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found on breadcoffeechocolateyoga:
message from Bill Fishbein of coffeekids:
“Due to the urgency of events related to the recent earthquake and tsunami, Coffee Kids had partnered with ForesTrade to deliver disaster relief services in Sumatra to families in the coffee-growing region of Aceh. All contributions made to the Coffee Kids ‘Sumatra Relief Fund’ are tax-deductible and […]

Santa (in the guise of a UPS delivery man) brought a present to us at Victrola this week - two half pound bags of freshly roasted Panama, Boquete, La Esmeralda Special Reserve from Terroir Coffee in Massachusetts. Yesterday morning I cupped it with my coworkers Kyle and David alongside the remainder of an older […]

At Sunday’s Victrola holiday bash, master barista Kyle and I dipped into the liqueur cabinet and produced the following hit of the party:

Two ristretto shots of Victrola’s Streamline espresso.
2 or 3 ounces of Amarula cream liqueur.
steamed whole milk.
(6 ounce cup)
I am still trying to come up with a name. Any suggestions?
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I went to the opening last night of an intruiging little show of circuit bent instruments[?] at the OlivoDoce gallery in Capitol Hill. I felt a bit out of place without a PBR in hand, but stayed long enough to snap some photos.

Artist/tinkerer Justin Gerardy builds his music/noise devices out of old Texas Instruments […]

My techie-turned-cheesemaker pal Amir has been foodblogging on the culinary geek site eGullet. In addition to his cheese tales, he paid a visit to Victrola last Friday to catch us roasting.
Amir has plans to shoot some pics with his 4X5 camera at the shop in the future. A man of many […]

from the indispensable wikipedia…
Terroir is a French term in wine appreciation used to denote the special characteristics of geography that give a wine its individuality. It can be loosely translated as ‘a sense of place’ which is embodied in the qualities of a wine, the sum of the effects that the environment has on the […]