating: Peru Norte (3), De La Decaf (2+), Ethiopian Misty Valley Yergacheffe (4), Nicaragua Segovia (4)
I found myself standing outside a nondescript, commercially zoned building in an otherwise residential part of the mission. I was in the right [...]
July 31, 2008 Category: cafe, California, East Bay, Rating 2, United States Tags: Barefood Coffee Roasters, Bay Area coffee, coffee, coffee review, Cole Coffee, espresso, Kenya AA, Kenya coffee, La Farine bakery, McLaughlin Coffee, Oakland coffee, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Royal Coffee Cafe, Royal Coffee Importers, Sumatra coffee
Name: Cole Coffee Location: 6255 College Ave & 307 63rd Street, Oakland, CA Rating: 2+ 3- (see update below)
It was a couple of years ago, when Royal Coffee (the green coffee importers and a major supplier for roasters in the western half of the US and not to be confused with the [...]
July 26, 2008 Category: California, Rating 3, South Bay, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Bay Area coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Broken Door Espresso, coffee, coffee review, eMocha Cafe, espresso, rating coffee, San Jose Coffee, South Bay coffee UPDATE: Broken Door has closed. See Comment Section below.
Name: Broken Door Espresso Location: 231 East Santa Clara Street (across from City Hall), San Jose, CA Rating: 3+
Even if it is starting to become cliche to build back alley cafes, I still enjoy the thrill of sleuthing out semi-hidden locations. I even have [...]
July 20, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, East Bay, Rating 3, roaster, United States Tags: Bay Area coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, coffee, coffee review, El Salvador coffee, El Salvador Finca Matalapa, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Misty Valley, Folger's Coffee, Oakland coffee, Peru Apram, Peru coffee, Peru Del Norte, rating coffee, Temescal Farmer's Market
Beans: Misty Valley Ethiopian Yergacheffe and Peru Apram Roaster: Blue Bottle Coffee Company Rating: 3 and 3-
We all have our coffee first loves, but with coffee, you don’t have to make a lifelong commitment to a roaster and there’s really no stigma against cheating. You may get upset from time to time with [...]
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