My work shoes.

Stained with many a coffee spill, with espresso grounds in every nook and cranny, it’s high time to give these guys a good scrubbing.

Expectant.

Barista.
Pour-over.
Blue Bottle. 
Rockefeller Center. 

Barista and manager of Cafe Moulfanso in Turin (respectively).

To be frank, Italian coffee isn’t that great. They roast and extract old school, without much regard for origin and characteristics of individual crops.

But the atmosphere of this place, with its dark, wood-panel ceilings and mirrored walls, could not be beat.

Barista at Cafe Kona Queens.

…

Yeah, I thought he was adorable too.

Nel drip at Blue Bottle Coffee.

Brewed through a cotton filter with a high coffee-water ratio, resulting in an extremely clean, almost underextracted brew. 

Cortado.

At Blue Bottle Coffee, All Good Things Market.

Barista,
Blue Bottle,
Rockefeller Center.

Baristas need to drink coffee too.

La Marzocco and Mazzer grinder at Chan Bros. Coffee, Itaewon.