Espresso News and Reviews – TheShot.coffeeratings.com

This newer café/pizza place lies in the little-known neighborhood of Dogpatch, just off the new SF Muni T line. It’s a small space with a couple of indoor tables and a few out front on the corner sidewalk. Just inside the door on the left is a small espresso bar: home to a two-group La [...]

John Walker, a freelance gaming journalist in the UK, wrote in his blog today about his experiences giving up coffee — on doctor’s orders to relieve anxiety symptoms: bothererblog » Diary Of A Coffee Addict. I commented in his blog about my own experiences of giving up all caffeine for a couple of years back [...]

Despite Portugal’s prominent historical role in the development of the coffee trade (for example, they introduced coffee production to Brazil), and the degree with which coffee is “interwoven throughout Portugal’s social, literary and economic history”, I’ve found surprisingly little written about the espresso in this small-but-influential coffee nation. Last month I took advantage of some [...]

Last week’s Willamette Week (Portland, OR) published an article announcing the Northwest Regional Barista Competition that took place this past weekend: Willamette Week Online | Culture | CULTURE FEATURE | Iron Baristas | Wednesday October 18th, 2006. The event was won by Billy Wilson of the Albina Press in north Portland. The writer, Karla Starr, [...]