How to Find a Great Coffee House, Part II
We’ve been talking about what it takes to find and recognize those shining beacons of coffee culture in an otherwise barren landscape. For while we are assured the rights of life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness by means of a superior coffee experience is...How to Find a Great Coffee House
…and avoid the rest. My recent trip to Seattle offered one sublime coffee experience after another. The place has a finely developed coffee culture that’s grown far beyond Starbucks’ 98 coffee houses. The weather, the food, the sound [both Puget and...Tasting: Intelligentsia Coffee’s La Corona
Rating: [rating:4.5/5] You’d think it should be easy to make a great blend from outstanding origin coffees… say, if you had your pick of a series of Central American Cup of Excellence winners. It simply isn’t so. Coffees of this caliber are not only...SCAA, Redux
A final [really!] round-up of SCAA events, memoirs and exposés from around the webisphere… One thing is clear: there was simply so much happening in so many places that it’s impossible to catch it all… or even to be aware of what might be happening...
SCAA Seattle, Day Three
Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. Me, I left my voice in Seattle. Too much: walking in the rain, chatting ’til all hours. Not enough: sleep, food. Did I mention sleep? The result: laryngitis. A few days of down-time. Dozing in the La-Z-boy while...Tweetstream
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