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going to be an interesting day

Got by coffee and I’m already to take my first phone call. It looks like it’s going to be an interesting day for there is a lot of clouds but they are moving very fast and we have some fog up on the hill.



You should see are garden; growing like a madman. Lots of tomatoes and the Zucchini are growing so fast we might pick the first by tomorrow.



I have a doctor’s appointment at 9; if it doesn’t take too long, I think I will take a little trip over to Starbucks and have… Continue

Added by Steve MacDowall on July 18, 2008 at 3:48am — No Comments

Fatal Extraction "Soft-Launch"

I had a funny idea to make t shirts that say snarky barista coffee stuff on them (i.e. "Rock Out With Your Macch Out!"). I am selling them. I think they are fun but I don't know that anyone else will. I am going to continue to try to spread the spro-based snark about the land so I will post new designs for shirts and stuff as they are completed. Yay! This is fun! BTW the macchiato I used for the logo was a delicious macch from Gimme!

Added by Ed Kaufmann on July 17, 2008 at 6:57pm — 2 Comments

My tamp (and me, sorta) made local news!!!

So there is a local coffee tour that goes around sampling different brews from shops in the downtown to Pioneer Square 'hood - got a pretty sweet shot of my tamp in there, and even a shout-out to espressoparts.com!



make with the clickin' here - http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/143440.asp



awesome!!!



link opens in new window so you won't have to leave… Continue

Added by Tom Steffens on July 17, 2008 at 12:42pm — 2 Comments

20th Anniversary Reflections: Dorie Hagler

Photographer Dorie Hagler has done a number of projects for Coffee Kids. After returning from the Peace Corps in Guatemala in the 1995, the photographer got in touch with Bill Fishbein and Coffee Kids to inquire about creating photos at origin.



Coffee Kids began working with Hagler and she created an amazing body of work documenting the life of coffee-farming families, the conditions in which they live,… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on July 17, 2008 at 11:17am — 1 Comment

Bringing in the beans...



West Java, bringing in the beans!

In the blue, hazy hills of West Java, the coffee harvest coincides with harvesting of rice and cloves. Several weeks earlier the daily rainstorms, a constant during the wet season, abruptly eased- giving way to hot, dry sultry days that crackle with heat from mid morning onwards. The showers still arrive, but late in afternoon, as the heat becomes almost unbearable. As stillness descends on the villages… Continue

Added by Alun Evans on July 16, 2008 at 8:31pm — No Comments

IASC Certification

I have been seeing this since we have been going to Coffee Fest 4 years ago and I was thinking about 'getting certified' in September. I do not know much about it, however, and wanted your thoughts..



1. Is it worth it?

2. What is expected?

3. Other thoughts?



It seems that every certification you can get is just more education so it seems that it would be worth at least giving it a go but I don't want to waste $89.00 for nothing!



Thanks for your… Continue

Added by Jason Duncan on July 16, 2008 at 8:11pm — 5 Comments

Talking, talking, it does not make sense......

I had been talking about coffee quite a lot, and for many years. I thought that those so many cafes should care of their business, including those coffee roasters and so they might be really interested in some new things which can help their business. Now, I recognize that they do not.



In the Chinese market, I know that there are chances for those low qualified cafes to exist if no qualified cafes exist. Like, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and many other cities. While in Beijing, due to the… Continue

Added by Peter Tam on July 16, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

First real day

Sunday, I watched, I listened, I absorbed. I was also taken a bit by surprise when Boss Man said, "Now, you make (this much money). When I make you shift supervisor, you'll make (this much much more money)." Then he walked away. Supervisor? Huh? Sweet! Guess he really was in desperate need of rock star staff.



Today, I became the master of the cash register, keeping the various coffee pots fresh and full, keeping pastries and bakeries stocked and making sure everything else is… Continue

Added by Christine on July 15, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

My big trip to the bay area!!!

So my trip was awesome and it was great to see the new coffee works spot (barefoot) and see that the cafe is still there going strong. It was so nice to finally see ritual and meet up with baca and talk about married life, debt and commuting. ... .. . .. . Oh wait!!!!!! Thats right;! None of that happened because after Ride On At Temple i got home and started throwing up. By 2am every hole in my body was leaking or squirting and then the chills and heavy fever.

