Sprudge.com co-founder Zachary Carlsen has been embedded all week long in Counter Culture Coffeeโs Fermentation & Fruit Bombs road show. Read our coverage from Boston here and here, and our coverage from Philly here.
It takes around three hours to travel between Philadelphia and DC. It’s takes around four to five hours if you stop for John’s Roast Pork sandwiches, a tiny hole-in-the-wall that is littered with James Beard awards and “Best Sandwich” placards. You might also lose a little extra time if you stop at the gas station for Jalapeno Ranch Blast Ruffles, “real cheese” Toasted Sandwich crackers, and Sour Patch Kids. Oh, and do take an extra half hour to pay your respects to the late Divine at her grave in Towsen, Marylandย (don’t forget to “leave makeup, food, and graffiti“).
So all-in-all, it takes around 6ย hours to travel between Philadelphia and DC.
IMHO, the Counter Culture Coffee DC Training Center is perhaps the most refined of the bunch, located as it is on the second floor of a beautiful building in the middle of Adams Morgan. The view from the roof is just stunning, and the space itself is just so darn charming. Fermentation & Fruit Bombs continued its tour here in this space, bringing together around 45 DC residents, including newcomer Faith Ortiz, formally of Spruce St. Espresso in Philadelphia.
So how was my evening? Well, Tim Hill busted out his cupping (profiled in Philly here and Boston here), then Katie Carguilo busted out her fermentation presentation (profiled here and here). How was yours?
We threw together a little video of Katie’s signature beverage presentation, which BTW is caps lock DELICIOUS. Check it out: [youtube]J5EDPpuXGkk[/youtube]
Stray Observations:
- Julia’s Empanadas are great. But if you’re going to go across the street from the Training Center to the Jack Rose Dining Saloon, it’s best to eat at least ten or fifteen of those empanadas first, especially if you’re going there for an endless whisky/scotch tasting flight. Oy.ย
- A cafe called Tryst in Adams Morgan is chockablock withย DC power bloggers. Most were sipping a beverage called the Chaipuccino, which is like a frozen dirty chai. It’s absolutely the most perfect hang over treat.
- You absolutely have to check out the new Peregrine Espresso at Union Market, which is like the Ponce City Market, which is like the Chelsea Market, which is like the Ferry Building.
- When I get back home, I’m going to start hanging all of my brewing equipment up like this.
