Lee: “Nov. 29.” Me: “Yeah?” Lee: “The last time you wrote a blog post.” Me: “2. That’s the number of stores Quills has opened since that date.” I’m sitting in the second of those two stores right now, a disarmingly beautiful space that is at once both cozy and comfortable. We opened this space on… [Read more…]
June 15, 2011
“With great power comes great responsibility.” Though it seems others before Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben employed this maxim, I do tend to think of its influence upon my thinking as being rooted in Spider-Man. These days, I certainly feel it; Peter Parker I am undoubtedly not, but greatly responsible? Absolutely. I’ve been blessed and tasked… [Read more…]
December 16, 2010
Things have been mildly crazy around here, and, as sometimes happens when craziness ensues, I find myself scrounging around in the dusty corners of my over/under-caffeinated brain for something worth blogging about. More about the latest Bash? Nah. The pieces of manual brewing equipment I’ve been meaning to test out more but haven’t yet? Uh…… [Read more…]
November 11, 2010
A couple of days ago, I received my review unit of Coava Coffee’s stainless steel filter for the Chemex, the Kone. Keith was gracious enough to send me one, so I wanted to be quick to post my initial impressions after Lee and I spent part of last night tinkering around with it. A… [Read more…]
September 3, 2010
I’m blogging more, and it’s all Lee’s fault. A couple of days ago, I roasted a Guji to what I anticipated being a light, bright, fruited City roast. Today, I brewed it here in Sunergos on Preston Street in a V60. The brewing parameters were, roughly, as follows: 30 grams of coffee (relatively fine grind;… [Read more…]
January 18, 2012
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