http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/tea-geeks-and-coffee-imbeciles/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/tea-geeks-and-coffee-imbeciles/#comment-2849 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Espresso like no Other and perhaps a little like Wine Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:48:23 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=264#comment-2849 [...] by TheShot on 08 Jun 2007 at 06:48 pm | Filed under: Beans Last year I asked the question, “Where are all my coffee varieties?”. Today a press release from a Florida roaster picked up where I left off: Espresso like no Other [...] [...] by TheShot on 08 Jun 2007 at 06:48 pm | Filed under: Beans Last year I asked the question, “Where are all my coffee varieties?”. Today a press release from a Florida roaster picked up where I left off: Espresso like no Other [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/tea-geeks-and-coffee-imbeciles/#comment-311 TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Know Your Coffee Reviewers Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:47:53 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=264#comment-311 [...] First issue: Food editors, like most restaurant chefs, couldn’t tell a good cup of coffee if it scalded their thighs in a McDonald’s drive-thru. They’ve made it their business to know everything about food, but often that has translated into a misguided belief that this somehow confers upon them de facto coffee taster certification. Which partly explains why restaurants notoriously serve some of the worst espresso in any city I visit. And as Jeremy put it, “After all, how often do you see a restaurant review talk about the end-of-the-meal cuppa joe?” [...] [...] First issue: Food editors, like most restaurant chefs, couldn’t tell a good cup of coffee if it scalded their thighs in a McDonald’s drive-thru. They’ve made it their business to know everything about food, but often that has translated into a misguided belief that this somehow confers upon them de facto coffee taster certification. Which partly explains why restaurants notoriously serve some of the worst espresso in any city I visit. And as Jeremy put it, “After all, how often do you see a restaurant review talk about the end-of-the-meal cuppa joe?” [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/09/tea-geeks-and-coffee-imbeciles/#comment-306 TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Trip Report: Michael Mina Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:56:46 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=264#comment-306 [...] It’s considered one of the premiere dining establishments in the city, if not the country, with the most recent issue of Wine Spectator rating it as SF’s best. So can at least a restaurant of this caliber get an espresso right? Afterall, if I can have my Sonoma County duck roulade and foie gras served three ways, is it too much to ask for a decent cup of coffee? I was on a mission to find out. [...] [...] It’s considered one of the premiere dining establishments in the city, if not the country, with the most recent issue of Wine Spectator rating it as SF’s best. So can at least a restaurant of this caliber get an espresso right? Afterall, if I can have my Sonoma County duck roulade and foie gras served three ways, is it too much to ask for a decent cup of coffee? I was on a mission to find out. [...]

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