| I don't know how long this link will be active, but there is a nice article in this morning's NY Times about good coffee in NY City.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/dining/10coffee.html?th&emc=thIf the link fails, go to the Dining and Wine section for today 3/10/2010. It's not homeroast news, but it does bypass the Charbuck's crowd. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| I was just in Culture in Midtown, and they were all abuzz with the article. Blue Bottle's much anticipated opening in Williamsburg is, I believe, today. The Japanese slow-drip iced coffee setup they have is impressive looking, if nothing else. I've been having coffee all around town for the past couple of months, and the scene is, as the article states, substantially different than it was a couple of years ago. The map in that article is pretty handy, too. -AdkMike On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at 05:56AM, "Mike Davis" wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| hey thanks Mike! ginny On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Mike Davis wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| This line from the article caught my eye: "...Today, most of the chains use about seven grams of ground coffee for a two-ounce shot." Is this true? If so, I've missed a memo. Anyone? --Derek On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Mike Davis wrote: <Snip> -- Every path but your own is the path of fate. --Thoreau Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| <Snip> use <Snip> Amazing... Isn't that about 25%? Talk about saving money... Gotta make those cheap beans last longer... John Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| I honestly thought they were at least using the proper amount of coffee. Interesting. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:52 PM, John A C Despres wrote: <Snip> -- Every path but your own is the path of fate. --Thoreau Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Of course remember, that article was written by a writer and may well have misstated misunderstood what he was told. And told exactly what by whom? He's not someone working or representing one of said chains. I would it no way take that statement as fact. Slave to the Bean Kona Konnaisseur miKe mcKoffeehttp://www.mckoffee.com/Ultimately the quest for Koffee Nirvana is a solitary path. To know I must">http://www.NorwestCoffee.comURL to Rosto mods, FrankenFormer, some recipes etc:http://www.mckoffee.com/Ultimately the quest for Koffee Nirvana is a solitary path. To know I must first not know. And in knowing know I know not. Each Personal enlightenment found exploring the many divergent foot steps of Those who have gone before. Sweet Maria's List - Searchable Archiveshttp://themeyers.org/HomeRoast/ <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Sooo Sad John, I'm sooo not a chain. Weak coffee is bad, chain or not. True we all need to make $, but where do you stop. Very soon it's not about good coffee but even before that it's not about the only element in coffee that matters, you and me, the people and the relationships. I stereotype and generalize when I say, I like to call it "Corporate Coffee" because corporate is mostly about $'s and how much the corporate officers get when we do this or do that with the business. I have not read the articule yet. I hope something positive was mentioned. Until then as least we know when we roast Tom and Maria's beans we can drink and taste the best coffee possible. Joseph On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:52 AM, John A C Despres wrote: <Snip> -- Ambassador for Specialty Coffee and palate reform. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Most do not know how much should go into a pf basket for a "proper" shot. Lack of knowledge and education about this is how news and articles can be misleading in a big way. Joseph On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Derek Bradford wrote: <Snip> -- Ambassador for Specialty Coffee and palate reform. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| That's great mainstream press! For a less mainstream view of NY Coffee, you can go to a recent article on this coffee blog: http://twitchy.org/?pD2.I haven't compared the two. -Chris On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Mike Davis wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Just another ridiculous NYT article on coffee. I mean, they all have something good in them, but along with a lot of obvious misstatements, and omissions. Like you guys already pointed out, how can you write an article about good coffee in NY citing coffee facts that, if you use them, produce lousy coffee? Anyway, Read the comments - I would agree that skipping Gorilla and skipping Orens Daily Roast is lame, 2 real NYC roasters and not imports. These articles always act as though something new has just happened, or coffee has been rediscovered like, uh, yesterday. Did you see the pour-over article a few weeks ago? Gee, who ever thought of pouring hot water over coffee before? The real story in pour over is 40 years old, and goes by the name "Chemex" The decaf article is equally odd, but at least has some factoids in it. Was just a tiny hair peeved that the writer states how Jeremy found this great coffee in Nyeri and had it decafed. I did, it's SM coffee, we put it together in cupping and we sent it to be decaffeinated - we sold some to four barrel. Jeremy actually told the writer that, but they omit it. Whatever ... the main point should have been that some people are selecting their own lots and sending them to decaf, rather than buying it off a brokers offer sheet. Importers have started sending all their coffees for decaf straight from origin to save cost, so they are not lots they really preselect for quality, then choose to decaf. That's one notch above the old decaf system where everyone bought stocklots that the decaf plant would buy, and were really lousy coffee, but it's not what it could be. Taste our Kenya decaf and tell me it isn't amazing - I am really proud of the decafs we are sending. In fact we have 3 new custom decaf lots coming back soon... -- -Tom "Great coffee comes from little roasters" - Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting Thompson & Maria -http://www.sweetmarias.com Sweet Maria's Coffee - 1115 21st Street, Oakland, CA 94607 - USA phone/fax: 888 876 5917 - info_at_sweetmarias.com Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| Tom, Thanks for the incite and comments on this coffee news clip. Especially what is up with decaf these days. JR On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Tom & Maria - Sweet Maria's Coffee < sweetmarias> wrote: <Snip> -- Ambassador for Specialty Coffee and palate reform. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
| "I don't know how long this link will be active..." Who knows? I hear they're insolvent now, If their march to total insolvency parallels their editorial reliability, they hold the keys to their own demise. Sadly, "I read it in the news" is as credible as "I read it on the internet," except that a congruence of fact can be established in minutes online, while the printed page suffers from its rarely-retracted editorial spin. People that single-sourced their news used to believe the earth was flat... If you believe all the news stories from a single source, hey, I'm a Realtor and... Cheers -RayO, aka Opa! -- Got Grinder? Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |