Posted by TheShot on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Home Brew, Machine
Last week, the Guardian (UK) published an article on a home espresso enthusiast’s journey to obsession: In pursuit of the ‘God shot’ | Food and drink | Life and Health. Having reviewed almost 600 espresso shots in SF proper ourselves — most of them pretty bad — we’d like to believe we know a thing [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 16 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Beans, Foreign Brew
Our Espresso in Torino and Piemonte series turns back to Torino for an espresso at Eataly — which has taken over the former Carpano vermouth factory across the street of Torino’s massive Lingotto complex. Torino is also the birthplace of vermouth and consequently the apéritif. (I am also quite a longtime fan of Carpano Antica.)
Formed [...]
Posted by TheShot on 10 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Foreign Brew, Quality Issues
In my last post on espresso in Portugal, I reviewed a handful of notable cafés in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. For this installment, I review notable cafés in other parts of Portugal. Namely, futher north … where I generally found the espresso to be even better than that in Lisbon.
Name
Address
City
Espresso [info]
Cafe [info]
Overall [info]
Café Nicola
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Posted by TheShot on 08 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Foreign Brew, Restaurant Coffee
In a previous post, I noted some generalizations about the espresso in Portugal. For this post, I’ve selected a few notable cafés to review in Portugal’s political and cultural capital, Lisbon.
Name
Address
Neighborhood
Espresso [info]
Cafe [info]
Overall [info]
A Brasileira
Rua Garrett, 120
Chiado
6.60
7.00
6.800
Café Nicola
Rua 1° Dezembro, [...]