RIP Emilio Lavazza, 1932–2010.
19 February 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
I might be late to the game on this – I seem to remember hearing something on the grapevine about the specialty coffee industry’s loss of direct access to Ethiopian coffee farmers – but it seems that the Ethiopian government has found a way to both have some measure of control over its coffee industry [...]
19 February 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
What’s the problem with a generic espresso blend?, wherein a fellow coffee blogger echos (or did I echo him?) my own personal sentiments about a particularly nasty article on God Shot.
16 February 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
James Hoffman, owner of Square Mile Roasters in the UK, earns my respect with almost every post he writes: always asking questions, constantly saying to himself – and to us, via his blog – “what if?” Never stuffy, always accessible. It’s why jimseven is one of my favorites blogs – not just one of my [...]
5 February 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
It’s a coffee bar, not a cafe. Oliver Strand – by way of Stumptown’s Duane Sorenson – of the New York Times drops some knowledge.
28 January 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
James Hoffman – AKA “jimseven” – owner of Square Mile Coffee Roasters in London, UK has posted a few videos worth watching on his site, one featuring Norwegians descending on London and drinking all of it’s espresso and two more featuring a couple Intelligentsia Venice folks doin’ their thang on the espresso machine and siphon [...]
28 January 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
Brew Methods is a directory of how-tos, tutorials and guides on how to make coffee using virtually any method you can think of – a one-stop-shop, if you will – and if you don’t see a how-to, tutorial or guide you can suggest it yourself. (via James Hoffman)
23 January 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
The slow drip east: Pour-Over Coffee Drips Into New York. (NYTimes)
22 January 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
Doug Zell of Intelligentsia talks – briefly – on their future plans for San Francisco & Los Angeles. Of interest: an “Ecco move” to San Francisco (from Santa Rosa) and yet another café in Los Angeles.
I must say that I am just a bit excited for the possibility of Ecco opening something in San Francisco. The [...]
21 January 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
My goal is to create the best shop-scale commercial roaster that I possibly can and then use it.
11 January 2010 ∞ | Links | View Comments
