AndrewAfter a false alarm back in March, when temperatures were in the upper 70’s everyday for almost two weeks, then a miserably chilly April, June […]
Month: June 2012
Passion House Coffee Roasters // Cold Brew
Today’s the day folks—the longest day of the year, the summer equinox, the official first day of summer. As it has been the last few […]
Dark Matter Coffee Company // Chocolate City
(A NOTE FROM THE WRITER: this review is best enjoyed with this tune playing in the background: Chocolate City, by Parliament Funkadelic) To each his reach […]
Chapter 49: “The Way West” by A.B. Guthrie Jr. (1950)
Every now and again, I get in the mood to watch old Westerns. I’m not talking about Tombstone or Unforgiven or even The Good, the […]
Chapter 48: “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” by Michael Chabon (2001)
“Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to.” Once in a blue moon, a novel comes along […]
Chapter 47: “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck (1940)
“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.” When I read John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, […]
Barismo // Burundi Gatare
I launched this week of reviews on Monday with my contribution, Passion House Coffee Roasters’ Guatemala El Limonar; yesterday, Day Two, I reviewed Randy Levine’s […]
Rojo’s Roastery // Sulawesi Toraja
Day Two of reviews of coffees I received during The Great Coffee Exchange. One of the things I was most excited about when commencing this […]