Posted by TheShot on 18 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew
Imagine a sort of twisted, parallel universe where CoffeeRatings.com was born of a chauffeured limousine driving about the city, shuttling me from café to café on an itemized list in search of SF’s finest espresso. Now imagine this endeavor sponsored by a leading purveyor of cheap plastic and metal, responsible for more kitchen appliances in [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 18 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Add Milk, Foreign Brew, Machine, Quality Issues
Today’s Toronto Star featured an article on the growth of Toronto area independent coffee shops (many of which call themselves “espresso bars”, per the article): TheStar.com - living - Toronto’s love affair with espresso bars heats up. Toronto now has a mixture of established independent espresso bars and a growing array of newer ones. (A [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 25 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew
Some of us coffee freaks out there are often dumbfounded when a local in another city suddenly stumbles upon a coffee institution we otherwise know all too well. For example, take this local’s “discovery” of Bulldog Coffee, and latte art, in Toronto: Latte Art at Bulldog Coffee.
Maybe it’s not quite like being Catholic and having [...]
Posted by TheShot on 14 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Barista, Foreign Brew, Machine, Quality Issues
Yesterday I came across a Toronto area blogger, StDan, who has picked up his own cause for finding some of the best espresso served in his fine city of Toronto: Espresso Hunt: Little Italy. Naturally, even at this early stage, he noted the following (familiar) problem: “most places put too much in it”.
Yes, the infamous [...]
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