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May 7, 2012
Black Coffee Roasting Company Beans Arrive at Murray's
Certified organic, with the roasting date inked in by hand. Now that's artisanal! If you're a coffee fanatic, it calls for a little celebration every time a new coffee roaster hits town. In the last couple of years, we've seen the arrival of Stumptown (Portland), Intelligentsia (Chicago), and Blue ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
Starbucks Happy Hour: Frappuccinos 50% Off
Great news for Starbucks aficionados -- and there's a lot of you out there. To kick off the summer season, Starbucks is bringing back their Frappuccino Happy Hour. The deal starts today. Customers who frequent the coffee shop from 3-5pm from May 4th to the 13th will get 50% off their Frappuccinos.
Blogs
April 24, 2012
The USA Champion Barista on Her Signature Beverage
The past weekend at the United States Barista Championship in Portland, Katie Carguilo of Counter Culture Coffee defeated 54 other contestants to become the first New Yorker ever to win the competition. This summer, she'll travel to Vienna to represent the United States in the World Barista Champion ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
A Handheld Espresso Machine for Your Car?
According to an anecdotal survey conducted by the Times' Oliver Strand, Americans don't really drink straight espresso anymore. Most of owners of his favorite NYC coffee shops say that straight espresso accounts for about five percent of the coffee they sell, he wrote in the Times last week. If you ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Blue Bottle, Part Two
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! Yesterday, I wrote about my first experience at West 15th Street's new Blue Bottle Coffee. I apologize for having been so interested in the pour-overs that I missed the espresso machine. The other observations and criticisms still stand, including my belie ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Blue Bottle: Coffee as Crack
The sole output from Blue Bottle's downstairs is pour-overs -- no espressos! When San Francisco's Blue Bottle Coffee hit town two years ago in the Williamsburg outback, it changed the paradigm of the coffee bar. As a friend said to me, peering into the place's expansive premises, "Hey, whe ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Ritual Coffee Invades NYC -- Via Murray's Cheese
Eschewing the brown paper bag of Blue Bottle and Stumptown, Ritual beans come in thick foil. I'm sitting here drinking a cup of coffee made from Ritual Coffee Roasters beans. Specifically, made from Ethiopian Koke coffee plants. It really is kind of like coke: full bodied, slightly tart, w ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
La Colombe Torrefaction Opening on Lafayette Street on Monday
Lauren ShockeyLa Colombe Torrefaction, now even closer to The Village Voice! Coffee fans regularly flock to lower Lafayette Street to get their java fix at La Colombe Torrefaction (270 Lafayette Street, 212-625-1717), the Philadelphia-based coffee roaster that puts out a great cup of joe. Now ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
The Vagabond Cafe Opened, Sells Chocolate Chip Cookie Lattes
Lauren ShockeyWong might be the buzzier half of 7 Cornelia Street (212-989-3399), but we've recently become smitten with the Vagabond Cafe, located next door, and which opened a few weeks ago. Amid all the Starbucks and soulless coffee shops, this new cafe offers all that you need in a colle ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
My Five Favorite Coffees
Please don't say "But you forgot such and such brand!" I forgot nothing. These are my favorites, not a summary of every coffee ever made. And please forgive the fact that my tastes are on a grocery store level. I grew up sans pretensions--but I'd never grow up without coffee, three glorio ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Are Snobby Coffee Rules Made to Be Broken?
nate steiner/FlickrThird wave or reich?It's easy to roll one's eyes at some of the serious -- a/k/a "third-wave" -- coffee bars in this town. The New York Post today rounds up some of the major no-nos certain high-end coffee shops simply will not tolerate. Like, espresso to go. Or grinding fr ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Fork in the Road's Favorite Cup of Coffee
puuikibeach/Flickr It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and p ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
It's Hot. Drink Something Cold.
This is what a Google Image search for "ice tea" got us.Say what you will about the temperatures outside, it's a banner day for cold beverages. And as luck would have it, Harold McGee has taken the time to answer readers' questions about coffee and tea over at Diner's Journal. We recommend ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Battle of the Iced Coffees: Think Coffee vs. MUD Truck
Lauren ShockeyThink Coffee on the left, MUD Truck on the rightOn a day like today when the temperatures swell to unbearable levels, one mustn't spend much time outside. And if one must venture out into the steamy streets, it better be for an iced beverage. Spending more than five minutes o ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Take Your Java Jones East: Asian Instant Coffees
If you love the convenience of Starbucks VIA but find it a tad expensive for your instant-coffee needs ($10 for 12 sticks), pop over to your closest Chinese supermarket in Chinatown or Flushing to look for these cheap and tasty alternatives, by way of Southeast Asia. (IOG in Fresh Meadows, Qu ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Fort Greene Coffee Snobs, Rejoice: WTF Brings First-Rate Java to the Neighborhood (Baked Goods Coming Soon)
Chantal MartineauWTF? Espresso, silly.It used to be judged by the existence of a wine bar. Then, maybe, a cocktail lounge. Now, the way to be sure a neighborhood has arrived is when it gets a proper coffee bar. WTF in Fort Greene is serving not only excellent espresso prepared by skilled bari ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Is Nespresso's Kazaar Super-Strong Coffee Worth the Hype?
