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Subrosa Coffee 20 Nov 2009 | 02:07 pm
Location: 419 40th Street, Oakland Reviewed: November 9, 2009 Espresso: Subrosa serves coffee from Four Barrel. The shot is ground and tamped properly and poured directly into a properly-sized cup. ...
LAMILL Coffee Boutique 1 Aug 2009 | 10:45 am
Location: 1636 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles Reviewed: June 14, 2009 Espresso: I didn't get to watch the barista for reasons that will be made clear shortly. The shot had a thick moderate-to-dark c...
Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea 29 Jun 2009 | 05:22 pm
Location: 1331 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice Reviewed: June 13, 2009 Espresso: Intelligentsia serves their famous Black Cat in addition to a seasonally-rotating succession of single origins. Shots are ...
Barista Brew Cafe 13 Jun 2009 | 03:04 pm
Location: 431 G Street, Davis Reviewed: June 11, 2009 Espresso: My single was served on the tall end for volume, at perhaps 1.5oz. It was ground to order and tamped. The medium-to-light brown crema ...
Cafe Lumiere 31 May 2009 | 01:48 pm
Location: 365 Calle Principal, Monterey Reviewed: May 25, 2009 Espresso: Although the barista seemed knowledgeable and nominally did everything right, somehow my shot seemed lacking. I'm not sure wh...
Cafe Sportivo 24 Apr 2009 | 12:52 pm
Location: 965 Brewster Ave., Redwood City Reviewed: April 22, 2009 Espresso: Sportivo serves the Northern Italian Espresso from Ecco Caffe. They grind to order, pour directly into the cup, and tamp ...
Old Soul Co. 10 Apr 2009 | 07:25 pm
Location: 1716 L Street, Sacramento Reviewed: April 5, 2009 Espresso: My shot was ground-to-order but that didn't seem to help matters much. The crema was pale, although not particularly thin, and t...
Cafe Capriccio 31 Mar 2009 | 05:45 pm
Location: 2200 Mason Street, San Francisco Reviewed: March 29, 2009 Espresso: Capriccio uses coffee from Ecco Caffe. They grind to order, pour directly into the cup, and generally do things right. T...
The Abbey Coffee Lounge 5 Jan 2009 | 03:27 pm
Location: 350 Mission Street, Santa Cruz Reviewed: January 4, 2009 Espresso: The Abbey uses the Sermon blend from Verve. They have obviously been trained well. They grind/tamp each shot and use a na...
Wandering Goat Coffee 2 Jan 2009 | 06:37 am
Location: 268 Madison Street, Eugene, Oregon Reviewed: December 28, 2008 Espresso: Wandering Goat roasts their own coffee and produces an espresso called Espresso Chupacabra. My shot was ground-to-o...
