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badbeard hits the big time

by Charles Noble on January 5, 2010

Photo: Oregonian/Jamie Francis

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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today’s latte art + badbeard’s coffee

by Charles Noble on November 24, 2009 · 2 comments

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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 while [...]

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quid pro joe?

by Charles Noble on November 17, 2009 · 2 comments

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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shot of the day shot

by Charles Noble on July 15, 2009

shot of the day shot | Originally uploaded by nobleviola
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coffee from the inside

by Charles Noble on April 9, 2009

Today I took a trip to my good friend Justin Kagan’s coffee roasterie off Johnson Creek Blvd in SE Portland, where both he and business partner Andrea Spella roast their exquisite lots of super premium coffees.  It was such a great experience – sensory overload was always a possibility – and it was great to [...]

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portland perks

by Charles Noble on October 20, 2008

Which include having a friend who is a coffee roaster (opens in a new window) par excellence!

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