Apparently an enterprising young Brit has solved a problem that doesn’t really exist, and combined a high end coffee maker with a bedside alarm clock. Behold, the Barisieur:
it’s a what and a what?
guest mini-review: Amargosa Café
Ed: This review is written by my friend Rachel Hayden, whom you may remember from our recent gambol at Car Wash Coffee. Hope you enjoy a different voice.
On our way from Las Vegas to Death Valley on a recent weekend, my husband and I accidentally discovered the Amargosa Café at a crossroads that looks a little like a ghost town. Originally built as an outpost for the Pacific Coast Borax Company, the Amargosa now hosts a small, funky hotel, an opera house, and the café. We actually thought the buildings were abandoned, but we got nosy and decided to poke around. Happily, our curiosity was rewarded with a delicious breakfast and coffee worthy of a mention on this prestigious blog. And, luckily, it happened to be a Friday because the Amargosa is only opened Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Continue readingmini-review: Gregorys & CBD
I’d been meaning to check out Gregorys, a well-reputed New York City chain that has recently established itself in the DC area. I’ve also seen several references to CBD as an additive to coffee drinks, and noticed it at many coffee places in Vermont (which also sold CBD edibles), and wanted to give it a try. Gregorys just happens to offer CBD as an option for its drinks, so I was able to kill two birds with one stone this week.
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Today we go waaaaaaaaaaay back to listen to John and John 21x in a row
the jealousy, it is killing me
There’s a barista at Little Red Fox who absolutely kills it with the milk art every time I stop in. #coffeemakinggoals
miscellaneous miscellany
Lumping together a few random coffee things I’ve come across recently, whilst waiting for the polar vortex to wipe out North America……
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Sell pics of my home milk art failures to analysts to use in place of ink blots for Rorschach tests
good god man, haven’t you done enough harm already?
reach
Interest today from many corners
mini-review: Otto’s Market, Germantown, NY
It gives me great joy to write this post, about finding great coffee in my hometown.
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