This crazyness continued for… Continue

Added by lucky on July 14, 2008 at 8:58pm — 2 Comments

Newbie

I used to be an office monkey. It was...a paying gig, that I slowly grew to hate. I went through 8 years of thankless, meaningless paper pushing for neurotic monkey bosses. It was soul crushing, spirit killing, muse destroying toil. So, when a friend of a friend mentioned his coffee house staff was somewhat lacking in awesomeness, I leaped at the chance to do something...well, at least different that involved something I enjoyed - drinking coffee and hanging out at coffee… Continue

Added by Christine on July 14, 2008 at 11:55am — 3 Comments

Visiting coffee friends in Brazil...

I recently traveled to Brazil to visit several coffee producer organizations and friends. I went to Poco Fundo and Nova Resende in Southern Minas, to Lajinha in Eastern Minas and to Venda Nova do Imigrante in Espitito Santo (a lovely town founded by Italian immigrants, many of whom arrived to Brazil to work in coffee in the 1800’s).



Poco Fundo grows one of my favorite coffees from Brazil. I visited COOPFAM http://www.coopfam.com.br/ and spent time with Luis Adauto, president of the… Continue

Added by Miguel Zamora on July 14, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Coffee Families Confront the International Food Crisis

While consumers in the United States fret over gas prices, a food crisis threatens millions around the world. Coffee Kids staff visited with families in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico and learned about the effects of the international food crisis and how they are confronting the problem.



According to women working with Coffee Kids partner organization FomCafé in Oaxaca, they have seen prices for basic products such as corn, oil and rice more than double since October of… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on July 11, 2008 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

New Gift Card Method in SP-1 For Coffee

Now that our 7.50 version is being released, we have finalized some re-vamping of the gift card system as well. Those of you who have looked at POS systems before probably realize that most gift card systems only allow you to take one card at a time or load one card at a time. In the real world, it's common to have a customer want to use three $.50 gift cards and cash to pay for a $3.50 drink.



We have taken some serious time and re-vamped the system to make it work as smoothly as… Continue

Added by Mike Spence on July 11, 2008 at 10:43am — No Comments

New Web Site For SP-1 For Coffee

Well, we finally got upout of our chairs here at SelbySoft and replaced our outdated website with a new one!

Content is being added daily.

Added by Mike Spence on July 11, 2008 at 10:02am — No Comments

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i am so confused about how to use this whole thing... i dont even think my songs really work! but oh well, coffee is cool!

Added by meagan maki on July 10, 2008 at 1:14am — No Comments

Coffee Brewing Revolution

The Coffee Brewing Equipment Company is on the verge of a major coffee extraction breakthough. Their new device is called the Milkthistle Non-Automated Coffee Brewing Device. Developed in a "Cosmic" rocket ship circling the globe, this device allows the barista to brew single servings of coffee in an environment where he/she has total control of all variables of the brewing process. Here is a photo of how it works:



P.S.- Any similarities to… Continue

Added by Troy Reynard on July 9, 2008 at 11:03am — 5 Comments

Changing Espresso Technique

I have posted a semi-detailed blog post on my wordpress site in regards to "Changing Espresso Technique." Be sure and check it out and please give me some input, that is why I put it up there.
Thanks and have a good espresso!

Added by Wilson Hines on July 9, 2008 at 10:40am — No Comments

La Macchina and La Manna

In the school of traditional thought concerning espresso, there seems to be a consistent focus on primary characteristics that attribute to the quality of espresso extraction. Undoubtedly, two primary factors in espresso quality are the equipment and the the person using the equipment. Needless to say, a high caliber machine only produces quality espresso when used by a well-trained, well skilled, and knowledgeable barista and vice versa. This seems to be common sense in our line of work. We… Continue

Added by Chris DeMarse on July 8, 2008 at 1:26pm — 1 Comment

New Single Origin Arrivals

Digging two new single origin coffees as both press and espresso:



Guatemala “La Virgen”

Acid: 6

Body: 7

Texture: Carbonated, milk chocolate.

Flavor: Spicy sweet seed fruits like cherry, strawberry and blackberry reminiscent of Harrar coffee from Ethiopia. Tinder box spices, with a milky cocoa body. Sparkly start with smooth sweet finish. Fairly simple and direct in flavor and presence, not huge but not small either. Intriguing departure from the normal… Continue

Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on July 7, 2008 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Best summer drink?

What's your best summer drink.
Not most popular but favourite.
The one with the most redeeming features...

Added by Stickman on July 6, 2008 at 9:35pm — 4 Comments

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