This is the first in a series of interviews with the people that help to make the Louisville coffee scene what it is. My hopes in profiling such a set of individuals is simple: I want to showcase not only the baristas behind the bar, but also the customers those baristas serve, because both are… [Read more…]
November 17, 2010
Earlier today, I was doing a few hearing tests. (Even though my mother does not read this, I feel compelled to point out that I was not getting my hearing checked, as she and other female relations of mine think I ought; rather, I was being paid to be a test subject for hearing research.)… [Read more…]
November 6, 2010
I really need to learn more about the C Market. It hurts my head enough as it is. Some people think of names for bands. I think of names for espressos or espresso blends. Like Bertie Bott’s, or Mr. E. S. Blend, or, for the Kentuckians out there, Bourbon Trail. I charge my roommate fifty… [Read more…]
June 12, 2010
Since my last post forever and three and a half hours ago, much has happened. Delicious coffees have been roasted and brewed, questionable coffees I wouldn’t feed the imaginary dog next door were tasted and spit out, and at least one blog post was started and left unfinished due to Life happening. Sometime within the… [Read more…]
May 5, 2010
Tonight, I did a little cupping. I find that when the hours grow late, but I still have a hefty hankering to taste something delicious of the freshly-brewed-coffee variety, cupping does the trick. What’s more, it’s insanely practical, as I was doing a little roast profile tinkering and wanted to make sure that I was… [Read more…]
April 3, 2011
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