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Back to Kitanda for Brazilian Espresso

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 28, 2009 | Comments Off

D’arte at Kitanda, originally uploaded by andai. Last December, I wrote a post about my first visit to Kitanda, the Brazilian Cafe and bakery down in the Bellevue/Redmond area. I had initially noticed them when I was driving back to work after lunch and since I am always on the lookout for new places to [...]

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The Back Porch Café

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2009 | Comments Off

Our guest blogger Tina is German but lives and works in New Zealand. She enjoys the coffee culture in New Zealand and is sending posts of her espresso sojourn. Coming from a country where it is common to have ‘coffee and cake’ at around 4pm in the afternoon, I still haven’t managed to adjust to [...]

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Updated: Maximilien at the Market (with Stella)

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee Business, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, tagged , , , , , on May 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In my previous blog posting, Maximilien at the Market I talked about the Mother’s day brunch celebration we had at Maximilien, the French restaurant at Seattle’s Pike Place Market. When I took a look at the menu, I noticed that they offered coffee from both Caffè D’arte and Stella Coffee. These two are actually really [...]

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Maximilien at the Market

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged , , , , on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Each year, I spend Mother’s Day brunch with my relatives here in Seattle and since they love to go out to nice restaurants, we tend to try out a different place each time. This year’s choice for brunch was Maximilien, the French restaurant at the Pike Place Market. If you know where the famous ‘flying [...]

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Updated: Java Java and Ikea Coffee

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Reviews, tagged , , , on May 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

So after the whole deal with Java Java and Ikea Coffee I decided to revisit each once again and then make my final conclusion on whether Ikea would be a source of espresso for me. So the first thing I did this past week, was to give the Bryggkaffe Mellanrost or as I also like [...]

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