Cafe Demitasse’s new location at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica is not a far cry from the style, service, and quality of their original Little Tokyo location… and that’s a good thing! It’s nice to see more and more small, local shops steadily expanding their business one location at a time, ensuring…
Check out “The Bitter Barista”
I found this on Kickstarter and thought it was pretty good. I am not sure if this is a single or set of authors for the publication, but the site uses posts from random contributors. Some of the posts seem like chain-shop type complaints, others more the artisan brand. Nice to see a range of…
Holiday Blind Taste Test at the Homestead
“All coffee taste the same, roast doesn’t matter, all beans are the same” “I bet you couldn’t tell the difference between that artisan roasted stuff and the regular or even fresh and old coffee” “You’re just a snob for perpetuating a difference.” I get pretty incensed when people tell me things like this, and I…
Fika Coffee
Fika is a fast paced, Euro-inspired, production/output focused cafe that adequately reflects the “NY minute” attitude of the surrounding Financial District. Utilizing a Swedish motif, the cafe itself is visually impressive and “modern,” maybe even borderline showy. Overall, while I found the space appealing, it was a bit cold and sterile. The upscale cafe is much more than just…
Bear Pond
Bear Pond had an intriguing reputation that proceeded it; I heard the shop boasted excellent quality but was also notoriously “rude.” Usually, I shy away from such places, especially for the sake of objectivity in my reviews, but I wanted to see what customers meant by “rude” because, by my personal standards, Japanese “rude” is…
Coffee is for Lovers 
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