Archive for February, 2006

the final stretch

Friday, February 24th, 2006

it is 4:30am here in Greece, I guess that means its evening in Seattle. I’m not sure its jetlag that has me awake so much as its the strangeness and intensity of our activities here. I’m lying in bed now, having just returned from doing some roasting in the Evergreen space with […]

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the training begins

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

The scene here at Evergreen Casual Food Bar in Athens is chaotic, but things are going very smoothly for us. Kyle is a training dynamo and is performing well and the future staff of Evergreen are giving it their all and making great strides.

I’ll be periodically uploading photos here. The bar […]

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Greece is the word

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

I’m flying to Athens, Greece tomorrow with Victrola barista trainer Kyle Glanville on a one week coffee consulting mission to bring the gospel of great espresso to the birthplace of Western Civilization. I’ll give the full story once I’ve finished preparations and packing (or while waiting in the airport) but here are some tantalizing […]

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