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 28, 2011
One coffee professional recently told me, with regard to building an espresso blend, “Espresso is so varied and personal.” I liked hearing that a lot. In a sense, it was comforting to me, since all of my espresso roasting and subsequent blending had been, for the most part, very much against The Rules. In the… [Read more…]
April 3, 2011
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…]
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 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…]
January 12, 2011
I’m not a mean guy, really. Okay, sure, there was that time I laughed when I ran over Pablo’s ankle… with my car… but that really was funny, I promise! Maybe that’s a bad example. It’s just that I have a hard time not having a knee-jerk response in my mind every time I hear… [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…]
July 2, 2010
“Dirty… dirty!” That was what Ryan Soeder just muttered under his breath as he tasted the latest brew that came out of his syphon pot, a brew that was made using a relatively dirty cloth filter. I, of course, laughed. A few weeks back, I was in Matt Galyon’s kitchen with Philip Revell. They, too,… [Read more…]
January 18, 2012
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