Daniel of Arabica

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Posts Tagged ‘Coffee’

How to Brew a Good Cup of Coffee

Why the Seattle coffee scene now lags Portland’s

Why the Seattle coffee scene now lags Portland’s

If shop owners actively choose not to participate in the Seattle second-wave market, they’ll see very quickly that there aren’t that many other shops with whom they are in competition.

From the Slayer blog.

Sightglass Slayer demo

Slayer demo at Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco, CA

Slayer demo at Sightglass Coffee in San Francisco, CA (click for Lg.)

Our San Francisco “‘sproscursion” (which I have yet to write about … bad blogger!) wherein which the nice people (seriously) at Sightglass, in San Francisco, CA, gave us an impromptu demo of their swank new Slayer espresso machine.

Subrosa Panoramas

Subrosa exterior panorama

Subrosa exterior panorama (click for the big'n)

Subrosa interior panorama

Subrosa interior panorama (click to supersize)

Oakland, CA. Four Barrel. Clever dripper. Espresso. Good coffee. Hipster magnet. It’s becoming a regular stop.

Brewed elsewhere for November 7th

Brewed elsewhere – November 3rd from 18:27 to 18:41

Brewed elsewhere – November 2nd from 18:02 to 18:02

Coffee’s complex route, from tree to cup

Heart of the Cup.

It never ceases to amaze me, how complex the process is, that puts coffee into my cup. And this is just one type of many different types of processes.

Via Coffee is Food

8 steps

James Hoffman’s “8 steps”

James Hoffman, in “8 steps to develop your coffee palate”, lays out a very simple, very easy method of developing and improving your coffee tasting competence.

Coffee is Food

Coffee is Food

Book reviews, coffee reviews, musings on quality and the state of the industry … and he’s a home roaster who’s coffee is being featured at a new Oakland, CA café. Ed Whitman: renaissance man.

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