Posted by TheShot on 26 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Barista, Café Society, Foreign Brew
I’ve been planning another road trip to Torino this October — my first since 2004. The wine and food are always excellent, the tourists are hard to come by (you can have an Italian city of almost a million people to yourself), Juventus is back in Serie A (and yesterday started the season off smashingly), [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 06 May 2006 | Tagged as: Quality Issues
As mentioned in a previous post, out of curiosity I recently ordered a copy of Espresso Italiano Tasting (€18) available from the Istituto Internazionale Assaggiatori Caffè (IIAC), or the International Institute of Coffee Tasters. It’s the closest reference I’ve found to what CoffeeRatings.com is about. This 168-page book is available in Spanish & Portuguese, [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 15 Apr 2006 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew, Quality Issues
Today’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer featured an article on the latest espresso bar opened by Espresso Vivace in the Cascade neighborhood of Seattle: Retail Notebook: Espresso Vivace is 1st tenant in new retail/office complex.
Now opening its third coffeehouse, Espresso Vivace is one of the best places to order an espresso in North America. Its owner, David Schomer, [...]