an espresso lover’s blog
Tim Wendelboe just posted a report about the 2009 World Aeropress Championships. I thought this was going to be a totally informal competition, but seems like it has become a bit more serious with several judges, presentation and sig drink and all, but doesn’t seem that it made it less fun ! . Sadly, [...]
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It only took me two years . The previous post is from december 2006 and is about an espresso trek I did with Audun Sørbotten. Mental note: need to repeat that soon.
I’ve been working a lot (as an interaction designer/information architect) and not been thinking that much about coffee. New hobbies have also appeared [...]
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This week I started working for the Norwegian Health Services Research Centre as an interaction designer. They’re situated close to Java espresso bar (Robert Thoresen’s first bar) so I can stop by to and from work (woohoo!). I’ve just had a really tasty cappuccino there and a chat with Kaveh Ataei. He was on the [...]
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Some weeks ago I saw my first example of bookcrossing at Stockfleths Lille Grensen. Basically it is a movement of book lovers who leave books for people. The goal is make people disover the joy of reading. Cool stuff. Here’s a norwegian article about the phenomenon.
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You may be wondering why this space is so quiet. I am still superbusy at work. We’re working hard to complete a project to a deadline early next month. My life for the moment is just about working and working out after work. Coffee at work can hardly be called coffee, and doing espresso when [...]
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I’ve been playing around with some t-shirt designs for coffeegeeks . Here is one for the robusta lover. *smiles*.
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Home-Barista.com – The Home Barista’s Guide to Espresso
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I am really enjoying the espresso I am getting from my E2K and the Ottolina Classica blend. By tweaking the boiler pressure down to 0.95-1.10 and flushing the group more, I’ve entered the sweet zone of this coffee. Now it has a nice mouthfeel and a smooth taste. I am brewing doubles at 1.25-1.5 oz. [...]
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A little delayed, but here are some thoughts after working as a barista during the “Microsoft-dagene” – conference last week.
The idea of having a small coffee bar in Exense’s (company I work for) booth was mine. I believed it would draw a nice crowd. And it did. We even got several repeat visitors, some of [...]
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VOA News – Baristas Do Battle in Seattle for the Best Specialty Coffee (MP3 audio)
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