While Sweet Maria’s is not a coffee shop perse, their influence over the local coffee scene, the industry, Bay Area coffee culture, and the amateur home roaster is beyond noteworthy. Many of my friends travel to see Tom and Maria for all their brewing supplies, green coffee, and most importantly, coffee wisdom. They carry everything from brewing apparatuses to home…
Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously
Self explanatory. Have a good time but don’t take your passion too seriously. I found this great video that sums it up pretty nicely. Enjoy it, love it, and laugh at yourself every once in a while. I was listening to NPR the other day and heard a world class wine importer/seller talking about wine culture. At…
Tasting with our Eyes (Kyle Abbot)
After burning my taste buds from that French Pressed bilge water, I wondered, “How on earth could this stuff pass a focus group?” It was clear to me that the contents were far from “Juicy” and certainly lightyears away from complex. How could anyone with a coffee-addled brain not fall for that? However, as I…
Terminology at its “best” follow-up: The Cupping
After I wrote the article this morning, I got more and more interested in trying the Kenya from SB. Damn you SB, you got me, well played. We went in, hoping to be surprised, and to some degree we were. I cannot thank the staff at SB enough for being so hospitable. They did two…
Sentinel Cafe
Nestled away in the new Cruzio/Sentinel building is a gem of a shop just asking to be discovered. While this modest operation is put on through the efforts of Cafe Delmarette and Verve, it can stand on its own as a benchmark in local coffee. Whether it is the quality of the ingredients in use or…
Coffee is for Lovers 
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