I’m looking for great local coffee shops in New York, specifically around Manhattan. Desired features: Good coffee. Good people watching. Not a Starbucks or other chain, please. A place that says “I’m a local New York coffee shop.” Not literally though. Talking buildings freak me out. Please post a comment if you have any suggestions, [...]
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Live Search is Lost
If you search for “instant coffee” on Microsoft’s search.live.com, my “Instant Coffee == Instant Yuck” appears in the top 50 results. Which is a shame. My post basically says, “Instant coffee bad, home roasted coffee beans good.” I don’t think anyone searching for “instant coffee” really cares about that. They probably want to research or [...]
Instant Coffee == Instant Yuck
I’m out of roasted coffee beans, bummer. My caffeine habit won’t let me go without, so after scrounging around the kitchen I found some Folger’s instant. “Eh, how bad could it be?” I figured. Bad. Very Bad. Even heavily doctored Bad. After brushing my teeth twice I still can’t get the taste out of my [...]