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Caffe Vita PBS = Public Brewing School

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Recently I had a chance to head back to school. Coffee school. Every month Caffe Vita puts together a free class at their Pike Street location where the student is taught how to brew coffee using a variety of coffee brewers. The brewing methods taught are: French Press Pour Over Chemex Vac-Pot Siphon (a different [...]

Finding Good Coffee at the Sequim Lavender Festival

Saturday, July 17, 2010

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Each time I get on the ferry to leave Seattle, I think that I am stepping back in time when it comes to coffee. The overly dark roasted old-school Pacific Northwest charcoal water is still the default for our neighbors to the west. Yuck. Yesterday I assumed that would be the case again when I [...]

Espresso Hike #4 – Fremont

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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The area of Seattle with the coolest roadside attractions has to be Fremont. However, it doesn’t have the best coffee. Yes, the Coffee Club of Seattle misses Stickman. Espresso Hike #4 was about 3 miles. The original plan was to hit 3 coffee shops and Theo Chocolate as we made our way from landmark to [...]

Dark Chocolate Meets Coffee in Seattle

Monday, July 5, 2010

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Last week I covered all the different Seattle coffee ice cream options. Today I took a tour of Theo’s Chocolate and sampled many different chocolates. My favorite one will be no surprise. It was Theo Fantasy Flavor Coffee Dark Chocolate. Theo’s is a Fair Trade specialty chocolate maker and they use a Peruvian and East [...]

Coffee Ice Cream Options in Seattle

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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Ice cream is good, coffee ice cream is better and coffee ice cream made using local roasted coffee is best. Here in Seattle we have at least four options for treats that combine locally roasted coffee with ice cream. Old School Custard and Caffe Vita Old School Custard makes vanilla, chocolate and one other flavor [...]