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Black Fox Coffee Raises Bar in Lower Manhattan

October 3, 2016 By Michael 1 Comment

Black fox coffee

I’m sitting in a café in Lower Manhattan and a barista has just checked on our table- for the third time.  Do we need any more coffee? Is everything tasting alright? Can we take those dishes out of your way? This is an uncommon occurrence in American coffee shops. In New York’s financial district, it’s shocking. But then again, there’s a lot of things surprising about Black Fox Coffee….

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Black Fox Coffee, Heart Roasters, Kees van der Westen, Manhattan, New York, NYC

Barista Interview: Cabell Tice, 2013 CoffeeFest NYC Latte Art Champion

March 27, 2013 By Darren 1 Comment

Cabell Tice of Thinking Cup

Cabell Tice shocked the competitive latte art world when he won the Latte Art World Championship Open at CoffeeFest, NYC as a first time competitor. We sat down (digitally) with the reigning champ and asked him a few questions about latte art, being a barista, and where to drink coffee in Bean Town.

You won the Latte Art World Championship Open your first time competing. Did you expect that would happen? What’s it like pouring latte art in those kinds of conditions?
I didn’t expect to show up and win CoffeeFest. I was hoping to not lose in the first round, but then that turned into …

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Filed Under: Interviews, Latte Art Competitions Tagged With: Boston, Cabell Tice, CoffeeFest, latte art, NYC, Thinking Cup

Cafe Review: Everyman Espresso in SoHo

March 18, 2013 By Michael 1 Comment

Baristas Everyman Espresso Soho NYC
The Big Apple. Gotham. The City that Never Sleeps. Whatever you call it, New York has emerged as a premier coffee destination. In previous years New Yorkers were notorious for drinking their coffee cheap and fast. But today New York is no longer a johnny-come-lately in the craft coffee scene. Just a cursory glance at the New York Times coffee map reveals one doesn’t have to walk more than a few blocks to get a decent cup in lower Manhattan or Brooklyn. For someone plotting an NYC cafe crawl, the choices can be overwhelming.

Thankfully, everyone I polled was unanimous: go to Everyman Espresso in SoHo first.

The Tattoo Heard Round the World

For the past seven years Everyman has been churning out specialty coffee in the lobby of the Classic Stage Company. The postage stamp sized bar has redefined most baristas’ concept of personal space, but the quality of the drinks and the service has drawn more than just theater lovers to this East Village cafe.

Perhaps Everyman’s biggest mark on the NY coffee scene has been owner Sam Penix’s iconic knuckle tattoo, which the New York Times featured in this ground-breaking article. Now, fittingly, the tat adorns the front door of the new Everyman Espresso in SoHo.
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Perfect Bar Flow

When Sam Penix and right-hand man Sam Lewontin opened up Everyman SoHo in 2012, they wanted to design a bar with …

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Counter Culture Coffee, Everyman Espresso, New York, NYC, Sam Lewontin, Sam Penix, Soho

CoffeeFest NYC 2013 – Recap

March 15, 2013 By Michael 1 Comment

CoffeeFest NYC 2013 has come and gone but baristas and coffee professionals across the world are still in withdrawals from the mass amounts of caffeine consumed March eighth through the tenth at the Javits Center in Manhattan. As always, a lot of the activity focused on the competitions and their was no shortage of entertainment for fans of competitive coffee preparation.

America’s Best Coffee House

Peregrine Espresso won the America’s Best Coffee House competition. When I saw their name on the competitors list, I knew if they could recreate their cafe experience they would be hard to beat. …

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Filed Under: Events Tagged With: America's Best Coffeehouse Competition, Cabell Tice, Ceremony Coffee, CoffeeFest, Kenny Smith, NYC, Peregrine Espresso, Ryan Soeder, Thinking Cup

Cafe Review: Sweetleaf Coffee in Queens, NY

November 28, 2012 By Guest 5 Comments

Sweetleaf Coffee and Espresso Bar

Post written by Tim Strader of WPYP

Wandering around New York City I can tell you some coffee shops got it and some shops don’t. It’s not unusual to see a shop’s awning read, “Pizza! Tacos! Coffee!” Would you trust a shop like that? Me neither.

There are some shops here in NYC that do live up to the hype and reputation. I visited one such shop recently called Sweetleaf Coffee and Espresso Bar.

In truth, Sweetleaf Coffee hits shop excellence on every level. First, they use UNIQUE high quality espressos from Ritual, Sight Glass, and …

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Filed Under: Coffee Shop Reviews Tagged With: Coffee in New York, NYC, Queens, Sweetleaf

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