Little monster.The Nespresso boutique that opened in SoHo last week is set up like a café, but you'd have to be insane to actually use it as such. A latte at the cafe is $6.50; a chamomile tea is $5.50; a grilled tuna sandwich is $16. Espresso is $4. Meanwhile, at the boutique part upstairs, ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
Time to Freak, Coffee Snobs: New York Gets Über-Pricey Panamanian Beans
aliedwards/flickrQuite the cupping.It's no civet coffee -- you know, that crazy expensive coffee made from beans that have been pooped out of a tropical cat -- but beans grown by Hacienda la Esmeralda make nearly as coveted a cup joe.
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July 30, 2010
Coffee for the Very Patient: 18-Hour Slow-Drip 'Kyoto' Coffee
Oliver StrandThe creature Strand discovered Earlier today saw instant-gratification coffee delivered to the masses via an Italian espresso maestro handing out shots at Lincoln Center. Downtown, they make you wait: At month-old Caffetteria SoHo, Blue Bottle Coffee vets brew coffee at room ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Why I Give Starbucks A Fake Name
Order anything more complicated than a simple cup of coffee at Starbucks, and it happens. They want a name. For some of us, that's when the trouble starts. Recently, I realized that I wasn't the only one who had tired of being asked how to spell a name that people find difficult to handle ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Kahlúa Goes After Fancy Coffee Market, Turns Baristas into Mixologists
Kicking up your coffee, one shot of Kahlúa at a time.Coffee liqueurs are getting upgraded, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, with such new and forthcoming releases as Firelit Spirits Coffee Liqueur, made with coveted Blue Bottle coffee, and Heering Coffee Liqueur from the maker of Ch ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
Starbucks Introducing Vegan Frappuccinos
basheertome/FlickrNow with more vegans.Looks like Starbucks is heeding the clarion call most recently trumpeted by the food scientists at Chipotle: it's introducing vegan frappuccinos.
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March 19, 2010
A Photo Tour of Williamsburg's New Blue Bottle Coffee -- But What Is Missing?
"Jeez! This place is gigantic," a friend exclaimed as we stepped inside Blue Bottle. (Click on the pictures for a better view.) It being one of the nicest days of the century, a friend and I decided to go to Williamsburg to check out Blue Bottle Coffee, Oakland, CA's contribution to the New ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
The $4.25 Iced Coffee: Blue Bottle's 'Burg Debut
Behind these unassuming doors, does greatness lie? Wednesday was a benchmark moment for this city. In the great tradition of going to ridiculous lengths for pretty pedestrian things -- like waiting an hour just to score a $5 burger, or the blood sport of making reservations for a $30 burger ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
Rupert Murdoch: Won't Die Until WSJ Quenches Thirst for Sulzberger Milkshake with $100K Coffee
Good Media Magnate Monday Morning! screams New York's website with media reporter Gabriel Sherman's deliriously fun cover story of an old, cranky, combative, elbows-out Rupert Murdoch who basically wants to destroy the New York Times with his most recent purchase, the Wall Street Journal, be ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Poised to Delight Williamsburg Coffee Snobs
Blue Bottle Coffee CompanySome of Blue Bottle's wares. Caffeine cultists, rejoice: The Bay Area's feverishly fetishized Blue Bottle Coffee Company is coming to Williamsburg, perhaps as early as tomorrow. Diner's Journal reports that the Oakland, Calif.-based company is opening a coffee bar on ... More >>
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January 12, 2010
Roberta's and the Meat Hook Come Clean With Coffee Soap
Joe DiStefanoGoldie's: it will make you clean, and possibly wake you up.Add another course to the clean-living regimen otherwise known as the Fork in the Road Diet: Goldie's Brooklyn Beef Tallow Soap. In a true Brooklyn locavore (or should that be "lavavore"?) spirit, the handmade soap is a ... More >>
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December 27, 2009
Weekend Special: Christmas Leftovers
You've opened all your totally enjoyable presents, eaten literally thousands of decorated Christmas cookies, knocked back bumpers of nog and wassail--now's the time to sit back like Scrooge and take stock of the stranger Xmas apparitions...
