http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/06/third-wave-citation/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/06/third-wave-citation/#comment-2439 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Good coffee just might earn your restaurant that extra Michelin star Tue, 08 May 2007 17:05:30 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=194#comment-2439 [...] The article pays some garbled homage to that third wave nonsense, but most interesting was its reference to chef Marco Pierre White — cited as the first “rock-star chef” and credited with putting London on the culinary map. Tomorrow Chef White is making a sold-out, $190-a-plate guest chef appearance at SF’s Incanto — coinciding with the recent release of his new book, The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef. [...] [...] The article pays some garbled homage to that third wave nonsense, but most interesting was its reference to chef Marco Pierre White — cited as the first “rock-star chef” and credited with putting London on the culinary map. Tomorrow Chef White is making a sold-out, $190-a-plate guest chef appearance at SF’s Incanto — coinciding with the recent release of his new book, The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef. [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/06/third-wave-citation/#comment-298 TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Espresso’s New Wave Hits Town Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:28:05 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=194#comment-298 [...] New York City — that backwater of quality espresso that has long proven, if I may paraphrase Frank Sinatra, “If you can make good espresso there, you can make it anywhere” — has reportedly been hit by a “wave” (here we go again) of better coffee. Or so says today’s New York Times: Espresso’s New Wave Hits Town - New York Times. [...] [...] New York City — that backwater of quality espresso that has long proven, if I may paraphrase Frank Sinatra, “If you can make good espresso there, you can make it anywhere” — has reportedly been hit by a “wave” (here we go again) of better coffee. Or so says today’s New York Times: Espresso’s New Wave Hits Town - New York Times. [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/06/third-wave-citation/#comment-233 Panini Guy Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:02:07 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=194#comment-233 It is amusing you are now the authority. I'm guessing Nick sees the humor in that as well. It's even more amusing that the shop owners are planning to open with 20 varities of beans. Even though they're going to use a quality roaster like Zoka, with that wide a selection they must be planning several hundred cups daily to keep the inventory fresh (not to mention every shipment of those beans will be travelling cross country for three or four days). This is Lowell we're talking about, not Cambridge or Beacon Hill. Or even Newburyport. And a "Chandler" couch... gag. Hey, don't miss Wayne Brady. Tickets on sale now. It is amusing you are now the authority. I’m guessing Nick sees the humor in that as well.
It’s even more amusing that the shop owners are planning to open with 20 varities of beans. Even though they’re going to use a quality roaster like Zoka, with that wide a selection they must be planning several hundred cups daily to keep the inventory fresh (not to mention every shipment of those beans will be travelling cross country for three or four days). This is Lowell we’re talking about, not Cambridge or Beacon Hill. Or even Newburyport.
And a “Chandler” couch… gag.
Hey, don’t miss Wayne Brady. Tickets on sale now.

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