Business
Intelli in Seattle? When Zell Freezes Over!
Jul. 27 | Seattle? Zell no! Melissa Allison scored a coup with Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia’s “Director of Innovation”, who spoke at liberty and denied any future plans for the Chicago industry titans to open up shop in Seattle. “I think putting a coffee bar in Seattle would be like putting a coffee bar in Rome,” he said. “Seattle coffee culture is very ingrained; it’s kind of like the paint is drying on Seattle...
Counter Culture Coffee Unveils “Espresso Apollo”
Jul. 3 | Espresso Apollo We’re always excited about developments from one of our favorite roasters from back East, Counter Culture Coffee. According to our friends at Philadelphia’s fabulous Ultimo Coffee: Counter Culture Coffee has been quietly revealing a new and un-named espresso over this past month in select cafes and we have been honored to be among the chosen. We’ve been calling it Espresso “X.” It is a bright, clean and sweet...
Strada And The City: La Marzocco Gets Carried Away!
Jun. 9 | Single, Double or Not Interested? A Sprudge.com Special Report From Carrie Bradstrada “As we drive along this road called life, occasionally an espresso machine will find herself a little lost. And when that happens, I guess she has to let go of the coulda, shoulda, woulda, buckle up and just keep going.” I walked into the Chelsea Market. The Fat Witch brownies were calling me, but I just kept right on marching down that corridor...
Sodi-Yum: Some Sip Sea Salt By The 85C Store
Jun. 9 | Morton Salt Girl Extra salt, please. A coffee company from Taiwan hopes to teach Americans to love squid-ink buns and iced sea salt lattes. Stores in the 85C chain also sell cheap, and unusual, pastries. Just as Starbucks brought venti triple lattes to Main Street, U.S.A., 85C hopes that adding a little saltiness to the caffeine is a hit with American consumers. NPR – Sea Salt Latte Is 85C The Next Coffee Craze?
MSN Blogger Karen Datko: Save Them Fancy Beans For A Woman of More Discriminatin’ Taste
Jun. 1 | MSN Head Blogger Karen Datko: Why spend $40 on a bottle of wine if your palate can’t pick up the flavors anyhow? Why spend $12 on a sixer of some namby-pamby microbrew when you can get some icy cold BLs for $3? Why spend $15 on a pizza when you can order in a twofer for $5 a Dominoes? Why spend $20 on some Keds when you can find perfectly good foot-huggers hanging from the ‘lectric line? “What’s bergamot?” Jern'list
Mint.com: Seattle Still #1 For Coffee, Beards
May. 28 | Only in Seattle New information released by Mint.com on coffee-buying trends reveals that on average Seattleites spent $36 a month at their favorite coffee shops, topping out the list of caffeine-addicted cities. San Jose, Calif. and Portland trailed just behind at $34 and $33. It’s a change from last year, according to their data, when coffee buying was down about 6 percent. You can blame the recession and the more recent drops...
Geisha, Geisha, Geisha! Wataru & Saza Coffee Engage In Grand Bidding War…$170.20/lb!
May. 25 | ShotZombies.com has reported on today’s historic Best of Panama auction: Holy crap! WATARU & CO., lTD. and Saza Coffee just went at it for the number one lot in the Best of Panama auction. Don’t feel bad for Wataru though, they didn’t win this one but they ended up with seven of the total number of lots available. The auction raised a total of $145,590.00 (for an average price of $12.94/lb). Congrats to the Petersons for setting...
Nescafail: Shards Of Glass Found In Nestle Flavor Crystals
May. 23 | SOy oy oy. Nestle Ireland is recalling instant coffee products believed to contain tiny pieces of glass. Whole bean sales on the rise… NESTLE has recalled some of its instant coffee products after they were deemed a danger to consumers. Coffee drinkers were warned yesterday that some Nescafe instant coffee jars could contain pieces of glass. Nestle Ireland is recalling 100g jars of Nescafe Alta Rica, Alta Rica Decaff, Cap Colombie, Suraya...
The Full Fonté: Nekisse Makes West Coast Debut In Seattle
May. 18 | Fonté Coffee Roasters, a Seattle-based wholesale and retail outfit focusing on boutique hotels and restaurants, is currently featuring the much-hyped Ethiopian Nekisse at its downtown Seattle flagship store. Available as a single origin espresso or siphon, Nekisse will be offered in-store only and for a limited time. You can read a review of the Nekisse at Fonté by visiting the Seattle-centric and up-and-coming blog Why Not? Coffee. This naturally...
