Saturday, May 31, 2003


dancing goats

with rain threatening, i pulled on the nearest pair of pants handy (which happened to be my beat-up beyonce knowles' levis too superlows) and ran out with mr. right to get some new batdorf dancing goat blend.

i buy this from patrick at the under-appreciated victory in boerum hill. he makes some great coffee, but really appears to hate coffee lovers. or at least he seems to think that openly saying you love coffee is way uncool.

but we here at bccy are beyond posing 'tudes. we love coffee, we love to talk about coffee, and we love other people who share our passion for coffee (adobe acrobat required).

despite this, patrick is great guy and does in fact love coffee himself. plus, he sells the dancing goat, which is my favorite blend for milk-based espresso drinks right now after the magic orsini gold blend.

when you go in to buy some whole beans, he'll open a new bag for you, even if the currently open bag is only 30 minutes old. that's consideration! but he doesn't pull the best shots on his la marzocco. . .

the rain hit hard not long my return and so i pulled a nice doppio espresso for myself with these ultra-fresh beans.

the problem is, i just don't like the dancing goat sans milk. it needs even the stain of the macchiato to my mind.

on the other hand, i love batdorf a lot, as far as their business. their high standards, their emphasis on quality, sustainability, relationship coffee. . . all good.

it's true -- my ristretto-drinking heart is possessed by the gillies blend don schoenholdt recently made up for me. do you know what it's like to drift around town on a drizzly day wishing for an espresso you don't quite have?

further on the coffee front, i am seriously considering taking the scaa basic tasting test to get myself situated for improving my cupping skills.

this test requires you to drink various mixtures of sour, sweet, etc. and in different concentrations and to identify the flavors.

i think it would be a very useful thing to do. . .

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