Which is the best coffee vendor in Manhattan? 9th St.? The guys in the Orange Truck? Stumptown? Has there been a serious Manhattan-ONLY coffee-off that includes recent developments?...
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The recent post about limoncello got me thinking about trying homemade Kahlua too. It seems to me that brown sugar rather than white would work with the coffee, and I'd like to use real coffee beans or ground coffee rather...
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Hello NYCers, Im headed your way this weekend and can't wait to slug down a cup of this top-shelf mud. Anyone been to Stumptown in Ace Hotel, yet?...
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Just stumbled across a real coffee find: Culture Cafe @ 72 W. 38th St. near 6th Ave. They're serving Intelligentsia coffee and pastries from some of the better bakers in NYC (Sullivan St Bakery, Ce Ci Ce La, etc.) They...
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For some masochistic reason, I've decided to give up coffee for Lent. (All the milk and sugar prob isn't too healthy, plus I shouldn't be so addicted to caffeine at only 21, etc. etc.) Problem is, I'm actually going through...
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This morning I waited for 10 minutes for a cup of coffee at Dean & Delucas. It's in the lobby of my work building, so it gets points for convenience, but 10 minutes for regular coffee when milk and sugar...
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I've noticed a lot of people who start out drinking coffee with cream and/or sugar gradually work themselves "down", so to speak, to just drinking it black. Did you always drink it black? I like cream and sugar, so I...
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Yesterday I picked up some green coffee beans at an Ethiopian grocery. I roasted and brewed a coffee pot's worth. I used a Turkish coffee maker, but have heard of people using hot air popcorn makers. Does anyone have any...
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I could go for days without oxygen, but not without coffee. I've discovered numerous online coffee ordering sites but I'm overwhelmed with jittery excitement to know where to begin. Does anyone have a trusted online source for good coffee?...
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Boingboing pointed me to a great story in the LA Times: Indonesian kopi luwak is a rare kind of coffee that apparently goes for $30/cup in some fancy Hong Kong hotels. The secret to its reportedly fine flavor is that...
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