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March 19, 2010 Category: cafe, California, East Bay, Rating 3, roaster, the scoop, United States Tags: Blue Bottle Cafe, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Blue Bottle Ferry Plaza Kiosk, Blue Bottle New York, Blue Bottle Roastery, Brazil coffee, Brazil Fazenda Colina Cerrado, Caffe Luxxe, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Sidamo, Papua New Guinea Coffee, Papua New Guinea Tribal Aromas, rating coffee
Name: Blue Bottle Coffee Company Location: 300 Webster Street, Oakland, CA Roasters: Blue Bottle Coffee Company Rating: 3+
Call me paranoid, but at times I think Blue Bottle has master minded a conspiracy. Just when I finally managed to visit the Oakland roasting facility coffee bar, James Freeman went and opened a new [...]
March 14, 2010 Category: cafe, California, coffee@home, Rating 3, roaster, San Diego, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Caffe Calabria, Caffe Calabria blend, Caffe Luxxe, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Yergacheffe, La Marzocco Linea, Nuova Simonelli Aurelia, Perks Coffee Shop, rating coffee, San Diego coffee
Name: Caffe Calabria Location: 3933 30th Street, San Diego, CA Roaster: Caffe Calabria Coffee Roasting Company Rating: 3
Most cities in the country, or the world for that matter, are not as blessed as cities such as Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco (er…the Bay Area). Most cities simply do not possess a [...]
March 4, 2010 Category: cafe, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 4, United States Tags: Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Blue Bottle New York, Cafe Grumpy, City Girl Cafe, coffee, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, espresso, G.I. Joe, Joe the Art of Coffee, La Marzocco GB/5, Manhattan coffee, New York coffee, Ninth Street Espresso, rating coffee
Name: Joe the Art of Coffee Location: 44 Grand Central Terminal, Graybar Passage, New York, NY Roasters: Ecco Caffe Rating: 3+/4- (depending on the time of day)
My previous post on Joe…er wait…that’s Joe the Art of Coffee said most of what I needed to say about what this micro-chain of cafes represents [...]
February 24, 2010 Category: cafe, California, East Bay, Rating 4, United States Tags: Abid Clever Coffee Dripper, Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Barista, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Cafe 504, coffee, coffee review, Crema Cafe Oakland, De La Paz Coffee, Ecco Caffe, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, Friendo Blendo, Haus Cafe, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Joy + Ride, La Marzocco GB/5, Modern Coffee, Mojo Bicycle Cafe, Oakland coffee, Peet's Coffee and Tea, Project Hampden, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Sermon Blend, Street Level Blend, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Verve Coffee Roasters
Name: Modern Coffee Location: 411 13th Street, Oakland, CA Roasters: Multiple roasters, including Ecco Caffe, Four Barrel, and Verve Rating: 4
This post is sorely overdue. I say this because I frequent Modern Coffee and have frequently recommended it to friends. I say this because the coffee is good. I say this because [...]
January 17, 2010 Category: cafe, California, Greater LA Area, Rating 3, United States Tags: Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Caffe Luxxe, coffee, coffee review, Equator Cafe, espresso, espressomap.com, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Yergacheffe, Los Angeles coffee, rating coffee, Synesso Cyncra, Venice Coffee Bar
Name: Caffe Luxxe Location: 925 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA Roaster: Blue Bottle Coffee Company (drip) and Unknown (espresso) Rating: 3
After heading out of Intelligentsia’s Venice Coffee Bar I couldn’t help but take a peek at the Equator Cafe inside Equator Books, which hosts an impressive coffee setup serving coffee from non-other than [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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