Daniel of Arabica

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The Wall Street Journal talks coffee in Asia. Seemingly well researched – at least from a socio-economic-historical perspective – but I don’t think I would call Sumatra an obscure coffee growing region. Taiwan (I had no idea), Cuba? Sure, they’d qualify as relatively obscure in my book. Not Sumatra. Via theshot.coffeeratings.com

The Shot cuts through the cruft of those absurd Illy/Starbucks rumors: “Anytime someone tries to sell coffee in this country, the knee-jerk media presumption is that they’re going to ‘Take On Starbucks’™”.

And you thought the “house of mermaid” invented the frou-frou espresso beverage.

Hario Pour Over Kettle – The Hario pour-over kettle is all the rage in the circles of the coffee cognoscenti. It has a unique spout design that gives your pour a constant, steady flow. And that’s important.
Hario Skelton Hand Mill – The Hario Skelton Mill is a hand-held precision coffee grinder. Essential camping equipment of the coffee nerd. I want it.
A Million Things to Say About LAMILL – Man Seeking Coffee checks out LAMILL, the Los Angles coffee boutique and restaurant extraordinaire.
Crema – James Hoffman of Square Mile Coffee in London, UK investigates "the crema myth" in his new video-blog post, “Crema”. One of a series.

Heads Up – Where Tokyo Grabs a Coffee – Yet another "best of" link. The New York Times lists what it finds to be the best coffee in Tokyo (via MSC).
Latte porn – Rate-able latte art porn. Another way to wastefully away the hours…or not (via The Food Section).
For Good Espresso, Insist on Arabica – At The Atlantic, Peet's Jerry Baldwin weighs in on the question of weather robusta – traditionally used in Europe – should be used as a component of espresso blends.
Coffee Analytics – Jeffrey Warren's Flickr photo set, "Coffee Anaytics" — "A project mapping the flow of coffee on global, urban, local, architectural, biological, and personal scales." — from his blog, Unterbahn.
Is coffee really acidic? – In which Korina Felkers, of Examiner.com, illuminates the difference between PH acidity and flavor acidity.

Top 3 Aeropress brewing methods – Have an Aeropress? I don’t…yet but if you do, here are three methods of preparing coffee in the little – apparently – magic plastic tube.
Vancouver: Top 10 Cups of Coffee – BlackBook, the online lifestyle mag, lists its top 10 places to grab a cup in Vancouver.
In Videos: Tour of Intelligentsia Coffee in Los Angeles – Serious Eats gets a tour of Intelligentsia’s L.A. roasting facility.

Drinking coffee in London – This years’ “Time Out London” picks for best cafés in London.
Local 123 – A new Berkeley café that uses beans from Flying Goat Coffee Roasters out of Santa Rosa, CA (my adopted hometown). It’s getting great reviews.
The Cafeotheque of Paris – Good coffee in Paris? Apparently, the answer is “oui”.

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