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Archive for September 2008

Bella Donovan

Bella Donovan

What I’m drinking now: Bella Donovan.

From Blue Bottle, natch. “A classic moka-java blend”, indeed: smooth like one, floral/earthy like one. A classic.

Blue Bottle’s Purosa PNG

Blue Bottle’s Purosa PNG

What I’m drinking now. This is one of my favorite coffees. Ever.

Of all the elegant, intensly flavorful beans Blue Bottle offers, I find the Purosa PNG to be the most elegant, most flavorful of them all. Sweet, earthy, full bodied, so well balanced it could pass as a master blender’s crowning achievement. But this is no blend; just single origin perfection.

Blue Bottle Corner – 3

Blue Bottle Corner - 3

It’s hot in San Francisco. Time for a New Orleans Style Iced Coffee at Blue Bottle.

I was struck by how the sun, at it’s late afternoon/early evening angle, was creating such a stark contrast between two adjacent sides of the building. … Read more →