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October 12, 2009
Stumptown: Excellent Coffee With a Shot of Hipster
A medium latte "I love that band!" exclaimed my tattooed, be-hatted barista to the other barista, who sported a jacket, tie, and bored expression. It is news to exactly no one that Stumptown Coffee in the Ace Hotel is a hotbed of hipster-dom, so hipster-ish, in fact, that it crosses the parod ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
Report From the Coffee Battlefield
The mellow, mellow Stumptown macchiato. While the name may sound like a retirement village for Civil War amputees, coffee aficionados know that Stumptown of Portland, Oregon, is one of the country's most respected coffee roasters and retailers, credited with revolutionizing the brewing of c ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Clip Job: Koch Cracks Down on Coffee Houses!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 5, 1964, Vol. X, No. 3City Takes Tough Line Vs. CafesA crackdown on coffee houses in the crowded MacDougal Street area was ordered Monday night by City Corporation Counsel Leo Larkin. City action will take the form of permanent injunc ... More >>
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July 24, 2009
Simon Sips, Now Without Simon
Michael Dominic/winetruth.net Simon Sips has lost its Simon. Seven months after opening the espresso and wine bar, which occupies the former Tasting Room space on East 1st Street, Simon Mammon has parted ways with his namesake operation. Mammon tells Fork in the Road that while the cause of his ... More >>
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July 2, 2009
Clip Job: When Poets Battled the Bureaucrats
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesApril 2, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 24City Softens Approach to Poets in CafesA vaguely positive ambiance resulted from last Wednesday's meeting between representatives of the City License Department and a delegation of poets whose readings at Le Metro, 1 ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
Healthier Ice Cream; Greener Coffee & A Dog Fight
Mark Bittman points to an article in the SF Chronicle by his friend Marion Nestle about the benefits--or lack thereof--of organic food. Nestle answers such questions as "Aren't organics elitist?" [NY Times] "In the dog-eat-dog restaurant business..." Iconic Chicago hot dog stand SuperDawg is taking ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
Gimme! Coffee CEO Tells How to Cold Brew Iced Coffee At Home
It seems like summer might never arrive, but in the hopes that it does, we thought we'd look into the best way to whip up iced coffee at home. Luckily, Kevin Cuddeback, the CEO of Gimme! Coffee, was on hand to advise. "[You can make] delicious iced coffee using standard home appliances," says Cudde ... More >>
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March 6, 2009
Those %#!& Tip Jar Inscriptions
photo courtesy of rottnpagan Of the many indignities suffered by consumers in the first decade of the 21st century, the tip jar inscription is not the largest, but it may be the most annoying. I got to thinking about the subject after a friend emailed me complaining about the enthusia ... More >>
Theater
February 4, 2009
Room for Cream Season One: The Box Set!
Downtown's favorite lesbian serial stirs it up again
Blogs
January 19, 2009
Clip Job: Coffee Houses 1, Police 0
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesDecember 28, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 10Coffee Houses 'Victorious'By J.R. GoddardGreenwich Village's entertainment-type coffee houses last week welcomed a new law which defines the establishments, provides them with special licensing, and removes the ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2008
Starbucks Has Ruined Our Economy!
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
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December 8, 2008
Roastarama!
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
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October 14, 2008
Clip Job: Harlan Ellison Reports from the Front Lines
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
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February 4, 2008
Serious Coffee Comes to Williamsburg
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2007
Manhattan's Best Iced Coffee
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2007
Our Favorite Kitchen Prank
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2007
Starbucks Wants to Dress You!
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
Film
September 26, 2006
'Black Gold'
Fuck you, Starbucks! For years you hypnotized Americans with your overpriced lattes, transfixing hordes of people to line up and pay huge wads of money on hot, silty shit with some foam on top and a fucking cinnamon stick in the middle. Their homes were being foreclosed, but these poor, thirsty cr ... More >>
NYC Life
December 13, 2005
Coffee Abuse
Starbucks Christmas Lattes: What the hell?
Music
May 24, 2005
One More Cup of CD for the Road
Starbucks boldly markets its mild music blend
Dance
April 27, 2004
Is That Spiritual Enlightenment, Or Just My Breakfast?
Starbucks boldly markets its mild music blend
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April 18, 2000
Rage Against the Caffeine
Reverend Billy Preaches the Anticorporate Gospel to Starbucks
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