Coffee Common // TED

February 28th to March 4th I participated in the inaugural banding of a group of people in the specialty coffee industry under the guise, “Coffee Common” down in Long Beach, California at the wonderful TED talks.

Fashion + Function

Hip new patio seating at JJ Woodwards.

Pleasure Doing Business With You.

Up Sell:
To persuade a customer to buy more than he or she had intended.
“Did you want to add the sun roof option to your Honda Civic?”
Up Sell In Coffee:
To persuade a customer to buy less than he or she had intended.
“Lattes are good, but have you ever tried a traditional sized Cappuccino before?  They are [...]

Barista North East

Michi

West End Coffee.

Grind On Demand

Basics II: The Milk

I’d like to humbly begin by tipping my hat to a man that fueled my coffee obsession half a decade ago, when I had either fatefully or coincidentally stumbled into the world of coffee and found myself in a city that was starved for a quality expression of it.

No Photos, Either.

JJ CBC

JJ Bean’s newest (and coolest).

The Epic Of Specialty Coffee

In the days before the Green Siren, Commercial Coffee ruled over all the earth.  Yet some rebelled.  Hope emerged in the West, and Specialty Coffee became known to but a few.