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by zin1953
July 5th, 2013, 1:06 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 160
Views: 133161

List of our Favorite Roasters

Edited on 5 July 2013
by zin1953
November 22nd, 2012, 2:05 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 24
Views: 6798

Decaf Espresso

Presented in the FWIW Dept., my favorites (in random order) are the decafs from Vivace, Red Bird, and Verve .
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by zin1953
October 26th, 2012, 1:37 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 51
Views: 6060

Anyone try Blue Bottle Coffee?

I believe the reference is to Babbie's Rule* of Fifteens: -- Green (unroasted) coffee beans should be roasted within 15 months, or they go stale. -- Roasted coffee beans should be ground within 15 days, or they go stale. -- Ground coffee should be used within 15 minutes, or it goes stale. Cheers, Ja...
by zin1953
October 25th, 2012, 10:50 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 51
Views: 6060

Anyone try Blue Bottle Coffee?

William, just to make it clear, back on Page One of this discussion, I wrote:I'm not the biggest fan because I'm not crazy about their beans. Do I drink their espresso? From time-to-time, yes; when there is no closer/more convenient alternative. Sometimes, I'll stop at their Oakland café after court...
by zin1953
October 25th, 2012, 1:45 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 51
Views: 6060

Anyone try Blue Bottle Coffee?

Uh . . . yes AND no. Inside the Ferry Building, Blue Bottle has a permanent location, as I mentioned above. It is the Astoria that IS, in fact, a cart
by zin1953
October 24th, 2012, 5:27 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 1237
Views: 139220

What is wow'ing you?

Chris, For those of us mere mortals, could you provide some rough idea regarding the shipping costs[x] of getting, say, Square Mile's or Tim Wendeloe's beans here to the SF Bay area . . .
by zin1953
October 22nd, 2012, 8:50 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 31
Views: 5832

Why should I care about blonding?

Coming late to the party (as I so often do), I think it's all dependent upon how "geeky" one is -- and yes, I know this is HB and not CG. If one is geeky enough about this obsession of ours to put your demitasse on a scale, tare it out, and pull your shot into the cup --
by zin1953
October 22nd, 2012, 8:17 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 51
Views: 6060

Anyone try Blue Bottle Coffee?

At the San Francisco Ferry Building, they have a place INSIDE the ferry building with two different espresso machines: the main machine is a 3-group LM paddle; they also have a three-group Kees van der Westen Idracompresso lever machine. AND, outside, on Farmer's Market days they use the 3-group Ast...
by zin1953
October 22nd, 2012, 2:24 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 51
Views: 6060

Anyone try Blue Bottle Coffee?

It's the same at the downtown Berkeley Farmer's Market -- drip only, and no grinder in sight
by zin1953
October 16th, 2012, 10:14 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 51
Views: 6060

Anyone try Blue Bottle Coffee?

Kay, Blue Bottle is beloved by some, but I'm not the biggest fan. It's certainly not bad by any means, and I will buy their beans occasionally (when I run out and haven't timed my next shipment right), but IMHO there are better roasters in the SF Bay area. Have you seen the "List of Our Favorite Roa...