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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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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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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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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Photo: © Charles Noble
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shot of the day shot | Originally uploaded by nobleviola click photo to enlarge
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vivace bar | Originally uploaded by nobleviola click photo to enlarge We paid a visit to the Yale Street outpost of perhaps the ultimate NW coffee experience, David Schomer’s Espresso Vivace. It was worth the wait. Simply the best latte I’ve had to date. We also had a straight shot each, and it was good,
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I’m a certifiable coffee geek, and have been having fun with my new espresso machine and espresso grinder. Today I reached a milestone of sorts: I made my first rosette. Don’t know what that is? Here it is:
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