IMG_7430.JPG | Originally uploaded by nobleviola click photo to enlarge It started out sunny and cheerful, but before i could get my cycling gear ready, the heavens opened up. So a nice coffee was in order while I waited for the rain to subside.
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My 15th season with the Oregon Symphony begins today, so what better way to celebrate the occasion than by creating a little latte art? And don’t forget, you can still support the Oregon Symphony’s trip Carnegie Hall by buying Badbeard’s delicious Symphony Blend coffee!
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The postings have been few and far between lately, what with me being in Sunriver, Oregon for the 33rd edition of the Sunriver Music Festival. The festival got off to a running start with the opening night pops concert, featuring music from the 30′s and 40′s, which the audience greatly enjoyed. Principal trumpeter Jeffrey Work
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Justin “Badbeard” Kagan, the Portland cellist neé coffee roaster and foodie extraordinaire, has been featured in today’s Oregonian courtesy of the O’s classical music critic David Stabler. It’s a nice write up, and you can find it here. Justin does a great job of explaining his coffee ethos, and that is worth sharing once more:
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A lovely latte from Coffeehouse Northwest (NW Trinity Place & W. Burnside).
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Many of you are aware by now that I am a total coffee aficionado – I love coffee in most all of its forms. Anyone who is a coffee lover also knows about Andrea Spella’s espresso cart on SW Alder and Park in downtown Portland. Andrea is doing espresso in the authentic Northern Italian tradition,
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Fellow classical music blogger A.C. Douglas (Sounds & Fury is his blog) has taken delivery of his first (4lb!) order of Badbeard’s Symphony! Blend coffee ($2 from every pound you order goes directly to the Oregon Symphony) and the results are in: he likes it! Read it all here.
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Not my best work, but it was worth a shot (get it?). Made using Badbeard’s primo beans, his Mondo Cello blend. Badbeard has got the Symphony! blend ready to ship, and there will be decaf and espresso blends with the Symphony moniker available soon. Support the Oregon Symphony and enjoy some of Portland’s best coffee
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Portland’s own Badbeard’s Microroastery will be offering a new signature blend called Symphony – for every one pound bag of freshly roasted coffee that you purchase direct from Badbeard himself (in fact local cellist and coffee geek extraordinaire Justin Kagan, a frequent performer with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Cello Project, Red Sneakers, and more) two
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In a change of pace from recent posts, here’s a recent photo of some latte art that I’ve done. Doing a different kind of rosette these days, and getting a bit better at it… Oh, and I recently completed my first half-century (50 mile) ride last weekend. Not much time to ride this week, but
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Billy Wilson, owner of Barista on NW 13th & Hoyt in the Pearl, created this amazing example of latte art on a recent visit: [click photo to see larger version @ flickr.com]
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IMG_2057 | Originally uploaded by nobleviola click photo to enlarge
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Photo © Charles Noble
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