Cafés
Stupid weather…
I was all stoked to take my Swedish pals Matts and Magnus and David on a tour of Portland’s coffee hotspots today, but the darn weather has dashed our hopes. After the three guys spent […]
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Thanks, Per!
This is my friend, Per, who is the roaster for da Matteo, our Swedish friends’ cafe in Gothenberg: After I complained in my last email about not being able to read the da Matteo blog […]
Barista Magazine
Down time? Hardly.
We always like to think we’ll get to slow down and breathe in December, given Coffee Fest Seattle is behind us and we don’t have another coffee event to travel to until January. But for […]
Barista Magazine
How We Roll
It’s amazing how many people think Ken and I must be these great baristas ourselves because we have a magazine about great baristas. I don’t see the logic. I mean, back when I was a […]
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Surburban Farming
Hot on the heals of Sarah’s tomato farming, I discovered another urban farmer here in sunny old Sydney. Rob Forsyth, owner of Forsyth Coffee, WBC judge and roasting vetran of more than 30 years is […]
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Espresso Parts & Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.
After a great time hanging with my friends at Batdorf & Bronson in Olympia — which was followed by a tee-rific lunch at Water Street (bomb pomme frites), Stephanie and Heather, both of Batdorf, took […]
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Batdorf & Bronson rock Atlanta
I just got back from a whirlwind trip up the road to Olympia (to see my friends at Batdorf & Bronson, where I did a photo shoot for the October/November issue of Barista Magazine; I […]
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Sydney Espresso
Well, hi there. This is my first ever authorship in terms of blogging, so thanks so much to Sarah and Ken for allowing me to use their space to do so. I’ve got a few […]