Video: Meet the Baristas at Cafe Grumpy
Posted on May 19, 2010 by Mike
I don’t know who RoadDrips is (or what exactly is going on with this video), but I definitely recognize Caroline’s voice. [YouTube] Share
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Kickstand Coffee Now Serving Coffee By Bicycle
Posted on May 15, 2010 by Mike
Coffee and bicycles have long gone together, but only occasionally are they integrated so completely. Kickstand Coffee is a new company operating a mobile coffee stand in Brooklyn Share
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Video: Grumpy’s $12 Cup of Coffee on WPIX
Posted on May 5, 2010 by Mike
Another news piece on Grumpy’s $12 cup of Ethiopia Nekisse. This time on Channel 11 WPIX, and much more positive than earlier coverage. Take a tour of their Greenpoint cafe/roastery with Liam and Colleen as they discuss their latest offering. Share
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Video: Cafe Grumpy’s $12 Cup of Coffee on the CBS Early Show
Posted on May 4, 2010 by Mike
Watch as the hosts of the CBS Early Show try, but totally fail to understand the $12 cup of coffee. [A $12 Cup of Coffee! - The Early Show - CBS News] Share
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Is NYC the Next Melbourne?
Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mike
The Milk Bar’s Alexander Hall thinks so. “The New York coffee scene is similar to Melbourne in 1985.” Ouch! But Francesco Agoftino from the Glass Shop thinks flat whites are “uncool”. And apparently the issue is so sensitive, a former Melburnian “who was also the first to roast premium-grade beans in New York” won’t even [...]
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Employees Strike at Brooklyn’s Gorilla Coffee
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: [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mike
An interesting piece on ABC’s Nightline about Starbucks, featuring interviews with Howard Shultz. Particularly interesting to me was the contrast they made between Starbucks and Cafe Grumpy. Starbucks and Grumpy have a little bit of history, with Shultz famously declaring that Grumpy served him “the best cup of brewed coffee I have ever tasted” shortly before he acquired the Coffee [...]
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Fall Fling – Novembeerfest 2009
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 [...]
Continue ReadingJoe Switches to Ecco Caffe
Posted on October 20, 2009 by Mike
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 [...]
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Ground Up: A Novel by Michael Idov
Posted on August 5, 2009 by Mike
Have you ever dreamed of opening a cafe? Michael Idov did, and his experiences trying to do just that are the basis of his first novel, “Ground Up”. Set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, “Ground Up” chronicles the story of a young married couple who make their dream a reality, where it quickly [...]
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