Espresso

Just kidding!

I love espresso!

Final Post

Actually I really HATE espresso!

Been a long time since I rock and rolled...

Final verdict

Finally after all that... I don't even like espresso...

My new vintage espresso machine, sweet!

Dogwood Gibraltar

Perfect day for a perfect coffee...

Maeve's on a fine day

kopplin's has moved as is now even better than ever, if that's possible!

Kopplin's is now near the corner of Cleveland and Marshall in St. Paul and looking good!

2 Espressos before The Inland Sea play

Beautiful evening spent observing my surroundings at Quixotic. Chilled out with 2 espressos waiting to go to my daughter's play over at Macalester. Not sure the barista understood the nuances that go into an espresso, much less two, but nice coffee anyway...

Croissants and Espresso, a hit and a small miss at Rustica

Rustica has some if the best baked goods around. My wife absolutely loved her croissant. The only glitch was I asked for my 2 espressos for here but got them in to go cups. I remarked on this. The barrista poured them into for here cups which surprised me since she should have remade them. Takes a lot away from the taste. Hopefully a one tome occurrence...

2 Espressos at Wilde Roast's new location in Saint Anthony Main

Perfect Gibraltar at Kopplin's!

Kopplin's El Salvadoran!

Rustica Espresso Luke Warm

Watch out Rustica...

Che Bull Run...

Father's Day Espresso

The Benjamin Alexander Sommers-Bachman Espresso!

Today at Matchbox in N.E.

2 Espressos

Hot as hell at Quixotic!

98 degrees outside and some awesome single origin Columbian at Quixotic!

Urth in LA

Machiatto and Green Tea Latte'

Washing down the bad with the good... or trying at least

Visited Nina's in St. Paul and then went immediately to Dogwood in Uptown to try and wash the taste away. Just because you have a Synesso doesn't mean much if you don't know now to use it. Why why why?

Oh Nina, why hast thou forsaken me?

Delicious Dogwood...

Corner Coffee Espresso

Small town espresso in a mug

You find Synesso's in the strangest of places...

The barista at Kenwood Cafe (next to Birchbark Books) had no idea he was pulling shots off a very nice machine. Stop in and school him people. He's a nice guy :-)

Urban Harvest at The Quarry the other day

OK, nothing to write home about, but in the right place at the right time...

Joseph serves up some excellent Dogwood

Joseph pulled some excellent "winning" shots today at Dogwood. Love the machine too!

Ask Jim Jarmusch why two...

A new place for excellent espresso in Minneapolis!

Sun Street Breads in South Minneapolis (4600 Nicollet) has excellent espresso. I spent some time with Martin who kindly let me around the counter to check out his awesome La Marzocco GS/3 in action. Needless to say I was drooling. He pulled some wonderful Dogwood shots and we chatted about how he got into espresso (a trip to Barcelona sealed the deal). Definitely check out the awesome espresso and the bakery run by Solveig Tofte the head baker (and Martin's wife). She competed at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie in Paris as the captain and breads representative on the Bread Bakers Guild Team USA 2008. So come for the espresso and stay for the high quality bread products. You won't regret it!


Feast your eyes on the crema...

Shawn of the Espresso Strikes!

Need the perfect espresso pulled for you? Well duh... Shawn at Quixotic (Ford Pkwy/Cleveland) will set you up. Winning!