This month’s INeedCoffee was one my favorite editions. Alex’s story on hotel coffee makers being used for making crystal meth was outstanding. And the photos in snake article were amazing.
** Human Snake Conflict Inside Coffee Forests
by Dr. Anand Titus and Geeta N. Pereira
ineedcoffee.com/08/snake-conflict/
Lurking in the forest one can find a bizarre collection of snakes. The [...]
The Seattle Coffee Meetup got a tour of Caffe Vita last night. They roast 2,000 to 4,000 pounds of coffee daily. Many coffee shops and restaurants use their coffee in the Seattle area. Unlike Victrola, they pre-blend their espresso prior to roasting.
Photo Gallery For Caffe Vita Coffee Tour
Today was Presidents Day, which meant that I was off work and the stock market was closed. The weather forecast for Seattle was 57 degrees and sunny. Perfect conditions for an urban hike. I’ve urban hiked Manhattan, San Francisco, Auckland, and Buenos Aires. I decided to urban hike Seattle armed with my camera and [...]
Another weekend in Seattle means another beverage adventure. Saturday was Motore Coffee and Sunday was Teahouse Kuan Yin. Both are recommended.
Seems our pals in Kenya have decided to start shooting up the place. One writer stated:
…you see a Kenya that is about to remind us of 1994 Rwanda. The road blocks manned by men with rungus and pangas, the anger in their eyes, the wanton killing without remorse, the seeking of one’s identity before [...]
Vancouver was an amazing city. Think San Diego with frostbite. Actually it’s downtown is further built out than San Diego. Despite the rain and cold temperatures, I was able to get some good photos. And I now have a new favorite coffee house: Caffe Artigiano. Great food, Clover and my new favorite drink [...]
During my college years, the premier coffee roaster in Central Ohio was Staufs. To my knowledge it still is the best roaster in the area. In addition to roasting for its own cafe and retail customers, it also roasted for other coffee houses. Despite the high quality of coffee they served at their home location, [...]
Guess who scored a free pass to Coffee Fest this weekend? Of course it was me. I’ve only been in a town a few months and I had more than few people offer me a pass to this weekend’s big event.
I sat in on the Basic Barista Techniques class. There I learned an additional [...]
Woke up Sunday at 5:50 AM. Forgetting it was really 4:50 AM due to the end of Daylight Savings, I proceeded directly to my espresso machine. Last week I started a 3 week coffee cupping program at Victrola that takes place Sunday mornings. Since I had an extra hour to kill, I had my [...]
Meet the newest member of the family, Rocky. He came into this world Saturday evening at a weight of 23 pounds. And he has already started chewing. The little guy is able to grind coffee perfectly for espresso shots.
Here is Rocky standing next to his big sister Silvia.
Their older brother Barista and I had a [...]
