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Boldly Going Forward
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
Brew Methods
July 4, 2011
http://brewmethods.com/ We love home brewing. This link is fantastic because there are so many different ideas for the same equipment… Try a few, maybe your new home method will be a hybrid of a few of these.
Posted in: Counter Culture Coffee
Some thoughts on Equality
June 29, 2011
Hello Coffee friends, still slurping up the new brews of the week, I will have a full report for you on them by Friday. Until then, here are some links for you to get into if you are interested. http://sprudge.com/intelligentsia-marches-in-chicago-gay-pride.html Intelli is delicious and also good members of their neighborhoods. http://baristamagazine.epubxpress.com/link/bam/2011/jun-jul/54?s=0 And this article from […]
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“I’ll Have a Cup of the Guatemala Please”
June 21, 2011
I’ve been hearing this a lot lately and yes, Guatemalan coffee is an excellent choice. This is exactly why we currently have three diverse selections from this country on our menu. Furthermore we have two coffees from Finca Nueva Armenia. Grown by Twin brothers Jorge and Javier Recinos on the farm purchased by their Great-Grandfather […]
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