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 [...]
Another weekend in Seattle means the espresso quest continues. This morning I went to Zoka Coffee in the Wallingford area. To say this place is popular is an understatement. They had a Clover machine, but I opted for an Americano, which was outstanding.
A few hours later I was driving through Capitol Hill and I [...]
Saturday the Coffee Meetup visited Herkimer Coffee. There we did a cupping and talked coffee with the roaster. Each time I go to one of these events, I always walk away knowing more about coffee than I did going in. And I left with a new respect for how good Yemen coffee can taste.
Sunday the [...]
Last evening I was invited to the grand opening of the second Trabant location in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. In a previous post I mention that Trabant is one of my favorites. The primary reason I left my house and ventured to the new location was the speculation that they would be serving Panama Esmeralda. [...]
This past weekend I went to two Meetups. Saturday was for the Seattle Area Tea Meetup and Sunday was for the Seattle Coffee Club.
The Tea Meetup was my first tea tasting and it was held the Teacup in Queen Anne. It is similar to a coffee cupping. Although my palette for coffee is [...]
Yesterday I participated in a coffee cupping at Trabant. Trabant is located in Seattle’s University District. Since starting INeedCoffee back in 1999, I’ve received many coffee related invitations. What is interesting about the cupping invite was it came via this blog post here on CriticalMAS and not from INeedCoffee.
Photo by Flickr [...]
