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latte of the day

by Charles Noble on February 24, 2010 · 6 comments

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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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spella caffe II now open

by Charles Noble on December 21, 2009 · 1 comment

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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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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amazing baristapdx latte art

by Charles Noble on August 15, 2009

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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today’s home latte art

by Charles Noble on August 6, 2009

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july 27th latte art

by Charles Noble on July 27, 2009

IMG_2057 | Originally uploaded by nobleviola
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july 24th latte art

by Charles Noble on July 24, 2009

Photo © Charles Noble

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latest latte

by Charles Noble on July 23, 2009 · 2 comments

Photo: © Charles Noble

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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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deliciousness from crema bakery+cafe

by Charles Noble on June 11, 2007

Pink Martini violinist Paloma Griffin is one of my long-time friends who gather each week for coffee and lively conversation on all things. She has been regaling us all with her photos of food and drink from the recent Pink tours, and she brought along her camera to our last coffee to document the [...]

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