A lot of you folks don’t know this, but I used to surf quite a bit. When someone found out I was born and raised in Hawai’i, one of the first questions was often, “Do you surf?” I’d smile a little and nod my head. “Do you miss it?” Another little smile, another nod. “Man,… [Read more…]
May 31, 2011
So. A one-time resident and sometime-guest of my current reisdence, Dr. Kevin Mc… er, we’ll just call him Doc, wanted to learn how to use a French Press. I don’t like to teach without leaving a student without some sort of indelible experience to harken back to, so I did what everyone does when they… [Read more…]
May 6, 2011
Many don’t realize this, but I’ve only worked as a barista for about a half a year now. During that time, I’ve certainly been broken of a few presumptions, seen some habits come and go, and developed a healthy hunger to learn and improve more. That said, I think it might be fun — even… [Read more…]
March 8, 2011
My brain is still in a bit of a tizzy from a hectic work schedule, and while I do have quite a few different thoughts and ideas for posts stewing up in my cranium, those brainwaves are still too fragmented or incomplete to be aired here. I do, however, want to share a few of… [Read more…]
March 4, 2011
So, no joke, I really stink at this blogging thing right now. About a week and a half ago, I was in the process of writing this: Since Michael John Butterworth called me out concerning my lack of writing about the weekend spent in Chicago to attend Coffee Fest, I figured I would bend to… [Read more…]
February 19, 2011
A few quick Coffee Fest thoughts and observations from the hotel of the Marriott this brisk Chicago morning… no particular order, blah blah blah: So, so, so proud of the four Louisville baristas who advanced in yesterday’s first round of the Latte Art Championship. I think we, the #cfest502 crew, were driving a bemused and… [Read more…]
January 29, 2011
I would like to state up front that I am writing from a point of relative ignorance, and that this ignorance is intentional. Over the past month or so, I’ve given some thought to the United States’ regional barista competitions that are and will be taking place in the first quarter of this year. Although… [Read more…]
January 23, 2011
I’m a bit of a clothes horse. The amount and variety of clothing I own is worthy of ridicule, make no mistake. The nature of my problem has come to light this week, as I and two of the guys I had been living with moved into another house with a bunch of other dudes.… [Read more…]
January 18, 2011
As I confessed a couple of posts ago, I’m a bed-thinker. Meaning, I think while I’m lying in bed, kinda-sorta trying to get to sleep. A few nights ago, after I wrote that semi-instructional post about tasting coffee, I thought about things I had forgotten to include or maybe could have expounded upon more. One… [Read more…]
January 15, 2011
Earlier this week, while Nathan and Philip and I were brainstorming and hoping that little red roaster wouldn’t get hurt in the bed of the truck, I mentioned the idea of printing out little postcard-sized handouts with helpful hints on how to taste coffee. At the time, we were thinking of ways to set ourselves… [Read more…]
June 10, 2011
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