Category Archives: coffee

Looking for coffee shops in NY

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, [...]

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 [...]