Archive for March, 2006

Charlotte

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Next week the juggernaut Specialty Coffee Association of America conference takes over Charlotte North Carolina and coffee industry types will mingle under the fluorescent bulbs, lost in a sea of biscotti peddlers, wading through acres of marketing excess. But the conference also serves to bring some of the brightest and most caffeinated minds of […]

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Vivace’s new cafe

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Espresso guru David Schomer (author of the barista bible Espresso Coffee: Professional Techniques) opened a new Vivace location this week in Seattle across from outdoor gear mecca REI on Yale Avenue.

Schomer has referred to the new shop as an “espresso palace” and uses beautiful italian marble for the counters and bars and has several […]

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the Athens adventure

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

Kyle has been knee deep in rehearsal for his show thats opening this weekend, so I am left the task of trying to encompass our incredible, action-packed week spent in Greece, consulting for the ambitious men behind Evergreen Casual Food Bar. I’d started to write this post at the airport in Athens - […]

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returning to normal

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

The jetlag coming back has been hard to shake off. Maybe its because in Greece I’d become accustomed to drinking 30 shots of espresso a day and now I’ve fallen back to my normal modest dose.

Stray dogs are a common sight in Athens.
I’ve been writing up a lengthy play by play of the […]

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