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Return to Brazil, via Joe the Art of Coffee

May 16, 2010 by Patrick LaForge in Coffee!, New York

A good coffee shop is all about atmosphere. And the atmosphere is one reason that I've tried to like the Joe Art of Coffee chain. They really make an effort.

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May 16, 2010 /Patrick LaForge
Aeropress, Brazil, Coffee!, Ecco Caffe, espresso, Joe the Art of Coffee
Coffee!, New York
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A Grumpy Brazilian in an Aeropress

March 26, 2010 by Patrick LaForge in New York, Blogging, Coffee!

I don't remember how I first came across the Aeropress, but as soon as I saw it, I wanted it. I had been looking for a way to make coffee -- espresso in particular -- in my office without creating a lot of mess. For the past few weeks, I have discovered that something like this is possible. No longer am I the slave to the stale, vaguely machine-flavored Illy served upstairs in the cafeteria or the over-roasted swill found in the Starbucks shops of Midtown Manhattan.

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March 26, 2010 /Patrick LaForge
Starbucks, decaf, Kenya, Aeropress, espresso, Brazil, Café Grumpy, NYT, Illy, drinks, Coffee!, Breville electric kettle
New York, Blogging, Coffee!
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A Week of Sweet Tooth Yellow Icatu

February 21, 2009 by Patrick LaForge in Coffee!

In my seemingly never-ending quest for the perfect home-made espresso, I was stopped short last weekend by a bean that came incredibly close. I just didn't have time to write about it, so I've been drinking it all week, alternating with this oddly tea-like but delicious coffee from Barismo that seems better suited to what the non-Americans call a cup of American coffee. Which can be a lovely beverage, no matter what the snobs say. Anyway, I bought these espresso beans at the same time, and have been enjoying that Brazilian flavor that took Frank Sinatra to no. 6 on the charts in 1946.Name: Fazenda Esperança Sweet Tooth Espresso Yellow Icatu

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February 21, 2009 /Patrick LaForge
Brazil, Café Grumpy, Campos Altos, Cerrado, Coffee!, drinks, espresso, Fazenda Esperança, Frank Sinatra, NYC, Ritual Coffee Roasters, San Francisco, The Coffee Song, Yellow Icatu
Coffee!
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Be Seeing You, Patrick McGoohan

January 15, 2009 by Patrick LaForge in Moving Images

"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered!My life is my own!" From "The Prisoner" (1967)

A few years ago, I bought a boxed DVD set of the old series "The Prisoner" starring Patrick McGoohan, who died at 80 on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

My wife has been obsessed with the show since childhood. We watched the whole thing over that winter. It was a bit dated, but most of it held up. Unlike many series, it actually had a conclusion with a final episode where everything was sort of resolved. It was not set in the future, but was vaguely futuristic, and quite prescient in pointing to some trends in information and control that outlasted the Cold War era.

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January 15, 2009 /Patrick LaForge
technology, Patrick McGoohan, movies, Blues Traveler, No- 2, 24, Secret Agent, Secret Agent Man, penny-farthing bicycle, James Bond, Brazil, deaths, spies, Johnny Rivers, Gattaca, The Prisoner, Danger Man, torture, video, TV
Moving Images
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Podcast Zeitgeist, Dec. 26

December 26, 2008 by Patrick LaForge in Podcast Zeitgeist

The mix this week is more culture than tech. Most of the podcasts I sample were off for the holidays, or they had recorded episodes in advance, so I went a little farther afield. [See all lists.]

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December 26, 2008 /Patrick LaForge
Benjamin Button, Bernard Madoff, Blogs, Books, Books on the Nightstand, Brazil, cheese, Coffee!, Coffeegeek, David Fincher, Dinner Party Download, drinks, e-books, Eating, espresso, Frank Sinatra, grok, John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, Jonathan Larroquette, Keanu Reeves, Kindle, Leo Laporte, Mad Men, movies, mozzarella, Obika, parmesan, Podcast Zeitgeist, podcasts, protean gestures, Robert A- Heinlein, science fiction, Seth Romatelli, The Coffee Song, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Uhh Yeah Dude
Podcast Zeitgeist
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