I hate those pod things.

As generally detesting anything wasteful, and, when it comes to coffee, despising all the marketing ploys that encourage normally thoughtful people to spend more money on lesser quality coffee – I most definitely have found an aversion to k-cups, nespresso

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I hate those pod things.

As generally detesting anything wasteful, and, when it comes to coffee, despising all the marketing ploys that encourage normally thoughtful people to spend more money on lesser quality coffee – I most definitely have found an aversion to k-cups, nespresso

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One Million Coffees

Today is a day to go down in history. Sam & I have reached an incredible milestone. We have collectively drunk, as of this afternoon, one million cups of coffee. To mark this milestone parades have been planned, fireworks prepared

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One Million Coffees

Today is a day to go down in history. Sam & I have reached an incredible milestone. We have collectively drunk, as of this afternoon, one million cups of coffee. To mark this milestone parades have been planned, fireworks prepared

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Unexpected Deliciousness in Denver

After feeling a little marooned in Bloomington I had a short yet wonderful and terribly caffeinated visit back home in San Francisco. Sam & I visited all our favorite spots and all of our favorite baristas from Modern Coffee (in

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Unexpected Deliciousness in Denver

After feeling a little marooned in Bloomington I had a short yet wonderful and terribly caffeinated visit back home in San Francisco. Sam & I visited all our favorite spots and all of our favorite baristas from Modern Coffee (in

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Jagong – Counter Culture

Our Sumatra Jagong arrived from counter culture and I just got so excited about the packaging I wanted to do a post honoring it. We are very excited about try this out tomorrow with everybody. Beautiful!

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Jagong – Counter Culture

Our Sumatra Jagong arrived from counter culture and I just got so excited about the packaging I wanted to do a post honoring it. We are very excited about try this out tomorrow with everybody. Beautiful!

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Highwired!

This Sunday’s pop up goes POP!

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Highwired!

This Sunday’s pop up goes POP!

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Highwire High Flyer!

Today we were lucky enough to receive some of the coveted new roasts from the new and exciting Highwire Coffee Roasters in Oakland, CA. We’re super excited about trying it this coming Sunday cupping/pop-up. Though, of course, today we will

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Highwire High Flyer!

Today we were lucky enough to receive some of the coveted new roasts from the new and exciting Highwire Coffee Roasters in Oakland, CA. We’re super excited about trying it this coming Sunday cupping/pop-up. Though, of course, today we will

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A package from the wild west

Moving to a new place can be fraught with uncertainty and strange mythical beasts (also known in some circles as frat kids) trying to devour you on all fronts. So sometimes something familiar, something from an old routine, something that

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A package from the wild west

Moving to a new place can be fraught with uncertainty and strange mythical beasts (also known in some circles as frat kids) trying to devour you on all fronts. So sometimes something familiar, something from an old routine, something that

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Cold brew experiments

Something well worth doing with left over coffee is trying out this cold brew method. We followed Blue Bottle’s recipe to procure some delicious iced coffee concentrate. The concentrate is scrum-diddly-umptuous and convenient, just pour over ice and add milk

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Cold brew experiments

Something well worth doing with left over coffee is trying out this cold brew method. We followed Blue Bottle’s recipe to procure some delicious iced coffee concentrate. The concentrate is scrum-diddly-umptuous and convenient, just pour over ice and add milk

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A rainy day cupping.

Even though the rain and the weekend of festivities around the lotus festival and various other timing conflicts caused some to rain-check, a core group still made it out for a wonderful cupping! We wanted to make it a little

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A rainy day cupping.

Even though the rain and the weekend of festivities around the lotus festival and various other timing conflicts caused some to rain-check, a core group still made it out for a wonderful cupping! We wanted to make it a little

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This Sunday!

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This Sunday!

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Coffee Stories

A few weeks ago in my ethnomusicology class, our professor confessed that he believed we could learn the same things we learnt from music from food. This idea has been banging around in my head ever since because I think

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Coffee Stories

A few weeks ago in my ethnomusicology class, our professor confessed that he believed we could learn the same things we learnt from music from food. This idea has been banging around in my head ever since because I think

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Anatomy of a Chemex

What’s lovelier than sharing coffee with friends? Sharing coffee with new friends! And what’s lovelier than sharing coffee with new friends? Drinking it in their fantastic vintage clothing store (making sure to stay far away from the clothing of course.)

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Anatomy of a Chemex

What’s lovelier than sharing coffee with friends? Sharing coffee with new friends! And what’s lovelier than sharing coffee with new friends? Drinking it in their fantastic vintage clothing store (making sure to stay far away from the clothing of course.)

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