I’m feeling lucky

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Phil Lewis

I picked up 5 lb of Ethiopian beans to blend with the Guatemala beans I already had on hand. The outcome was exactly what I was going for – a more citrus, fruity, acidy top end on my espresso.

The outcome was very nice. By the way, my last post was about how great the outcome was with blending two roasts of single origin Guatemala. I did get one really great cup that way, but the subsequent cups were uninteresting.

Here’s my Saturday Morning 4-shot latte:

Guatemala / Ethiopian - lucky me.

What’s in a Cup?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Phil Lewis

Sometimes what you need is more VOLUME. I’ve been wanting some more full-sized, big round cups for two reasons:

Not everyone likes a macchiato. As hard as it is to believe, some of these girls around here would rather have a big bowl of milk. The latte pictured here is a quad. Yeah baby.
As you can see, I need to work on my latte art, and as you probably know, the bigger the cup, the better the latte art. Some of the best examples you will see on youtube and elsewhere are performed (if I may use that term) in a big bowl-like cup.

I got sidetracked during my lunch hour today. I needed to find something for my poor invalid mom, so I stopped in at Goodwill. Did you know that Goodwill Industries is the best place on the planet to find cups and saucers? .29 per piece unless otherwise marked. I got away with all of these cups for under $6.