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Fall Fling – Novembeerfest 2009

November 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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It’s that time again — where morning bartenders turn into night baristas and vice versa, and anyone who loves or makes coffee in the five boroughs (and, alright, Jersey, and alright, anyone else that wants to come in from out of town) is hereby invited out to celebrate that love over some beer!

Please join us in this bi-annual night of hangin’ out with all your coffee friends while not at work. Those beers aren’t going to drink themselves.

Missed the last one?  It was an international success.

Click the beer above for details and to RSVP.

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Congratulations Raul Rodas!

November 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This past weekend, Raul “El Tigre” Rodas held on to his title as Guatemala National Barista Champion (using Ecco Caffe’s beloved La Maravilla), earning himself a spot at the World Championships in London.

Congrats my friend!  I hope you didn’t wear yourself out!

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Coffee Chronicles: Introducing Ecco Caffe at Joe | Serious Eats : New York

October 27, 2009 · 3 Comments

Allison Hemler takes a serious look at Joe’s switch to Ecco, and does a nice job explaining the advantages.

Coffee Chronicles: Introducing Ecco Caffe at Joe | Serious Eats : New York.

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The Most Important Drink of Your Day: GQ.com

October 22, 2009 · 5 Comments

GQ Magazine listed their favorite coffee companies in America, complete with a slideshow.  It’s nice to see so many friends acknowledged at once, and to such a large audience.  Congrats to you all!  Chris, this isn’t the first time your arm has been published.  Bonus points to you if you can remember the first.

(via GQ Magazine)

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Joe Switches to Ecco Caffe

October 20, 2009 · 13 Comments

In perhaps the biggest news to hit NYC coffee since Ninth St switched to Intelly, Eater has reported that Joe the Art of Coffee will switch to exclusive use of Ecco Caffe starting tomorrow.  Sprudge had the scoop about a month ago, but the time has come to finally make the switch.

As purveyors of some of the best beans in the world, Andrew Barnett’s Ecco Caffe partnering with 5 high volume locations throughout Manhattan could have significant impact on the state of NYC coffee.

Andrew Barnett, via Liz Clayton

Andrew Barnett, via Liz Clayton

Eater NY: CoffeeWire.

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Feeding Cities

October 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Favorite Brew Method of All Time

September 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Originally uploaded by Chris Giannakos

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The Aromatics You Lose When Coffee Has Been Ground For 30 Minutes

August 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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I posted this on Twitter last weekend but thought it was worth posting here as well.  It’s an excerpt from Coffee – Recent Developments, that was temporarily available online.  The hardcopy is available on Amazon.

Although this evidence supports grinding on demand, there has been interesting discussion regarding grinding in advance, which Scott Rao writes about in his Professional Barista’s Handbook, and James Hoffmann reminded me about (on Twitter).  The Coffeed discussion spilled over to Home-Barista, where further experiments were done.  Both are worth reading.

(Via Twitter)

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YouTube – John Hughes 80s Montage – Teenage Wasteland [RIP]

August 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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YouTube – The Rocks Aroma Festival – Mona Lisa Coffee Sculpture

August 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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