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Favorite Brew Method of All Time

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Mike

Originally uploaded by Chris Giannakos

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

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Mike

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 [...]

Blue Bottle Coffee with Dave Morin (San Francisco, CA) « VendrTV

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Mike

Yesterday I was surprised by James Freeman walking in the door. Today I was surprised to hear from VendrTV about this piece they did at Blue Bottle Coffee. Each week they travel the globe making podcasts “covering the best of the best curbside cuisines the world has to offer”. In this episode host Daniel Delaney [...]

The Professional Barista's Handbook by Scott Rao: Expert's Guide to Preparing Espresso, Coffee and Tea

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Mike

Have I mentioned recently that I love this book? Because I do. And it’s worth mentioning again. Because even if you haven’t visited Scott’s stomping grounds (Cafe Myriade in Montreal), you can still appreciate the level of dedication that Scott brings to our craft.

Lifehacker – Illustrated Chart Makes Coffee Drinks Easy – Charts

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Mike

Lifehacker – Illustrated Chart Makes Coffee Drinks Easy – Charts.

YouTube – Octane Coffee Bar and Lounge

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Mike

A video profile of Atlanta’s Finest;

New York's best coffee and cafes: baristas worth every bean

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Mike

New York’s coffee explosion has been noticed as far away as Australia. La Colombe, Jack’s, Joe, Think, Gimme, Abraco, and 71 Irving all got shoutouts in The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday. They should have emailed me. I could have doubled their list pretty quickly. Check out the article below to read the accompanying reviews. [...]

Barista PDX

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Mike

Notice the difference? This was the scene today at Barista PDX, so come get it. So says Billy Wilson anyway: Which means they’ve restocked, and the shelves look a little better than they did yesterday:

America’s Top Lunch Trucks – WSJ.com

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Mike

The Wall Street Journal reports today on the current state of high-end food trucks. Those more twitterly-inclined may already be familiar with this post from Serious Eats; A List of Street Food Vendors Using Twitter And while there are a few coffee trucks parked in various locales here in NYC, none have quite the pomp [...]

Bitter Brew

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Mike

I’d be remiss to not mention the brewing coffee battle currently going on over Stumptown Coffee Roasters here in NYC, though it’s not what you may think. This particular battle is being waged between the media outlets, and not any brewers of the bean. It started in April when New York Magazine published this article [...]

DIY Espresso | Serious Eats

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Mike

The Serious Eats blog recently posted a collection of DIY articles from Make Magazine regarding coffee. Included in their post are these PDF instructions for the home enthusiast; DIY Coffee Roaster DIY Espresso Tamper DIY PID Temperature Control Also in the Serious Eats archives are instructions for cold-brewing your coffee at home. A full list [...]

Intelligentsia's Shiny New Apple

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Mike

Intelligentsia just held a launch party for their newest store, located in Venice, CA. My impression (from 3,000 miles away) is that this store has combined aspects of all that they hold dear in coffee with design features of a typical Apple Store. No, they’re not repairing iPods. But no longer do you file in [...]

Grumpy Park Slope

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Mike

I took advantage of the beautiful Brooklyn weather today and visited the third (not yet completed) Cafe Grumpy location. Located at 383 7th Avenue in Park Slope, it’s just past the bustling 9th Street. No, not that 9th Street. The 9th Street that connects Prospect Park to Red Hook. I should have called first though, [...]

Synesso for Sale

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Mike

I get a lot of hits from the search term “Synesso for sale”. Since we do in fact, have a “Synesso for sale”, I thought I’d share with you our current equipment offering sheet. Below is a screen shot. Clicking on it will take you to a Google document with more items for sale as [...]

If I had a Synesso

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Mike

If I had a Synesso, I’d experiment with dedicating one of the groups to straight shots. I’d knock the temperature way down, and start playing with 7, and 14 gram shots. I would of course use a dedicated grinder for the dedicated group, and I would continue to use the other group(s) to continue up [...]

Anfim Rising

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Mike

Yesterday our newest toys arrived in the form of a pair of Anfim Super Caimano’s. While the subject of some discussion on various forums and blogs, these grinders are not common here in the States (at least not on the East Coast) due mostly to their limited availability. Imported from Vince up at 49th Parallel, [...]