by deCadmus | Feb 27, 2003 | Coffee
It occurs to me, shortly after bemoaning the lull in new crop coffee arrivals, that I’ve got beans on my sample shelf that I’ve yet to find time to taste… and others that I’ve tried, found wanting, and wondered: was it the bean, or the roast...
by deCadmus | Feb 25, 2003 | Coffee
Peet’s Coffee is coming home to Seattle, again. Sort of. Almost. Well… it’s complicated. Peet’s was established in Berkeley by the venerated Alfred Peet nearly 40 years ago. It was at Peet’s that Jerry Baldwin and his partners found their...
by deCadmus | Feb 25, 2003 | Coffee
Coffee – like most any stuff that’s a product of soil and rain and honest sweat – is a seasonal crop. Where it’s grown determines when coffee trees [shrubs, really] will bloom and fruit and ripen. Coffee only grows well in the spaces between...
by deCadmus | Feb 23, 2003 | Forty-two, Meta
It’s been a tremendous fun weekend, performance-wise. Friday evening the little improv company that I play with – Commedia Sans Arte – was featured at the Just Off Broadway theatre in Kansas City. While we’ve taken the stage together more than...
by deCadmus | Feb 23, 2003 | Coffee
If the specialty coffee business ever were to build a hall of fame, pride of place would likely go to Alfred Peet, who brought European-inspired roasting to Berkeley, California nearly 40 years ago. And in that same hall, at Peet’s right-hand, there surely would...
by deCadmus | Feb 21, 2003 | Coffee
A tip of the hat…to Mark Prince – a caffeinated compatriot and fellow writer of expressions espressi – who picked up some nifty coverage in today’s USA TODAY. “As with soccer and fermented grapes, coffee drinks are another European import...