I am a few days into a trip to the Pacific Northwest. Seattle now (no, I did not go to Starbucks), Portland next, then Eugene. Drinking lots of great coffee, taking pictures and notes, will do a big post once I’m back.
in the coffee promised land
Category: travel
mini review: Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea Co.
If you’re headed to Stowe, Vermont, about halfway there from the highway, after you’ve passed Ben & Jerry’s and then this guy…..
….. you’ll see what at first glance looks to be a big red barn. You’re going to want to stop there, because it’s the home of one of the best specialty coffee places you’ll find just about anywhere.
Welcome to Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea, home to a large roastery, coffee school, and coffee and tea bar.
Continue readinggoing back in time
On vacation at the beach with my family this week. Nearest good coffee shop is 45 minutes away. Certainly not packing up the home espresso machine for the week. Don’t have any Counter Culture singles. So it’s back to making coffee a way I haven’t used regularly in three years or so, the AeroPress.
water, water everywhere… *and* good coffee!
Last fall I used this platform to whine about the absence of decent coffee at the Delaware beaches, a minirant which ended ” One of these days I’m going to find the holy grail, a decent espresso at the Delaware beaches, and then I’m never going to leave.”
Well, it looks like I may need to call a real estate agent.
Continue readingon (or possibly off?) the rails
For various and sundry reasons I am taking a 12 1/2 hour train ride today from Essex Junction, VT to Washington, DC, on Amtrak train 55 The Vermonter.
Continue readingfield report: Dublin
When you think of the Irish and what they drink, I’d wager coffee won’t be the first thing that will come to mind, it probably won’t be in the top five. But the millions who visit the Irish capital every year will find a great emerging specialty coffee scene. Keep your eyes out for a free foldout map to specialty cafes (we found one in The Fumbally), which is very helpful as you wander the city. Here’s a look at the places I enjoyed on a recent visit.
Continue readingsurvival instincts
I’m at an industry conference in the convention center of a large hotel/resort in central Florida. Long days of programming that I’m enjoying, but no access to coffee other than an on-site outlet of the evil empire and urns of questionable industrial drip coffee. Not ideal for an espresso addicted coffee snob.
Here’s how I’m making it through:
Continue readingmidwest college & coffee tour (part 4)
see Part 1 (Pittsburgh & Columbus)
see Part 2 (Indianapolis)
see Part 3 (Chicago)
STOP #5: MILWAUKEE, WI
