A Restaurant That Respects Espresso
As of yesterday Bluebottle Coffee, the cult San Francisco roaster and cafe, is in New York. Or, to be more specific, Gramercy Tavern now serves Bluebottle’s espresso. Not only will shipments of Hayes...
View ArticleMurky Incident
I’m getting into the debate rather late, but last month a small confrontation at a cafe riveted the nation’s coffee geeks. In a nutshell: a patron at Murky Coffee, in Arlington, Va., asked for a triple...
View ArticleStoryville Storytelling
An e-mail is going around coffee circles linking to “The Truth,” a four-minute mockumentary by the Storyville Coffee Company, a Seattle roaster that started operations three years ago. In the video,...
View ArticleBrewing Up Gifts for Coffee Lovers
This time of year I’m often asked what coffee machines and toys make good gifts, so below are a few ideas for the coffee geek in your life. • First, I’ll suggest a subscription to Citizen Bean ($199.99...
View ArticleNew York’s Best Espresso
Two recent roundups of New York coffee caught my attention, a guide to West Village cafes and a city-wide top five. Taste is subjective, but I can’t help but wonder if the writers actually tried the...
View ArticleHot Water
I recently came across a new product useful for those of us who brew coffee with a press pot, cone filter or Chemex: Breville’s variable temperature kettle ($149.95 at Williams Sonoma). It heats water...
View ArticleSecond Atomic Age
La Sorrentina The Atomic is one of the coffee world’s cultiest machines, a vintage stovetop macchinetta-like contraption with enough style to hold its own against other icons of postwar Italian design....
View ArticleLike Mike
Liz Clayton Mike Phillips, U.S. Barista Champion This past weekend in Portland, Ore., Mike Phillips of Intelligentsia was crowned the nation’s best barista at the United States Barista Championship....
View ArticleTasting Notes: Cafe Pedlar
Oliver Schwaner-Albright I stopped by Cafe Pedlar yesterday, the airy new Cobble Hill cafe covered by Florence Fabricant earlier this week. It’s a collaboration between Frank Castronovo and Frank...
View ArticleFresh Intelligentsia
Starting this week, Ninth Street Espresso will be pulling shots of Alphabet City Blend, a custom-designed espresso from Intelligentsia, the Chicago-based roaster. The switch will be made on Wednesday...
View ArticleRobusta Economy
Roasters as diverse as Ritual and Terroir, Illy and Starbucks all agree on at least one principle: Arabica is good, Robusta is bad. Robusta beans, the commercial name for Coffea canephora, is widely...
View ArticleEthiopian Coffee Flap
Tthe government has suspended the licenses of the country’s largest coffee exporters, saying that the exporters are keeping coffee off the world market until prices rise.
View ArticleA Magic Wand for Espresso
Courtesy of mypressi.com The Twist Earlier this week I had a sneak peek at a device that might forever change how you make espresso in your home. Or at your desk. Or in your car. The Twist, from the...
View ArticleFirst Look: Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Finally, Stumptown arrived in New York on Monday. Occupying an airy, light-filled storefront on the ground floor of the Ace Hotel, Stumptown Coffee Roasters is urbane and refined, less a slouchy...
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