Peter Giuliano of Counter Culture Coffee just dropped a wondefully articulate post on the new film “Black Gold” on the Coffeed Boards. Point your browser there, now!
Today, Cafe Grumpy Chelsea opened its doors to the public for the first time. Mike White has posted a picture and some words on ShotZombies.
Congratumalations, dudes. Looks like a helluva spot.
As I have changed my home address, so has the blog.
Yes, I’ve relocated.
Some people may remember back in April my coffee-other-half Tonx and I both ended our relationships with Victrola. It was a sad day to be sure and I will always regard my time and the people there fondly.
So what does a down’n'out, freshly unemployed ex-barista do when faced with great uncertainty, such as “How’m I gonna afford food”?
He drops $1200 on a plane ticket to Charlotte to attend the SCAA’s annual trade conference the very next day.
It was well worth it, too. In many ways, the show was like a big group-hug with the coffee community. We slept on hotel couches, ate free meals at the parties, and generally mooched as much as we could. And it worked out great.
I met coffee luminaries like Doug Zell, Ric Rhinehart, Trish Skeie, Geoff Watts, Aleco Chigounis and others. I saw many of my old pals as well. It was a really wonderful time, and it served to refresh my faith in this “thing” - this pursuit of transcendent coffee.
A few really great job offers came out of it as well. Tonx and I were confronted with seemingly boundless opportunity, and one of the most difficult decisons ever.
So after much deliberation, we find ourselves in LA-LA-land, charged with the task of doing something compelling in one of the World’s most compelling cities.
There will be a coffeebar. There will be roasting. It will be ambitious.
Stay tuned….
Well, well. The never-updated blog has moved….
