
Whiskey prescription (via…).

Whiskey prescription (via…).

Drop-dead gorgeous data visualization from London’s Dunne-Frankowski.

Nick Cho: An iOS replacement for an Agtron?
Clive Coffee’s new book, The Craft of Espresso.
Graphic design/production and coffee? You had me at “letterpress”.
The Coffee Ambush is where I go into a business, to the surprise of everyone except the one person I organize it with, and I brew coffee for them with the Clever Dripper for the morning. I created the Coffee Ambush as a way to do three things:
1. To get delicious Batdorf & Bronson Coffee in the mouths of lots more people. We roast some dang good coffee, and I want more and more people to see how tasty it is, especially in comparison to the fast food coffee most of them drink.
2. To introduce a lot more folks to what specialty coffee is, and show how much better it can be.
3. To have fun, getting out in the community and meeting a lot of great people who love coffee, and to show them how cool brewing coffee at home can be.
What a great idea. Here’s the latest ambush, of the Cartoon Network offices.

1kg Coffee Bag Label Design for Clifton Coffee Company (2012)
Copyright Ben Newman
I’ve never seen anything like this in this context (i.e. coffee labeling). Modern, playful, friendly, and inviting. I wonder of it was ever used.
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Cold, drizzly morning today, after dropping off m’lady at the airport, spent under the protective roof and elaborate arches of Pasadena’s Burlington Arcade, sipping a Handsome Roasters cappuccino and a warm, freshly baked cheddar and chive scone made by the folks at Float. Good way to start (or continue) a morning.
![The porous structure of ground coffee.
[…] I will now use this as an illustration of the sponge-like nature of coffee forever.
—Peter Giuliano](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meguyzAQtQ1rbki80o1_500.jpg)
The porous structure of ground coffee.
[…] I will now use this as an illustration of the sponge-like nature of coffee forever.
A too-short stop today at Single Origin, brought on by their tweet-out that they were serving up their Verve exclusive, El Salvador La Cuestona López.
One mach, a one-n-fun, and a cap. Not all for me.
Tasting notes from around the table… dark chocolate (capp) … celery (mach) … some sort of tropical punch thing (esp) … butterscotch candy (mach)1.
Nicely presented as well. Thanks!
Upon saying this, my table-mates, mouths agape, and eyes wide, said, “did you say ‘butt-scratch candy’?!” A good laugh was had by all. Later, at Sur la Table, via a demo unit operated by a well-meaning salesperson, we actually were served an espresso that had notes of butt-scratch candy. So it was just foreshadowing. ↩
Sprudge’s 2012 holiday buying guide to the 21 books about coffee the coffee geek on your list simply must have.