I wonder how many times Ken Nye tasted Alphabet City Blend as espresso when he decided to carry it at 9th St Espresso. After all, it’s his own custom blend, so there couldn’t possibly have been anyplace for him to go and try it. And from the “sound of it”: http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/fresh-intelligentsia/ he decided to [...]
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James who has a knack for making excellent coffee choices recommended we order some of this coffee for the shop to be served both as drip and espresso.
A four bean blend (Ethiopia, Panama, Colombia, and Guatemala), this coffee really sparked our imaginations about the range of possibilities in espresso. Smooth bodied with notes of raisins and cherries and a slight touch of caramel it is like drinking a cup of rich fruit where the sugars linger in your mouth. James pulled us [...] One of the the things that I have thought a lot about as a barista trainer is the difference between extraction and concentration. Extraction is how much of the solubles present in the bean makes it into the cup. Concentration is how many solubles are present in the cup. While these two concepts are related, [...] This has been a long time coming, but I didn’t really want to publicize it until I was altogether sure that it was going to happen. It’s happening, tomorrow, at 7 am at 1644 N Damen. I’m the barista trainer there, and the owners have basically empowered me to do whatever I want to do [...] |
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