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An article in the current Williamette Week takes a deep look at what makes Portland possibly the most serious coffee town in the country. Much like the surprising recent NYTimes piece, this one gets a lot right (except in reference to my bio) pointing out that there is more to this “third wave” of […]

Flickr continues to be one of my all time favorite internet doohickies. Rather than rehash all those lovely web 2.0 buzzwords that make me moist, I’ll point to this one cool bit of flickr paraphernalia that arrived in my mailbox today.

Moo cards are mini business cards printed with images from your Flickr stream. […]

A remarkably non-cringe-inducing article in tomorrow’s New York Times on the rising New York City coffee scene is well worth reading. A number of friends in the trenches like Sam Crane, Ken Nye, Bob Peyton, Dan Griffin, and Chris Owen get name checked and there is even a video segment where Bob and Chris […]

I promised to write some sort of post Burning Man report… Lots of people. Lots of Art. Lots of fun. My old-timer cynicism eventually giving way to camaraderie and mayhem. The pound of Panama Thatcher’s Reserve I brought from Zoka made some fantastic cowboy coffee in camp and neighbor Brokeback […]

Leaving for Nevada’s Black Rock desert today to attend Burning Man. Six years ago at this event a well-timed cup of coffee led me to become a daily coffee drinker - an unbroken chain of daily brews that has gotten progressively better and altered my life in ways I wouldn’t have imagined.
While […]

I blame Michael Pollan and his must-read-book-of-the-year The Omnivore’s Dilemma for the scarcity of eggs in my fridge. Weekend after weekend we arrive at one of the Seattle farmers markets too late, our slacker asses missing out on the precious eggs. Pollan’s book exposes the sad truth behind the claims of “cage […]

Residents of the Eastlake neighborhood no doubt still wince when passing by the construction site where the small but world-reknown Hines Public Market Coffee once stood. But directly across the street from that sad hole in the earth a new hope went live today in the form of Sitka & Spruce’s first day of […]

I’ve just returned from another round of travels and had the good fortune to spend some additional time with the people of Chicago’s Intelligentsia Coffee. Intelli’s senior bean geek Geoff Watts was the focus of an illuminating article on their green coffee sourcing in Thursday’s New York Times business section.
Geoff recently penned […]

John wielding the Mezcal dispenser. John drops science at the UDEPOM dry mill.
John Cossette from Royal Coffee has posted his report from the Mexico trip. John was a brilliant, patient, and impassioned guide to a novice like myself, and his report will give you something of the flavor of the seasoned […]

Following my trip to Mexico with the Intelligentsia crew, I got to spend some time hanging out at their amazing roasting works in Chicago. Intelligentsia pulls no punches in its commitments to ethical sourcing and quality at every step of the chain. Meeting the crew there and seeing the great work they […]