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We Welcome Thee, Seth Lester!
November 4, 2011
Spruce Street espresso has had a new/old/new addition in the last two weeks in the form of one Seth Lester, formerly an Americano To Go (this is his blog) he is now drinking all heated beverages for here in cafe’s around his new city of Philadelphia! His reasons are like any that those of us […]
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Philadelphia Wins!
October 28, 2011
Last week Philadelphia rained victorious against the more established coffee scene of Washington DC in a latte art competition conducted via Skype. It was a fun experience, with lots of trash talk drawn scribbled back and fourth on notebook paper between the two shops. Brian Gelletly from Ultimo coffee, aka Tobias Funke for the night […]
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Finca Nueva Armenia
October 16, 2011
Here is a very interesting and very complimentary article from Sprudge.com about Finca Nueva Armenia. We are currently using this coffee for french press and would be happy to make it in the Clever as well. I spoke of this coffee in a previous post, most notably about their Gemelos Micro-lot. They also produced the […]
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Finca Mauritania!
October 12, 2011
The changing of seasons brings with us new coffees and we are excited to welcome the Finca Mauritania to our menu. This coffee hails from the farm of Aida Batlle in Santa Ana, El Salvador. You may recall this farm name as an Auction Lot of this coffee was used for the Grounds for Health […]
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“An Apple A Day…”
September 27, 2011
Spruce Street Espresso loves to celebrate Fall. You will find the staff in scarves and flannel ready to steam up a fresh apple cider for your enjoyment. Speaking of which, how would you like to know some fun facts about the fruit we call “apple”? The apple tree first appeared in central Asia. Today, you […]
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Grounds for Health
August 31, 2011
For a limited time you have the opportunity to support an excellent charity while putting in your mouth one of the best coffees that this planet, and probably this universe has to offer. The coffee in question is the Finca Tanzania from one of the award winning farms of Aida Battle, and the charity is […]
Posted in: Coffee News, Counter Culture Coffee
Boldly Going Forward
August 6, 2011
Frequently, customers ask me for our “boldest” blend. A certain Very Large Green Mermaid invented this term as it applies to coffee. We don’t use it. We don’t mean to act like aliens when we say we don’t know what “bold” means. It just doesn’t mean anything in this particular context. “Bold” describes a type […]
Posted in: Geekery, The Dictionary
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby…
August 3, 2011
Recently you may have noticed the very large and different looking espresso machine we have sitting on our bar. It is a Nuova Simonelli Aurelia on loan to us by Counter Culture Coffee while our good old La Marzocco gets it’s boiler fixed. I have had the privilege to look inside quite a few of […]
Posted in: Counter Culture Coffee
Spruce Street Espresso 
November 22, 2011
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