CoffeeCrew.Com Micro summit · Friday November 25, 2005 by colin newell
This just in – Dave A. from Ottawa is coming to Victoria next week on business. Interestingly, I have been working with Dave on the website for 2 years or so and this is our first meeting.
Dave has not been to Victoria before so we will be lining up all the best cafes and restaurants for him to check out first hand.
Past summits have included trips to Toronto to see Sara and the Toronto gang as well as Sara’s numerous visits to Victoria.
Tamping and Distribution · Thursday November 24, 2005 by glenn
Which is more important ? The man or the machine?
Something re-mastered from the 1980’s – Simon Byrne (Wrote songs for the Monkeys…
1-Track-Crazy-1985-CR02.mp3Killing me softly... with coffee · Thursday November 24, 2005 by colin newell
Have you ever wondered how many cups of joe, sips of espresso, cappuccinos or lattes you would have to drink to push you into the beyond?
How many saucers of tea it would take to kick the bucket?
Click in the link below to get the straight dope on how much java it would take to permanently curl your toes.
http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/
Go on. I dare ya – take the caffeine challenge!
Actually – do NOT try this at all.
If you could read my mind love…
By Colin NewellIf-You-Could-Read-My-Mind-Love-V12.mp3
Colin Newell is a Victoria coffee expert and food lover always looking for a better caffeine hit.
The Elysian room - does it get any better? · Tuesday November 8, 2005 by colin newell
Elysian room with Dave – who says there are no surprizes any more?
Coffeecrew youngster, Dave Reimer, and I went to the Elysian Room (1778 W.5th) today for our first visit.
A couple of things: One- This place is smaller and significantly less formal than I was lead to believe. This was a relief to me. The way vancouverites describe this place (holy shrine with lasers and purple smoke emanating from some mysterious caffeine powered sepulchre) was way off.
It is small and friendly, warm and intimate in the way I remember the original Demitasse Cafe in Victoria from the eighties. Two- The coffee and food was better than I expected (and I have insane expectations).
I took some pictures with permission from the baristi (and they will appear shortly). The staff are among the most professional that I have met, answering one or two of my obviously pointed questions without flinching. Espresso coffee is from the Hines Market, Seattle.
Here, in Vancouver, at the Elysian Room, it is painstakingly and professionally prepared by a barista whose full attention is on the process and the experience. Don’t get me wrong folks, Cafe Artigiano is fabulous and all but the experience you have at the E-Room is precise and complete.
