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Date: 25 Apr 2007 10:29:12
From: Jim
Subject: BEST Seattle espresso?
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I was in a local Starbucks because some friends were meeting there. So
I order a double shot. The girl hits a button and a couple of black
streams come out of some super automatic machine into a paper cup.
Flavor was nothing special at all, slightly burnt. How much effort
would it take to give me a heated cup instead of paper? A real
disappointment.
So where's a good place to get a REAL shot in Seattle? ...to what how
they steam the milk?
I got into this as a die hard do-it-yourselfer after my wife got hooked
on espresso drinks. Now I roast my own beans and use a Gaggia MDF and
Classic. I think I'm getting good results. My espresso tastes way
better than Starbucks (to me, at least). But I'd like to compare my cup
to "the best" in town. Maybe I can learn something.
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Date: 28 Apr 2007 07:07:34
From: Dave b
Subject: Re: BEST Seattle espresso?
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Uh, yes, Nordstrom was a serious comment.
tried it?
d
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Date: 25 Apr 2007 18:49:16
From: Rob Yokom
Subject: Re: BEST Seattle espresso?
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"Jim" <askme@beforeyousend.com > wrote in message
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>I was in a local Starbucks because some friends were meeting there. So I
>order a double shot. The girl hits a button and a couple of black streams
>come out of some super automatic machine into a paper cup. Flavor was
>nothing special at all, slightly burnt. How much effort would it take to
>give me a heated cup instead of paper? A real disappointment.
>
> So where's a good place to get a REAL shot in Seattle? ...to what how
> they steam the milk?
>
> I got into this as a die hard do-it-yourselfer after my wife got hooked on
> espresso drinks. Now I roast my own beans and use a Gaggia MDF and
> Classic. I think I'm getting good results. My espresso tastes way better
> than Starbucks (to me, at least). But I'd like to compare my cup to "the
> best" in town. Maybe I can learn something.
Try Espresso Vivace. I've never been there or to Seattle, but David Schomer
is a espresso perfectionist and his theories and techniques are known by
everybody who's anybody in the espresso world.
http://www.espressovivace.com/
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Date: 25 Apr 2007 20:56:41
From: Steve
Subject: Re: BEST Seattle espresso?
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:49:16 GMT, "Rob Yokom" <r.yokom@mchsi.com >
wrote:
>Try Espresso Vivace.
And try Zoka out by Green Lake.
Both are generally excellent.
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Date: 25 Apr 2007 17:27:32
From: Moka Java
Subject: Re: BEST Seattle espresso?
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Steve wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:49:16 GMT, "Rob Yokom" <r.yokom@mchsi.com>
> wrote:
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>>Try Espresso Vivace.
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> And try Zoka out by Green Lake.
> Both are generally excellent.
Cafe Victrola was my favorite. Zoka was pretty good too.
R "Vivace was, well, better than *$" TF
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Date: 26 Apr 2007 06:11:37
From: Donn Cave
Subject: Re: BEST Seattle espresso?
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Quoth Moka Java <rtwatches@fishyahoo.com >:
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Date: 26 Apr 2007 11:09:14
From: Jim
Subject: Re: BEST Seattle espresso?
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Okay. So here's the list, in no particular order:
Espresso Vivace
Zoka
Cafe Victrola
Trabant
Perche No
Tutta Bella
Nordstrom's (was that a serious one, or just "better than $tarbucks"
comment?)
If I missed any, please add. I'll keep a list with addresses in the
glove compartment, and check them all out when I get the chance.
Donn Cave wrote:
> Quoth Moka Java <rtwatches@fishyahoo.com>:
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Date: 28 Apr 2007 01:55:51
From: Barry Jarrett
Subject: Re: BEST Seattle espresso?
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:09:14 -0700, Jim <askme@beforeyousend.com >
wrote:
>Okay. So here's the list, in no particular order:
>
>Espresso Vivace
>Zoka
>Cafe Victrola
>Trabant
>Perche No
>Tutta Bella
>Nordstrom's (was that a serious one, or just "better than $tarbucks"
>comment?)
Caffe d'Arte, 2nd & Stewart downtown.
there's a well-known place up on Pike, around Broadway at the top of
the hill.... i can't recall the name, but i had a few pretty good
shots there when i was out there for the USBC training a couple of
years ago.
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Date: 25 Apr 2007 21:30:26
From: daveb
Subject: BEST Seattle espresso?
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Or the espresso carts at Nordstrom's
dave
"Moka Java" <rtwatches@fishyahoo.com > wrote in message
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> Steve wrote:
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>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:49:16 GMT, "Rob Yokom" <r.yokom@mchsi.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>Try Espresso Vivace.
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>> And try Zoka out by Green Lake.
>> Both are generally excellent.
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> Cafe Victrola was my favorite. Zoka was pretty good too.
>
> R "Vivace was, well, better than *$" TF
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