Make Mine a Mokha

Make Mine a Mokha

by | Mar 3, 2010 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews, Coffee Roasting

It’s unreliable, unaccountable, frequently unattainable, and I love it so. It, in this case, is Yemen Mokha, the stuff of heirloom varietals grown in village gardens and courtyards and tiny greenspaces carved out of the walls and warrens of ancient Arabian...
Hello, Vancouver, Goodbye

Hello, Vancouver, Goodbye

by | Jun 4, 2009 | Coffee, Featured, Forty-two

Herself and I had a too abbreviated experience in Vancouver, owing to a increasingly typical SNAFU on the part of United Airlines — %&#$!%, United! — which left us in Chicago for, oh, some 24 hours longer than we’d planned. (Chicago, you know I...
Still Crazy About Seattle

Still Crazy About Seattle

by | Apr 24, 2009 | Coffee, Featured

Despite the rain, and the blustery breezes. Despite the strep throat, and bronchitis. Despite the fact it would appear the city of my birth might see me catch my death, I love Seattle, still. Seattle remains a guiding star for coffee. From Vivace to Zoka, Trabant to...
Coffee Notes from All Over

Coffee Notes from All Over

by | Nov 26, 2008 | Coffee, Featured

It’s getting stupid busy around here, and so to make sure that I keep up with things I’m challenging myself to do more, not less. (That right there… that’s likely the stupid part of stupid busy.)  As always, there’s more coffee reviews...
PT’s Sidamo Special Prep

PT’s Sidamo Special Prep

by | Nov 14, 2008 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews

At PT’s Coffee, blondes have more fun. No, really. When’s the last time you had a blonde coffee? What’s that, you say? Never? Well it’s about time that changes… Okay, so maybe it’s not really a blonde roast… that stuff’s...

A Taste of Things to Come

by | Nov 11, 2008 | Coffee, Coffee Reviews, Featured

Arrived home to find a care package waiting for me. Which is always nice. A parcel from Jeff Taylor at PT’s Coffee in Topeka (you probably remember Jeff; his crew were recently awarded Roast Magazine’s Roaster of the Year) was sitting on my doorstep and...

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