Fantastic store, great atmosphere and aesthetics, outstanding products, and above and beyond staffing. Their barista Daniel is very welcoming, knowledgable, and willing to coffee talk. Really appreciated that. He had great technique, has wonderful milk texture in his capps, and though I am not a huge fan of Sightglass espresso (a little to heavy and…
The French Press
I have been looking forward to coming to this place for a long time. The owner Julia used to be the manager of the company I work for up in Santa Cruz. I was really excited to say hi and thank her for all her hard work putting up with this and that back home….
Urth Cafe
This place was pretty hyped up for me. I thought it was an “artisan” coffee joint because I had heard about and seen the quality of their work. So today, I finally made the trek out there. Immediately I was turned off by two things; the utter business of the store and its “manufacturing” of…
Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
This place, along with Blue Bottle, has been a kind of “coffee unicorn” of sorts for my friends in the coffee business. These places have always been talked about like things of legend, things to be revered, and places I must go before the end of my coffee career. So, I finally took the trek…
Why Caps?
A wise man named George once told me that the mark of a good barista was the quality of their cappuccino. Good advise. Most people seem to agree with this premise. It is simple, yet so easy to screw up, a standard, yet so open to manipulation. It is also volatile, completely dependent on the barista’s choice of…
Coffee is for Lovers 
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