Coffee Good

I wanna thank the good folks at Intelligentsia in Chicago, Victrola and Zoka in Seattle, Doma in Idaho, Supreme Bean in North Hollywood and La Mill in Alhambra for giving me the goods... I think I need a kidney transplant! Any volunteers?

Latte Art

After two years in Japan with no hands on an espresso machine, I'm begining to get my skills back


a triple latte

single shot 12 oz. latte

another triple latte

Mr. Marzocco

I've been working as a Barista at Fatty's in Eagle Rock and We'd been having some problems with the La Marzocco swift grinder.
Kent Bakke, of La Marzocco showed up and fixed it personally... huh huh...cool.

Kent's tip for a great espresso blend in Seattle: Lighthouse

I'm a man on a mission

This blog will chronicle my adventures in bringing world class coffee and espresso to Los Angeles.
I'm currently scouting locations and generally getting my self organized.

The state of coffee in L.A. is pretty bad! I could count on one hand the number of coffeeshops in So. California that care at all about the quality, taste and presentation of the coffee that they serve.

Tonight on KNBC news at 5pm there will be a news story on independent coffee shops in L.A. and their fight against the mega-chains... I hope they find someone newsworthy!

This is a call to all the coffee geeks, espresso fanatics, baristas and other freaks out there to make your thoughts heard and a call to anyone else who wants to be a part of the movement to bring Seattle quality to L.A.