I took a little tour of coffee places in Santa Monica today. For second breakfast, Jason and I stopped by Caffe Luxxe for a couple of caps and some pastries. The foam on the cap was soft and luxurious. It was so nice to have a decent cup. I rarely get to anywhere good in SF for\u00c2\u00a0cappuccino. And having visited Rome, I’m sorta spoiled for the good stuff now. Once you go Roman, you never look back.<\/p>\n
After Caffe Luxxe I dropped off Jason at the Google and headed over to the Funnel Mill where they take their beans very seriously. I told the woman behind the counter I needed to send my friend Bradley there. She said they haven’t been advertising because they don’t want to attract the wrong crowd. She proudly announced that they don’t use syrups. All the flavors in their store are natural, as they should be. They had some crazy bunson burner contraptions for making a scorch-free, perfectly percolated cup and if I had money in my account I might have even bought one. Just because they look so amazing.<\/p>\n
Yesterday when I dropped Jason off at the Google, he invited me in to taste some coffee brewed on the world’s fanciest drip coffee maker which was invented by two Stanford grads. They had set out to invent the world’s best espresso maker but discovered the world has plenty of great espresso makers but is lacking in a truly great drop coffee maker. You pour fresh ground beans into a big, round hole, set how long you want your coffee to steep for, 50 seconds being the default, and set your amount. Jason picked a 10oz cup for me which in honestly was so much because the coffee is so ritch. After you push all your buttons, you hit go and the well fills with hot water, then after 50 seconds a little elevator rises up, pushing the coffee grounds above the water, then you get to\u00c2\u00a0squeegee\u00c2\u00a0the grounds into another big well where they go to heaven. The resulting coffee is rich, creamy and delicious.<\/p>\n
We don’t much sleep around these parts with a 3 year old who is always riding the cat bus and a 3 month old who hasn’t figured out that mommie is nicer when she sleeps. So I really like coffee right now. Yum, coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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