|
|
August 6, 2010 Category: California, coffee@home, Rating 3, Rating 4, roaster, San Francisco, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia Norby Sancho, Decaf coffee, Decaffeinated Ethiopia Sidamo Shoye, Ethiopia coffee, Four Barrel Coffee, Guatemala Concepcion Pixcaya, Guatemela coffee, Kenya coffee, Kenya Kangunu, Modern Coffee, rating coffee, Subrosa Coffee
Beans: See Below Roaster: Four Barrel Coffee Rating: see below
It’s been quite a while – far too long – since I’ve actually reviewed Four Barrel at Four Barrel, but I have been tasting their coffees quite regularly both at Modern Coffee, Subrosa and the occasional cupping event. Fortunately for me, the mountain [...]
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 [...]
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 23, 2010 Category: cafe, California, East Bay, Rating 3, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, coffee, coffee review, Costa Rica coffee, Costa Rica Helsar de Zarcero, espresso, Evil Twin, Four Barrel Coffee, High Striker, Kenya coffee, Kenya Kayoni, La Marzocco Linea, Oakland coffee, rating coffee, Remedy Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Snow Cone, Subrosa Coffee
Name: Remedy Coffee Location: 4316 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA Roasters: Ritual Coffee Roasters Rating: 3+
As you may have been following on this blog and elsewhere, quality coffee is finally beginning to roll into the East Bay. Funny enough, it seems to be arriving with baggage included. I’m not making some subtle dig [...]
January 16, 2010 Category: California, coffee@home, Orange County, roaster, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, Decaf coffee, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Sidamo Decaf, Four Barrel Coffee, Kean Coffee, Kenya coffee, Kenya Decaf, Modern Coffee, Orange County coffee, rating coffee
Beans: Ethiopia Sidamo Decaf Roaster: Kéan Coffee Rating: 4
Decaffeinating coffee is an intensive and expensive undertaking. Only a few places around the world decaffeinate coffee and the process wreaks havoc on a coffee’s flavors and aromas. To complicate matters, demand for decaf is low while the final sale price is typically the same [...]
January 11, 2010 Category: cafe, California, Greater LA Area, Rating 3, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, Costa Rica Cafetin, Costa Rica coffee, Equator Estate Coffees and Tea, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, Groundwork Coffee Company, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Jaguar blend espresso, Kenya coffee, Kenya Kanyoni, La Marzocco GB/5, Los Angeles coffee, Lot 44 Coffee, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Spring for Coffee
Name: Spring For Coffee Location: 548 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA Roaster: rotating menu, including: Equator, Four Barrel, Intelligentsia and Ritual Rating: 3+
Spring for Coffee is a 300 square foot coffee bar kiosk is located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, which if you haven’t heard, is no longer the desolate [...]
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 17, 2009 Category: cafe, East Bay, Rating 4, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Awaken Cafe, Cafe 504, coffee, coffee review, East Bay Express coffee, espresso, Ethiopia Mordecofe, Four Barrel Coffee, Friendo Blendo, La Marzocco Linea, Local 123, Modern Coffee, Oakland coffee, rating coffee, Remedy Coffee, Subrosa Coffee
Name: Subrosa Coffee Location: 419 40th Street (at Webster), Oakland, CA Roaster: Four Barrel Coffee Rating: 4-
Subrosa literally means under the rose. However, the term also denotes secrecy, as the the owners of Subrosa Coffee have indicated in a footnote on their web page and by their understated presence on this strip [...]
|
Contact Me man @ manseekingcoffee.com
|
