Posted on June 16, 2010 by Mike
Not new, but new to me. Kyle Glanville interviewed at Intelligentisa’s Silverlake location. “Great coffee is always gonna have to be the result of extra hard work, and extra attention to detail”. [YouTube]
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Posted on May 10, 2010 by Mike
A couple of weeks ago Jason Dominy became frustrated enough to rant a bit on Twitter (probably not the best idea). The issue essentially being that there are high quality cafes within the industry that don’t get the “respect” they deserve from the global coffee community. More specifically, Jason’s new employer Batdorf & Bronson/Dancing Goats.
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Posted on May 1, 2010 by Mike
This video is two months old, but it’s new to me. Tyler Wells (USBC semi-finalist number 24 with 529.5 points) walks you through the variety of brew methods available at Frank, in Austin, Texas. [via Whoa Cup, via Sprudge]
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Posted on April 27, 2010 by Mike
Another video from Department of the 4th Dimension in their series with Intelligentsia.
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Posted on April 18, 2010 by Mike
Mike Phillips from Intelligentsia Coffee just won the USBC for the 2nd year in a row! Congratulations Mike, see you in London! A full recap of Mike’s winning routine is available here. Also available are video archives of the events (in two hour increments). (via 2010 USBC Blog. Photo credit: Liz Clayton)
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Posted on April 18, 2010 by Mike
If you’re not in Anaheim for the USBC you may be looking for the best available coverage online. Here’s a list:
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Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mike
Breaking on Sprudge this morning is news of an apparent strike by the workers of Gorilla Coffee in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. Although not unionized like the workers at Ithaca’s Coffee Co, it appears that employees planned a walk-out that began last night. Details are still coming in, but for more coverage see: Sprudge.com » Unconfirmed: [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on March 24, 2010 by Mike
via CNN iReport. It’s always nice to see friends on CNN. Remember this, Brent?
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Posted on March 8, 2010 by Mike
If you’ve been looking for Liz Clayton’s MARBC 2010 and/or CoffeeFest photos, let me help you out. Click on any of the pics above to see her full photostream.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 18, 2010 by Mike
Apparently 2010 will be the year of the video. Here’s another nice one featuring Kyle Glanville. Espresso, Intelligentsia from Department of the 4th Dimension on Vimeo.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 9, 2010 by Mike
Ben Helfen puts all those other Chemex videos to shame with “The Ultimate Brew Guide”. How to Brew a Good Cup of Coffee from Ben Helfen on Vimeo.
Continue ReadingPosted on December 16, 2009 by Mike
December 9th, in 3 minutes. from John Giannakos on Vimeo.
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Posted on November 14, 2009 by Mike
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 [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2009 by Mike
The Washington Post got in depth today with Counter Culture’s new training center in Washington, DC. “Counter Culture staffers describe their mission in part as an effort to reshape the way Americans think about coffee. In an ideal world, they say, drinkers might liken it to wine: an artisan product with specific seasons and a [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by Mike
Ritual Roasters in San Francisco, California got some nice slide show action when News Day stopped by to watch them cup samples for the Panama Esmeralda auction that just occurred. Of course, the photo shoot happened before the auction. So naturally I had to go back to the auction results to double check whether or [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 8, 2009 by Mike
Twitchy twitched our flung Spring Fling; twitchy » Blog Archive » spring successfully flung.
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