In a move to meet consumers where they are, specialty coffee officials have joined forces with scent scientists and random customers of some of the nations best roasters to design tool that will help people who squeeze bags to determine purchases a long awaited point of reference.
Ignoring a series of cues from the cafe staff surrounding him, volunteer pallbearer Rufus Shlockley refreshed his Facebook feed for the tenth time Saturday evening as baristas started sweeping around him.
A small group of baristas in a coffee shop just outside a local mall are trying to shake things up in their coffee-traditional city.
By Josh Rank SCOTTSDALE, AZ— I know jealousy is really unbecoming, but I can produce a shot just like the two groupheads between me and the grinder. I can ramp up to a full nine bars of pressure just as well as them. Even better, probably. Their gaskets are all loose and worn out. Just look how far you have…
Cafe regular Mark Sampson came to a painful discovery on Tuesday when his favorite barista informed him that tossing back his morning double shot was not, in fact, an impressive feat to anyone.
CARRBORO, NC— Local singer-songwriter Jack Hammond had a religious epiphany this week while playing a show at an empty cafe. “It was 5pm on a Thursday, and I was just there, singing in this empty cafe,” Hammond told our reporters this morning. “And I was like, who am I playing for right now? Why am I doing this?…
Local barista Adam Carter admitted late Tuesday that his favorite part of working in a coffee shop is when a customer comes in minutes after closing time.
I get it. I have a hole on top where you can toss stuff in. That must be kind of confusing. But just for the record: I am not, in fact, a garbage can. I am a tip jar.
Local grocer Scott Samuels narrowly avoided a swift descent into madness this week when asked by his barista if he needed room on top of his coffee.
Customers at a well-known Chicago cafe were intrigued when 25-year-old Damien Yorke, a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at DePaul University, openly announced his New Year’s resolution to start taking his drinks “without color.”