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Victoria Coffee Culture Not Quite Up After Dark

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged caffè artigiano, canada, Coffee, coffee culture, dolce vita, dolce vita coffee art, grindstone cafe, habit coffee, java, macchiato, mirage coffee, murchies, murchies tea and coffee, serious coffee, Sounds Like Coffee, union pacific, up after dark, victoria, victoria bc on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Murchies, originally uploaded by andai. A couple of weeks ago, I took a weekend trip to Victoria BC so that I could once again sample Victoria’s growing coffee scene. This is the second trip that I have taken to Victoria over the last 12 months. The last time I visited, I was there for a [...]

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Gwilym is the 2009 World Barista Champion

Posted in Beverage Banter, tagged 2009 wbc, 2009 world barista championship, 49th parallel, atlanta, attila molnar, barista, barista competitions, best barista, best espresso, best signature drink, caffè artigiano, canada, colin harmon, columbia road, columbia road flower market, dolce vita coffee art, england, gwilym & crew, gwilym & crew’s coffee carts, gwilym davis, hungary, intelligentsia coffee, ireland, lee jong hoon, london, michael phillips, pacific northwest, peet's coffee, republic of korea, sammy piccolo, seattle, south korea, specialty’s bakery and cafe, square mile coffee roasters, trabant coffee, twitter, vancouve bc, vancouver or victoria, victoria bc, whitecross street on April 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »

nuova simonelli espresso machine at the 2009 NWRBC, originally uploaded by andai. And there you have it. A heart felt congratulations to Gwilym Davis from London, who emerged top barista in the 2009 World Barista Championship held this year in Atlanta GA after beating five other contestants with a total score of 623 points. Sammy [...]

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Victoria BC Coffee Scene Poised for Greatness

Posted in Beverage Banter, Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, tagged Blenz Coffee, dolce vita coffee art, murchies tea & coffee, salt spring coffee company, serious coffee, Sounds Like Coffee, starbucks, Tim Horton's, victoria, victoria bc on August 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Union Pacific Coffee Company Sign, originally uploaded by andai. Keep in mind when you read this, I was only able to sample a very small number of the coffeehouses and cafes in and around the Victoria BC area. I was only there for about two and a half days and that is really not much [...]

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Dolce Vita Coffee Art… Well Not Quite

Posted in Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate, Coffeehouses & Shops, Reviews, tagged caffè umbria, victoria bc, dolce vita, coffee art, victoria, White Heather Tea Room, canada, dolce vita coffee art, Intelligentsia, Sounds Like Coffee, caffè d'arte, pura vita on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Dolce Vita Coffee Art, originally uploaded by andai. Updated to change the tone of the language… I was on my way back from having high tea at the White Heather Tea Room when I drove by Dolce Vita Coffee Art. Even though I had drunk quite a bit of caffeine today, I decided to stop [...]

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