Espresso News and Reviews – TheShot.coffeeratings.com

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 [...]

Tags: espresso_review, fair_trade, laptop_zombies, marin_cafes, mobile_device_zombies, nuova_simonelli, organic_coffee, taylor_maid

2 Comments »

Today’s East Bay Express published a good, and long-overdue, cover story on some of the quality coffee changes going on in our fair East Bay: Surfing Coffee’s “Third Wave” | Feature | East Bay Express. Its use of the Third Wave crutch is unfortunate, but also par for the course these days. Meanwhile, we will [...]

Tags: blue_bottle, chowhound, cole_coffee, east_bay_espresso, flying_goat, four_barrel, oakland_espresso, ritual_roasters, taylor_maid, third_wave, yelp

5 Comments »

This bakery/café runs as a collective between the San Mateo County coast’s Pie Ranch, Glen Park‘s Destination Baking Company, and the Mission‘s Mission High School. If that doesn’t sound a little confusing, just try finding the place by its address. Its 2901 Mission St. address will direct you to the corner of Mission & 25th [...]

Tags: espresso_review, la_marzocco, mission, taylor_maid

No Comments »

I have a lot of respect for Nick Cho, owner of Washington D.C.’s murky coffee. He’s established a place that pulls some of the best espresso shots on the East Coast. He’s arguably the primary brainchild behind the Portafilter.net podcasts. And he’s also known for his quality coffee industry “altruism”: supporting aspiring baristas and café [...]

Tags: barista_magazine, christopher_columbus, coffee_beans, juan_valdez, mr-espresso, naked_portafilters, nick_cho, portafilter.net, sopranos, Starbucks, taylor_maid, third_wave, trish_skeie, zoka_coffee

22 Comments »

A barista championship in Petaluma? Yesterday (Saturday, March 4) I attended my first SCAA barista competition. Held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma, the Western Regionals are a competitive prelude to next month’s U.S. Barista Championship. (Petaluma: it’s not just world arm wrestling championships anymore.) The annual Western Regionals covers competitive baristas across California [...]

Tags: andy_newbom, barefoot_roasters, barista_championships, cafe_organica, coffee_beans, flying_goat, heather_perry, klatch_roasting, la_marzocco, milk_frothing, murky_coffee, petaluma, ritual_roasters, Robusta, scaa, taylor_maid, wrbc

4 Comments »