Brevity is beautiful.
As is limitation, underexpression, and suggestion.
That's why I tumble.
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.
La Colombe, Nolita.
Not a great coffeeshop; the beans are roasted dark, the espresso isn’t distributed, and grouphead isn’t flushed before extraction. The ceramicware is grimy, and the milk isn’t textured well; they give off the overall feeling of being a little bit gritty and a tad haphazard.
They’re a popular micro-chain though, and the interior is nice.
Good morning.
Kaffe 1668, Tribeca.
I’ve fallen in love with this space, and with this table in particular.
I work here now.
It’s everything I could ask for, and more.
(via feistygoat)
Rainy day macchiato at Gasoline Alley Coffee.
One of my favorite spots, serving well-pulled shots of the rare(r) Black Cat Analog.
The Steampunk at La Colombe.
The La Colombe in Nolita is one of a handful of coffeeshops in the U.S. to serve coffee using a Steampunk. This much-hyped machine by Alpha Domniche is best described as a mechanized siphon brewer, automating factors like time, temperature, volume, agitation, etc. and taking some of the inconsistencies of siphon brewing.
La Colombe was brewing a Kenyan coffee when I visited, and I wasn’t a fan of the dark roasting profile of the coffee nor the heavy-bodied, sedimenty brew. But it’s not without potential, that’s for sure. Rumor has it that we’re supposed to be getting one of these at Kaffe, so that’ll be something to look forward to…
Ritual Coffee’s Columbia on V60, cortado, and croissant at Sweetleaf in LIC.
The good vibes and great coffee were definitely worth the trek out here.
Not sure what time it is over there, but it’s coffee o’clock over here.
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.
