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I'll be vacationing in Woodstock, Vt., Hanover N.H., Weston, Vt. Area. I am hoping that there is good espresso in one or more of these small towns or nearby.
I have 3 GCBC folks coming in from out-of-state in June to join our merry 8 Gopher Gulper cupping gents. This is an invite to Twin Cities locals to join us for part/all of it. Drop me a PM if you will be headed in to St Paul for details/phone number. We will also squeeze in some...
Here is another sign of the growing visibility of high end coffee and the baristas who prepare it. Eater LA just started a series of barista profiles, beginning with a (badly edited) interview with Kyle Glanville. As always, Kyle has interesting and provocative things to say: .
I wasn't going to post this one. A standard 1966 e61 twin group with a stainless boiler, there wasn't anything particularly remarkable in its restoration. Every component in the group heads were replaced, a pinhole leak near the element flange brazed over. I had to be a bit...
So earlier this week, I had an espresso at Handsome, near my place. For some reason it was particularly good. I asked what it was and they said it was Dandy. This was a coffee I have imbibed many, many times. Trying to figure out why it was different. I learned they were bought...
One night while exploring our new community I saw an intriguing sign in the Pearl District, Portland's upscale downtown area.
This weekend we found it open and I was very pleasantly surprised to find a coffee company run by a Brazilian family that sources some of its coffees...
This thread is a place to talk about bicycles and coffee so maybe it should be in the Knockbox forum.
I'll start it out with the list of spots that tie those two great things: coffee and bikes! (Guess what? I decided to do this while biking on my way to work, the flavors of...
I got a quick call today from a relatively new but good friend. His wife is the manager of a small coffee shop in a small town close to Charlotte, NC. They now have the opportunity to purchase this shop and are in the process. They have been...
