Posted by TheShot on 02 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: Fair Trade, Foreign Brew
A New Year’s Non-Resolution? First, a Happy New Year to everyone. I may be in the camp that believes celebrating January 1 is about as arbitrary as celebrating March 6 as “New Year’s Day,” but I can still appreciate much of the sentiment behind it. Namely: leaving the past behind and trying to set a [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 07 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Barista, Café Society, Foreign Brew, Quality Issues, Roasting
Also known as Truth. (note the period at the end), this café and roastery opened in March 2010 — founded by “charismatic leader and coffee evangelist” David Donde. Those aren’t our words, but Mr. Donde wouldn’t disagree. Mr. Donde, a somewhat controversial local figure, is no small fish in the South African coffee pond. In [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 21 May 2010 | Tagged as: Beans, Café Society, Foreign Brew, Roasting
Surely we jest about Seattle’s coffee culture being as dated as reruns of Frasier. Coffee journalists and jargonists alike often suffer from a tragic affliction that confuses experience for irrelevance. Infatuation with the over-hyped and under-substantiated pursuit of the next big thing has created a bit of hyperopia: a far-sightedness that makes one blind to [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 09 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Café Society, Local Brew, Quality Issues
A couple weeks back we visited this café with Tim of espressophile fame. Approaching its North Beach location, you wouldn’t think it would be much different from the others nearby — but you’d be wrong. The espresso here is a real standout in the neighborhood, coinciding with the ownership change in late 2008 to Alex [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 28 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: Local Brew
Deep inside Rincon Center One (now how apocalyptic does that sound?), this espresso counter serves coffee among the food court seating. It’s right next to the indoor, five-story “Rain Column” waterfall — so if you can find the insides of building, you won’t miss it. NaS uses a portable boom box of sorts to play [...]
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