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August 13, 2010 Category: California, coffee@home, Rating 4, roaster, San Francisco, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, Kenya coffee, Kenya Karimikui, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters
Beans: Kenya Karimikui Roaster: Ritual Coffee Roasters Rating: 4-
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a cupping event for Home Barista members. As luck would have it, five of my seven top picks (out of 22 world class coffees) were not available in this country. Thankfully, at least one of these seven [...]
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 [...]
May 29, 2010 Category: Boston area, cafe, Massachusetts, Rating 4, United States Tags: Abid Clever Coffee Dripper, Amanda Hesser, Barismo, Boston coffee, Cambridge coffee, coffee, coffee review, Costa Rica coffee, Costa Rica Helsar de Zarcero, espresso, Hi-Rise Bread Company, La Marzocco GB/5, Prime Meats, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Sonata 4
Name: Hi-Rise Bread Company in the Blacksmith House Location: 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Roasters: Barismo and Ritual Rating: 4-
Earlier this week, the New York Times printed this review of Prime Meats in New York City. What is so striking about the article is that it takes exactly the same tack I [...]
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 10, 2010 Category: coffee@home, media, the scoop, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, coffee, coffee review, cup of excellence, espresso, Go Coffee Go, Panama Esmeralda Geisha, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Roast Magazine, Verve Coffee Roasters
Many of you may have already heard of Go Coffee Go. For those of you who haven’t, it’s a shopping site that allows you to purchase coffees from multiple roasters in one place. What initially attracted me to the site was that fact that so many good roasters were selling coffee there, but I [...]
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 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 [...]
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