Tag Archive 'cafe_bello'

Trip Report: Cup

Posted by on 03 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: Beans, Local Brew

Opening in July 2011, this new coffeehouse expands Glen Park‘s neighborhood coffee offerings. It’s located a little off the beaten path, nearest a freeway exit from the Glen Park BART station. Outside they have a couple of sidewalk tables. Inside is a modern, semi-sterile interior of orange and gray walls and exposed chrome and stainless [...]

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The (New) Economics of Home Coffee Roasting

Posted by on 05 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Beans, Home Brew, Roasting

Just a few years ago, for a variety of reasons, we were avid and regular home coffee roasters. Today we still occasionally roast our own coffee at home, but we find far fewer reasons to do so — and we find ourselves doing it much less often. The reasons for this change are partly personal. [...]

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Anytime an espresso is this big, someone behind the counter doesn’t have a clue

Posted by on 01 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Quality Issues

We at TheShot may peruse the Internet for headlines, but that doesn’t mean we’ve given up on the printed word. So we took notice of our citation in the latest issue of a local neighborhood paper, Glen Park News: Glen Park News – Summer 2007 [2.9 MB PDF file, page 17]. Although we appreciate the [...]

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Trip Report: Cafe Bello

Posted by on 17 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Local Brew, Machine

If it weren’t for its own BART station, even fewer SF residents would know where Glen Park is. But a local neighborhood coffee shop, Cafe Bello, has quietly been making its mark as one of the premiere coffee destinations in the city. It’s just that few locals know it — let alone do they know [...]

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