Obsessive Compulsive Coffee Disorder » Espresso

Kyle Glanville of Intelligentsia on Espresso

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:31:29 +0000

Kyle Glanville of Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea does an interesting piece on Espresso. Great vid!

Espresso, Intelligentsia from Department of the 4th Dimension on Vimeo.

James Hoffman follow up re: Espresso and Crema

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:19:59 +0000

James offers a response to his first video regarding his opinion about espresso and crema. I have to admit that I never thought of it this way and it’s a very interesting discussion. If you missed the first video, click here, then watch his response below.

James Hoffman on crema

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:49:53 +0000

James Hoffman explains why crema is overrated. Would love to hear what others think about this! *UPDATE* His followup to this first video can be viewed here.

NY Coffee Wars

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:41:19 +0000

It’s an interesting time to be a coffee geek in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The third wave of coffee is spreading as we see the proliferation of higher end coffee shops. Intelligentsia has set up a coffee lab in Soho and we are seeing the beginnings of coffee education to the public. Stumptown is setting up a roasterie in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Cafe Grumpy is coming to the Park Slope, South Side is in full effect in the South Slope, Cafe Pedlar is set up in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, Ninth Street Espresso is now serving Intelligentsia, City Girl upgraded to Stumptown. The list goes on. The press has taken note and apparently taken sides as is evidenced in the most recent showdown between the NY Press and NY Magazine. It will definitely be interesting to see how this all plays out.