shameless aesthetic grovelling …
April 5, 2007 – 11:48 am… in which CI takes a brief but hearty turn as a slobbering fanboy!
truth is, this blog has always been a firmly mediocre latte artist, which, for blogging purposes, necessitated a dramatic foil who was lousier than us! and then we read schomer’s light magazine feature.
tilt the cup farther, he says. start slower. all the things we were doing, basically, but in a more extreme degree. almost overnight, we wuz pouring 22-leafers (as a basic principle, this blog never practices). and thus, we have a cheap, sweeping example of both the self-perpetuating limitations and instantaneous benefits of a media-driven coffee culture!
this blog, we strongly suspect, needs friends.
8 Responses to “shameless aesthetic grovelling …”
That is a lovely pour - great work! It doesn’t get much better than that….
By James Hoffmann on Apr 5, 2007
why, thanks. had to pull the old scramble-for-the-camera-before-the-bubbles-got-too-big move. what does this say about my finished-pour surfactants, james?
By bz on Apr 5, 2007
bz - If you should ever find yourself visiting SoCal, our training lab door is open to you…
By t o n x on Apr 5, 2007
see that? a friend!
seriously, i apprec’. i thought a may trip for the usbc was possibility, but alas, the funding source has dried up. some day, though. some day.
By bz on Apr 5, 2007
Friends abound.
Whose ’spro is the brown on that beauty?
By )on on Apr 6, 2007
it’s home-roasted monkey blend, from sweet maria’s — vastly improved due to a dramatically rejiggered roast profile. makes for some very mottled crema when pulled cool and a wee bit ristretto. post coming on that…
and thank you, sir.
By bz on Apr 6, 2007
Great pour
By mentness/stuartlee on May 15, 2007
hey, funny you say so.
i was just wondering last night why i haven’t seen your blog before — and admiring somma those fat-leaf pours you’ve got there.
thanks for the note.
By bz on May 15, 2007