First stop on the san fran trip: Blue Bottle. The cafe was an interesting space although all the cool hews of blue and gray kind of give it a chilly, icy feel. There’s an impressive cold-brew toddy machine straight out of some turn of the century mad scientist laboratory. The baristas were friendly enough with…Matt […]
(Belated Post From SCAA Coffee Fest 9/08) Talk about a whirlwind of a night. Some of us were sittin around thinking hey wouldn’ t it be cool if we did like a tournament style Latte Art Smackdown? Like one on one then the best pour moves on to the next round? Yeah sounded awesome…until about […]
So I’ve gotten to work some shifts at our newest location, over on Beacon Hill. It’s been known as Galaxie Espresso for some time over there and has built it’s reputation as a chill neighborhood hang-out with some kick-ass espresso. It feels a lot like Portland. If you’ve ever been down there and to checked out some […]
So these have actually been around for a little while but they’re new for Victrola. It’s a steam tip designed with finer holes. There sometimes referred to as ‘macchiato steam tips’. So what does that do you ask? Well, these tips produce smaller streams of steam, which create even smaller micro-bubbles in the foam. This […]
We recently got the opportunity to have a little maintenance powow with our friends down at Synesso. They produce the Synesso Cyncra espresso machine which we use at all or our cafes. Victrola has always been about fine tuning every variable that could affect the quality of our coffee so this was a great opportunity […]
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Rhonda
Good to see you on the exchange. You might remember me from Visions in Seattle. I opened m own shop in Wenatchee called Caffe Mela. Feel free to drop in if you're ever thru town.
Darren
It's been a while, how have you been?
You going to MN?
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