sweet coffees in the snow...

12/05-barismo 'soma' guest espresso cappuccino @ cafe grumpy,chelsea

december 5th was my birthday,also the first snow of the year in nyc.this was enjoyed underdressed while trying to make it home without dying.

12/20-cappuccino @ gimme!coffee,soho

sweet and tangy,actually.maybe like yogurt.

this saturday it started really snowing,kinna like a blizzard.sunday i had a horrible stomach ache and didn't want to eat anything,so steamed milk was sustenance,and was pretty warming,too.

12/20-macchiato @ kaffe 1668

black cat espresso.

12/20-clover brewed ecco caffe ethiopian yirgacheffe @ kaffe 1668

a little bit vegetal,like sweet potatoes.nice.

12/19-macchiato @ third rail coffee

i was expecting a dragon in this...

12/20-cappuccino @ ninth street espresso,chelsea

this was amazing.tasted like the best french vanilla ice cream i've never eaten.

espresso was smoky,really sweet,too.i think chelsea market is my favourite 9th street.

espresso softserve @ kyotofu.

okay,okay...but c'mon...!

$4.36 counter culture espresso,a lot of stumptown,and basically a week of drinking a lot of coffee in manhattan.

fazenda ambiental mococo,brazil.
counter culture single origin espresso at le parker meridien hotel.
really buttery and rich.
$4.36.yummy price,i guess.








counter culture espresso toscano at everyman espresso.
the macchiato was probably only $3,but it's nice to be fancy sometimes.



no art on the cappuccinos,but besides using one of my favourite espressos.counter culture uses this:





my weekend primarily consisted of drinking coffee.but it was for good reason.





maeve was visiting from portland,where we've drunk many a stumptowns together,so we thought it would be surreal to meet up at the new one in the ace hotel.





maeve was underwhelmed by her latte,nut admitted to having really high expectations,and my cortado was good,but not 'albina press good',but c'mon.



going was kind of last minute,and i forgot that dan from third rail coffee had some 'special' stumptown beans' he said he'd make if i wanted to come by friday.





stumptown el salvador kilimanjaro organic.

ridiculously fruity.like earl grey tea,with a hint of citrus.dan says it's beause he stirred the chemex.






the black cat espresso was surprisingly fruity too,in the way grocery store wine is fruity.more so than regular wine,and less alcohol-y.this was less,well kind of none,of that straightforward-chocolate-y taste of black cat.it was really new,though.and like i said,it was good,just different.



also went to 9th street espresso for the first time in a few weeks






the alphabet city blend they use is also from intelligentsia,but i think is less straight forward with more red fruit high notes.
audrey was bombed.

and





had a cortado made with cafe grumpy's heartbreaker espresso at the chelsea location.it was maple-y and kind of perfect,despite some large bubbles in the foam.

hi;a view of things to come

hi there;i live in nyc now and have been drinking really really incredible coffee.and i say that coming from the pacific northwest.here's a look at where i've been so far,and there's been a lot of coffee shops.

gimme!coffee in soho:

first espresso off the plane.dark,super chocolate-y,smoky,awesome.


first gibraltar ever.and not the last.

el beit in williamsburg:

serving 49th parallel-i had better the morning pervious in vancouver.

think coffee on bowery:

medicore.whatever.

9th street espresso in chelsea market:


on 10th street:


on 9th street:


variety in williamsburg:

stumptown in nyc.meh.

kaffe 1668:


third rail coffee:



chemex.zomg.

blue spoon cafe:

craziest,thickest,macchiato ever.and it was good.

gorilla coffee:

kinda really burnt.

cafe grumpy park slope:


greenpoint:


chelsea:


oslo coffee on metropolitan:


everyman espresso:

awesome.

cafe pedlar:


ground support:


ost:




abraco:

ho-ly-oh-my-ga-wd.aaaah.

anyways,i've been to most of these places more than once,some not-lots of pictures,some words,maybe reviews.yay!