Posted by TheShot on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Local Brew, Quality Issues
As we hinted in a previous post, San Francisco magazine just published Josh Sens’ story on the more recent evolution of San Francisco’s local coffee scene in its most recent issue: A new buzz | San Francisco online. (There’s even an article featuring CoffeeRatings.com: The coffee bard | San Francisco online.)
The article features Coffee Bar, [...]
Posted by TheShot on 30 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Barista, Local Brew, Quality Issues
With Spring upon us, that means it’s time for the 2008 Western Regional Barista Competition (WRBC): ‘Attention to every detail’ at Berkeley barista contest - San Jose Mercury News. Starting this past Friday and ending today (check out their photo album), the 2008 WRBC performs a time-honored ritual to select a barista champ representing our [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 11 May 2007 | Tagged as: Consumer Trends, Machine, Quality Issues
You’ve read the review on Ritual Coffee Roasters’ new Bayview location. But at long last, I finally got to sample one of the few Clover brewer machines in the Bay Area while visiting. Word has it that the Clover brewer was probably the most talked about subject at last week’s SCAA conference. Given how long [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 11 May 2007 | Tagged as: Local Brew
What’s this I hear? A new Ritual Coffee Roasters in town? A complement to the one that has topped the CoffeeRatings.com “best espresso in SF” list for about a year now? Sign me up…
The weekday hours may prohibit those with day jobs, but the new Ritual Coffee Roasters in Bayview is a far cry from [...]
Posted by TheShot on 09 May 2007 | Tagged as: Local Brew
SF’s 7×7 magazine hosts a foodie blog (like who doesn’t?). This week, they noted the opening of a new, “less frenetic” Ritual Coffee Roasters outlet in town: www.7×7sf.com - Bits + Bites Blog - Baby Makes Two: A Second Ritual:.
The new location is in the new Flora Grubb Gardens spot, in The Bayview at [...]
Posted by TheShot on 27 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew
According to today’s Seattle Times, Stumptown Coffee Roasters — who were instrumental to putting SF’s Ritual Coffee Roasters on the map — are opening up a location in Seattle: Business & Technology | Portland’s Stumptown Coffee Roasters coming to Seattle | Seattle Times Newspaper.
With Stumptown adding to Seattle’s coffee riches, and Intelligentsia recently opening up [...]
Posted by TheShot on 19 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Barista
Congratulations again to Heather Perry of Coffee Klatch in San Dimas, CA. Over the weekend, she successfully defended her 2006 title at the 2007 WRBC: Western Regional Barista Competition March 16-18, 2007. Also placing were Kyle Glanville of Intelligentsia in Los Angeles (yes, you read that city correctly) and Chris Baca of SF’s own Ritual [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 26 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Barista, Café Society, Fair Trade
Some of you may recall just how much the zombie children of the Fair Trade cult scare the bejeezus outta me. Ritual Coffee Roasters barista, Gabriel Boscana, wrote a much more tactful and civil approach to these single-issue customers in this month’s issue of Barista Magazine: FebMarch 07 - Certified Coffee Pusher. It was oddly [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 24 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Café Society, Machine
This week Willamette Week (Portland, OR) reported on a new coffee maker — one that has been getting a ton of buzz in coffee aficionado circles — now in use at Portland’s Stumptown: Willamette Week Online | Post: ‘Holy Platinum Percolators! Stumptown’s $11,000 coffee makers’.
Made by Clover of Seattle, the uniqueness of its [...]
Posted by TheShot on 10 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Local Brew, Quality Issues
I’m a little slow this time around, but not long ago Citysearch.com announced their 2006 readers’ poll winners for the best coffee in San Francisco: Best of Citysearch San Francisco - Best San Francisco Coffee. This is something of an annual tradition, as we reviewed Citysearch’s 2005 coffee winners. (When you think of it, naming [...]
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