Do any of you ever need coffee but you don't have time to go where you know the good stuff is or it's to far away?  Most likely not, because the majority of you are Baristas and working in the industry.

 

That was me today, and on a coffee lovers holiday!  I don't work in the coffee industry, but for me coffee is passion; a daily passion that takes me all over my city seeking out my black gold.

 

Today was interesting....

 

I woke up only to realize…

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Well, my coffee week was very very good.   On Tuesday I continued my search for Espresso in Cincinnati.   This time my quest took me to Cafe` de Paris on Garfield Place in downtown Cincinnati.  It was a nice little lunch date for my wife and I.   We orders some food and it was great, and of course we ordered coffee as well.  Reviews of this place where pretty good, and I had read a few comments about how good the espresso was.  I ordered a double and the wife ordered a cappuccino.  The capp…

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Well, this has been a good week for me.  I tried two establishments in the Greater Cincinnati area, Buffalo Mountain Coffee and Windmill Coffee.    Both were great! Not sure if I like one more than the other.   Buffalo Mountain was great, because I was able to enjoy my drink while sitting on a couch and reading a magazine.  A perfect lunch break, relaxing at lunch with coffee in hand, may be the best way to enjoy my lunch break.  I went to Windmill Coffee on Saturday afternoon.  They are new…

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So, I think I have finally done it.   I am consistently able to produce micro foam!  Its not a 50/50 foam to milk ratio, I would guess it to be more like 30/50 foam to milk or a little less. But it sure tastes good!  Oh and I can't pour any thing that would be called art at this time. Although, it always looks pretty to me.  I think when its called coffee, it always looks good.