Espresso Guy: Holiday Gift Guide
My other site, Espresso Guy, now has the Holiday Gift Guide back online. This is the gift guide for the coffee lover(s) in your life. It covers espresso, drip coffee, Turkish coffee, and press pot...
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The Apple iBrik
Copy and paste? Multitasking? Folders? These are old concepts; even on phones. But don’t tell Apple fans that the “new” features on their precious JesusPhone were on your Treo half a decade ago....
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Coffee roasting at home
You’re looking at me like I’m crazy, but roasting your own coffee is where it’s at. It’s pretty damn easy and it doesn’t take much to get started. I tinkered with roasting for years using nothing but...
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Civet poop in my coffee cup
Recently, Vic Wong of MissionMission was kind enough to invite a few of us over to taste Kopi Luwak, a type of coffee that’s consumed by a civet and, well — shat out — before it’s consumed as coffee....
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Four Barrel’s new parklet
Four Barrel opened their new parklet today. There’s a wood bar to hold your beverages, a brick flooring, and a bike rack in the middle. The design fits the Four Barrel industrial-brown aesthetic and...
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Stanza Coffee on 16th
Apparently while I was away, the “garage” half of Pork Store on 16th was closed and renovated into a coffee shop. Just like Pork Store, the place has two locations: one on Haight and one on 16th. I...
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A robot barista charged me for health care
Screenshot of the receipt Robots are handling food everywhere these days. Whether delivering falafel or attempting to scoop ice cream, there’s no escape from food robots in the Bay Area. All of...
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Beverages and bites in downtown San Diego
Downtown San Diego features many amazing places to eat and drink. By no means did I visit all of them, but here are three that I’d suggest to any tourist. Bean Bar This small coffee shop is across...
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