It appeared that Zoka Coffee no longer lists their coffee size as “per bag“. It now states “12 oz“. This is a nice conclusion to the post I Call Coffee Shenanigans – The 12 Ounce Pound.
I love the Espresso Paladino blend, but 12 ounces is not a pound. Hiding that fact or stating it is [...]
After yesterday’s link from the Seattle Times, I got an interesting comment from Luke about coffee and commodities.
The majority, if not all, of these roasters do not purchase coffee from the commodity market. Many of the roasters (notably Stumptown and Intelligentsia) on this list pay the highest (far beyond commodity prices) on average for exceptionally [...]
In the post It’s ZOKA Coffee Not ZOCA Coffee, I spotted a local place that misspelled their coffee wholesaler’s name.
This Cafe & Bistro at Pike Market has a spelling error on their sidewalk sandwich board. If you can’t even spell the name of your 4-letter coffee roaster, you probably can’t pull a good a shot of [...]
Some coffee roasters are attempting a trick to pass on price increases. They are switching from 16-oz bags to 12-oz bags. This in itself is not a problem if you are honest with your customers. Zoka Coffee is the latest roaster to switch from 16-oz to 12-oz bags. However, I don’t think they are being [...]
Yesterday I was reminded of something I read 10 years ago. From the INeedCoffee article Coffee House Sterotyping by Rachel Elliot:
My Espresso Golden Rule is “If you can’t spell it, you can’t make it!”
The article was referring to spelling espresso with an X, but I think it extends further. Making excellent espresso requires attention to [...]
