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Coffee brewing, buying, and home roasting our most wonderful beverage
My affair with coffee started in university - Amaretto Almond before first class. Started buying bulk beans from supermarkets and brewing at home. I enjoyed the wine-like experience of comparing different types. Then Starbucks, of all places, got me off flavoured beans and on the road to single origins. The first S'bucks I visited was in Chicago's Loop. I was vacationing from the Canadian Arctic, where I was living and working, and started each morning with an exotic sounding cup from Starbucks…
Posted by Sean on May 29th, 2009 at 1:50pm — No Comments
A new cafe (the 1st La Cimbali and Mazer machines in my city of 18,000) opened down the street. I went there on opening day to celebrate with the proprietor and enjoy a great coffee. Results? Tremendous ambiance and furniture/space, but the coffee was off. I think either the boiler temp ran too high (they're only pulling 5 or 6 shots an hour) or the staff hadn't gotten the hang of milk frothing (I ordered a latte) and cooked the milk. When asked what I thought, I was honest, thinking they'd appr…
Posted by Sean on February 19th, 2008 at 1:46am — No Comments
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