Daily Archives: November 9, 2006
Black Gold – a documentary on the coffee industry
There’s a new documentary out called “Black Gold“, which looks at the Western coffee culture. One where people are spending $3-4 for an espresso drink, yet where the farmers producing the beans are being paid incredibly little for the black gold they produce. There’s already a movement to help address this, and that’s known as … Continue reading
Espresso machine…with built in photocopier?!
Component integration has reach a new height (low?) with this all-in-one from Konica Minolta. In addition to an automatic espresso machine, it does scanning, printing, copying, faxing, plays DVDs, displays times in three time zones, oh and has a trash can for your garbage. Thankfully, it’s just a prototype, and they’ll realize that sticking a … Continue reading
More latte art info and how-to
Since we’re on the subject of latte art, you can find some demo videos over at latteart.org, or a nice ‘how to’ over at CoffeeGeek. I’ll include a copy of that CoffeeGeek guide in the extended version of this post.
Latte Art School
Have you ever wanted to learn how to create latte art? If you live in the Bay Area, consider signing up for Barefoot Coffee Roasters’ upcoming latte art class on Tuesday, November 21st from 7-8PM in Santa Clara. Cost is $5; more info can be found at their website.
