Every barista dreams of making a pilgrimage to origin, to retrace the journey from seed to cup. For those of us who have yet to have the opportunity to visit a coffee farm, a new book, Coffee Encou
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London Coffee Crawl: Five Proper Shots of Espresso
Photo by Ben Willis London Calling The English may stereotypically be tea-drinkers, but in recent years London has emerged as a coffee powerhouse with few rivals. Since London hosted the World Bar
Cafe Review: Comet Coffee in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis St. Louis is the gateway to the West, home to the second most successful baseball team in history, and has produced such cultural luminaries as T.S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams
Cafe Review: Boxcar Coffee in Boulder, CO
If you ask my wife about traveling with me, she’ll tell you that while I enjoy seeing new places, my ultimate motive during road trips becomes the search for a great coffee shop. When you fin
Gear Review: The Prima Tamp
There are few things as delicious as a well crafted shot of espresso pulled by a skilled barista. Arguably, the biggest impact a barista has on the espresso is how she distributes and tamps the cof
Cafe Review: Third Rail Coffee in Greenwich Village
Coffee on the Tracks I was told by a native New Yorker that if I needed to score some weed while I was in Manhattan to go to Washington Square Park. It’s a nice park, but since I prefer to
Where to Get Coffee Near Churchill Downs for Derby
The Coffee Compass exists to help you navigate the world of craft coffee. It just so happens that we live in Louisville, the home of the Kentucky Derby. If you’re in town for the Run for the
DIY Homebrew: The VChemSexy
The diversity of coffee gear is vast and entices a certain discontentment among coffee aficionados. This pining for the latest brew device begins as a peaked interest in a friend’s home coffe
Cafe Review: Culture Espresso in Manhattan, a Miracle on 38th St.
Empire State of Coffee The Empire State building dominates the the Manhattan Skyline, but a good cup of coffee in Midtown is a little harder to spot. In an area of town largely dominated by departm
Cafe Review: Joe’s Pro Shop in NYC
Joe’s Pro Shop: A Toy Store For Coffee Nerds Many of the most iconic films in movie history take place in New York. Annie Hall, The Godfather, Wall Street, the list goes on. But one work of c