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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 [...]
February 21, 2010 Category: cafe, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 3, United States Tags: Blue Spoon Coffee Co., Brooklyn Standard, City Girl Cafe, coffee, coffee review, Counter Culture Coffee, espresso, Ground Support, Hair Bender, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, La Marzocco Linea, Manhattan coffee, New York City coffee, Ninth Street Espresso, rating coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Name: City Girl Cafe Location: 63 Thompson Street, New York, NY Roasters: Stumptown Coffee Roasters Rating: 3-
As the New York coffee turf battle continues, it seems not unsurprising that Ground Support, an Intelligentsia account, opened up just around the corner from City Girl Cafe, server of Stumptown coffee. I suppose the only [...]
February 17, 2010 Category: cafe, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 3, United States Tags: Black Cat Espresso, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ground Support, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Intelligentsia House Blend, La Marzocco Linea, Nicaragua coffee, Nicaragua Pacamara Peaberry, rating coffee
Name: Ground Support Location: 399 West Broadway, New York, NY Roasters: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea Rating: 3+
What works for a New York cafe when it comes to operating as a successful business is something of a mystery to me. There are countless coffee closets popping up precisely because the rent is so [...]
February 5, 2010 Category: cafe, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Rating 3, United States Tags: Alphabet City blend, Bluebird Coffee Shop, coffee, coffee review, Counter Culture Coffee, espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, La Marzocco Linea, Manhattan coffee, New York City coffee, Ninth Street Espresso, rating coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Name: Ninth Street Espresso Location: 700 East 9th Street, New York, NY Roasters: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea Rating: 3
As any article on third wave coffee in the Big Apple will tell you, Ninth Street Espresso occupies a special place in New York City’s coffee history. Ken Nye opened this cafe back in [...]
January 13, 2010 Category: cafe, California, Greater LA Area, Rating 4, roaster, United States Tags: Black Cat Espresso, Clover Brewer, coffee, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia Finca Santuario, Ecco Caffe, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Yergacheffe, Eva Solo Brewer, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Intelligentsia Venice, LA coffee, La Marzocco, rating coffee, siphon brewer, Synesso, Venice Coffee Bar
Name: Venice Coffee Bar Location: 1331 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA Roaster: Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea Rating: 4
I first experienced Intelligentsia’s Venice Coffee Bar back in May 2009. That visit – the grand opening party – was monumental in that it was the first glimpse that most folks were getting of this much [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
October 7, 2009 Category: cafe, California, San Francisco, the scoop, United States Tags: Black Cat Espresso, coffee, Coffee Ratings, espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, San Francisco coffee, Specialty's Cafe and Bakery, The Sentinel
I remember when Specialty’s Cafe and Bakery used to be something pretty amazing in downtown San Francisco. As Specialty’s has expanded and as sandwich shops (such as The Sentinel) have seriously upped the ante, Specialty’s has dropped a few notches on my list. Still, as sandwich shops go, and for the money, the food [...]
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