Posted by TheShot on 30 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Local Brew, Roasting
Last week we wrote about how coffee, like food, has become a primary form of consumer entertainment. We also mentioned recent experiences at newer coffee bars that have felt, well, “manipulative and artificial.” This concern over what seems real might sound trivial, but it’s at the foundation of a great deal of consumer behavior and [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 03 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Beans, Foreign Brew, Quality Issues, Roasting
Holy crap. This is one of those rare finds where a small town and a strip mall can produce some outstanding coffee and espresso that competes with the best. Although we were aware of Coffee Cat’s elevated reputation among the Scotts Valley locals when passing through, at first we were guilty of dismissing it relative [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 25 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Beans, Local Brew
Saturday mornings in the southern part of the city (my neck of the woods) — amidst a maze of freeways, live chickens in a stupor, and competitive, full-contact roller derby among elderly Chinese-American women (just without the roller skates) — is Alemany Farmers’ Market time. This ain’t no yuppie Ferry Building farmers’ market; this is [...]
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