As any barista trainer will tell you, one of the most difficult barista skills to master is tamping. Sure, it looks easy enough. You just take the tamper and press down. But even the slightest inco
Month: January 2016
Find Something You Can Eat at Fox in the Snow Cafe in Columbus
There’s a quiet revolution happening in American coffee shops. Once a bastion of subpar pastries and cellophane wrapped snacks, a new wave of cafés are giving food the same care and attentio
Buzzfeed Lampoons Coffee Snobs in New Video
We all have a friend who takes their coffee a little too seriously. If you read this website regularly you might be that friend. Who are we kidding? We are too. If you are, be prepared to take a we
Cafe Review: Blueprint Coffee in St. Louis
At the end of Vincent Minelli’s classic musical Meet Me in St. Louis, the Smith family looks out over the 1904 World’s Fair and remarks “To think it’s in our hometown.̶