Although Companion Bakers and the heart of the operation, owner Erin Lampel, have been putting out the finest breads and baked goods in the Santa Cruz area for several years, Companion’s formal storefront is only one year young. In that short span of time, Erin and partner Jeremy have radically transformed the old Beckman’s facility…
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Coffee+Pastry Pairing with Companion Bakeshop, Part 2: Savory Pastries
The long awaited follow up article to our successful food+coffee pairing with Companion Bakeshop. This article is focused on savory pastries; ones that are not sweet but buttery, salty, hearty, among other things. Again, we are pairing these delicious goods with a cappuccino and coffee to see what kinds of wonderful flavor combinations we can find. Companion…
Coffee+Pastry Pairing with Companion Bakeshop, Part 1: Sweet Pastries
Erin, one of the owners of Companion Bakeshop, approached me with a novel idea; pairing coffee/cappaccinos with pastries like wine and cheese. I thought it was just brilliant, coffee shops and specialty bakeries are becoming such mainstream culinary staples, why shouldn’t we take pairing seriously? I bounced the idea around and got a lot of…
Synesso Cyncra
After our store got ahold of the Synesso Hydra, our buddies at Companion Bakeshop in Santa Cruz were stoked. As I have stated before, Synesso makes top quality equipment that has tech/coffee guys talkin about their products around the water cooler… or I guess the Bunn boiler. So, our friends decided to upgrade their espresso…
Companion Bakeshop
Nicest staff, friendly vibe, AMAZING products. They serve Lulu’s coffee which is a plus and their staff is well trained. Try everything, no seriously, everything. I have had basically every item on the menu now, but then again I go probably 3 times a week. They are a little off the beaten path, but it…
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