Yelping with Cormac: Starbucks
This here’s a latté.
A what?
A deluxe coffee, Wallace. Four dollars of brown gold.
Wallace leaned down and grabbed the cup from Madison’s hand and took a drink. He spat it out. Goddamn, he said. Tastes like a pregnant mare’s urine.
No it dont. Give it here.
Wallace wiped his face with his arm. Tastes like spent cartridges in a pickle jar.
Come on now. It aint that bad.
Wallace leaned and offered the cup to Tucker. You try it, he said.
Tucker let the bridlereins rest on the pommel and holding the cup two handed took a drink. He handed the cup back to Wallace and continued looking at the cattle and the shimmering grass and the mountains knifing into the blue canopy above. Wallace and Madison waited but the older man sat there for a while and said nothing.
Well go on, what’s it taste like, said Madison.
Tucker leaned from the saddle and spat in the tallgrass. Tastes like snake venom, he said.
This made my afternoon. Read the whole thing, twice.
Source: yelpingwithcormac
My new company is having its first public offering today. I realize the blatant partiality here… but believe me when I say that this coffee is very very good. Reports from the field have been wonderful. We personally have been enjoying it brewed in a V60 and a press. I’ve heard it’s showing nicely as an espresso as well.
Once this coffee is gone - it’s gone. Get it!
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I hate to sound all pitchy and stuff but… this coffee actually won’t last very long.
A nice refresher on french press technique with a nice trick to make the end of your cup even more enjoyable, sans sludge.
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WONDERFUL.
Thanks to Em (FOLLOW HER), I have some excellent, freshly roasted beans… but ALSO
A COMPLETELY NEW BREWING METHOD to experiment with.
I have done anything and everything that I can with my french press. I’ve been biding my time till the fall or even later to expand to other methods. Now, thanks to her thoughtfulness I can get OCD about drip coffee now as well :)
Thrilled.
With a very distinct brand coming through Verve Coffee Roasters has an excellent little promo video on how to enjoy their Street Level (Seasonal blend) Espresso.
Ristretto | Chemex
A nice introduction by Strand. Near the bottom he goes through testing natural vs oxidized filters - my kind of morning!
I tested the filters against themselves, rinsing each with a different volume of water; I tested the filters against each other; I switched coffees, going from the fruity and faintly funky Michicha Natural Sundried to the cleaner and more citric Kiryama; I switched back. I made coffee in my French press as a control. I ate croissants. It was a full morning.
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