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July 23, 2010 Category: Australia, California, Canada, event, Norway, San Francisco, United Kingdom, United States, Vancouver Tags: 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters, Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Black Cat Espresso, Bolivia coffee, Bolivia Mondo Novo, coffee, coffee cupping, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia Finca La Florida, Colombia La Esperanza, Colombia La Orquidea, Colombia Norbey Sancho, Costa Rica Cerra Paldo, Costa Rica coffee, Costa Rica Finca Roblas, Costa Rica Herbezu Honey, Costa Rica La Mirella Honey, Ecco Caffe, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Yergacheffe, Four Barrel Coffee, Home Barista, Honduras Cielito Lindo, Honduras coffee, Honduras La Tortuga, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Kenya coffee, Kenya Handege, Kenya Kangocho, Kenya Kangunu, Kenya Karimikui, Kenya Kiunyu, Kenya Mtaro, Kenya Tegu, Kenya Thiriku, Mecca Espresso, Olympica Coffee Roasting Company, Panama coffee, Panama Esmeralda Geisha, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Square Mile Coffee Roasters, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Tim Wendelboe 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 [...]
September 9, 2009 Category: coffee@home, event, the scoop, United States Tags: coffee, coffee classes, coffee cupping, Coffee Fest, Counter Culture Coffee, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Joe the Art of Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, SCAA Exposition, Slow Food Nation 2008, WRBC 2008 Consumer education is an often overlooked and frequently underutilized feature of the specialty coffee industry. Many cafes and roasters provide and participate in a variety of tastings, courses, events and online tools designed to help consumers increase their awareness and appreciation of coffee and their skill in preparing it. Of course, these opportunities aren’t entirely [...]
December 10, 2008 Category: coffee@home, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 2, roaster, United States Tags: coffee, coffee cupping, coffee review, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Yergacheffe, James Hoffman, Michael Thomas Coffee, New York Times coffee, rating coffee, Temp Tamp Tour, Third Wave Coffee, Zabar's
Beans: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Roaster: Zabar’s Rating: 2+
I often complain to friends and family about the poor quality of New York City coffee, especially given how it’s a city with so much good food. It’s not so much that there is a lack of good coffee. In fact, good coffee seems to be experiencing [...]
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 [...]
May 30, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, Rating 4, roaster, South Bay, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Bay Area coffee, coffee, coffee cupping, coffee review, espresso, french press, pour over drip, rating coffee, South Bay coffee, Sumatra coffee, Sumatra Gayoland, WRBC 2008
Beans: Sumatra Gayoland Decaf-water process Roaster: Barefoot Coffee Roasters Rating: 4-
I picked up this 12 oz bag of Decaf Sumatra Gayoland on my recent trip to Barefoot (even though I vastly prefer getting half pound bags). I cupped it, pulled a few shots with it, and brewed it both via french press and pour over drip. I [...]
April 11, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 4, roaster, United States Tags: Bay Area coffee, coffee, coffee cupping, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, Ecco Caffe Reserve Espresso, espresso, french press, Northern Italian Reserve Espresso, rating coffee, WRBC 2008
Beans: Ecco Reserve Espresso Roaster: Ecco Caffe Rating: 4
I picked up a bag of Ecco Caffe’s Ecco Reserve Espresso at the recent 2008 WRBC, a somewhat short-sighted move on my part since my home espresso setup is currently non-existent. So I did what I could, cupping it, pressing it and doing a [...]
March 20, 2008 Category: Albuquerque, coffee@home, New Mexico, Rating 2, Rating 3, roaster, United States Tags: Albuquerque coffee, Bolivia coffee, coffee, coffee cupping, coffee review, Costa Rica coffee, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Yergacheffe, french press, Michael Thomas Coffee, rating coffee, Sumatra coffee
Beans: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia Yergacheffe Roaster: Michael Thomas Coffee Rating: 2 to 3
My flight home from Albuquerque was truly pleasant – the smell of fresh coffee wafted from my bag every time it was bumped. I imagine that my seat neighbors either hated me or wanted to rip open my bag [...]
January 24, 2008 Category: Brooklyn, cafe, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 4, United States Tags: Brooklyn coffee, Cafe Grumpy, Clover Brewer, coffee, coffee cupping, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia Tres Santos, espresso, Ethiopia Amaro Gayo, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Golocha, Heartbreaker Espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Manhattan coffee, New York City coffee, Nicaragua coffee, Nicaragua Flor Azul, Novo Coffee, rating coffee
Name: Cafe Grumpy Location: 224 West 20th Street, Manhattan, NY Roasters: Multiple/Rotating including Novo (espresso) and Grumpy Rating: 4
My botched attempt to cup coffee with the New York Coffee Society put me in a deep-seated funk so I took the opportunity the next day to seek out my coffee namesake, Café Grumpy. Of [...]
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