onocoffee Senior Member Joined: 5 Sep 2002 Posts: 727 Location: Towson, Maryland Expertise: Just starting
Espresso: La Marzocco Linea 2AV, 3AV &... Grinder: 4 Mazzer Major Autos, Compak... Vac Pot: That crazy Bodum eSantos Drip: Bunn CWT Twin, Bunn Water... Roaster: Petroncini The Crumb
Posted Wed Mar 14, 2007, 3:25pm Subject: Re: Coffee In Baltimore
JV- If you do end up having the time to visit, you can take the MTA to Towson and visit our Spro Coffee kiosk inside the Towson Public Library on the 3rd floor.
Our coffee is roasted by John Sanders of Hines Public Market Coffee in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is shipped to us weekly. I'm actually writing this entry from my home but I'll post again tomorrow to let you know what coffees we have available.
And yes, if you are unable to visit, we can send you coffee via USPS or UPS Ground.
But if you are able to visit:
Spro Coffee Baltimore County Public Library 320 York Road Towson, MD 21204 410-296-0023
The_Mighty_Bean Senior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 458 Location: Bowie, MD Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: "Beauty" (the gentle and... Grinder: Gi-normous Rossi RR45; 100... Vac Pot: I just got lectured about... Drip: French press purist, have a... Roaster: Borrowed HearthWare...
Posted Wed Mar 14, 2007, 5:27pm Subject: Re: Coffee In Baltimore
I'll vouch for Jay's new joint. Spro has some amazing new drinks and the espresso is the same liquid caramel with perfect latte art. The new hires are up to the standard of the old. :)
counting Senior Member Joined: 8 May 2005 Posts: 823 Location: Baltimore, MD
Posted Thu Mar 15, 2007, 8:58am Subject: Re: Artifact Coffee
No demerits for Ryan.
Thinks got crankin. Hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-Fri and 8-4 Sat-Sun. Synesso, Mazzer Kony, French Press. Espresso is CCC Aficionado, "for here" only and I suppose the same would be true for macchiatos and con panna. French Press is Finca Mauritania. This guy might be called hard-core serious if he weren't so good-humored.
This lovely brick-interior shop has been open for maybe a week, maybe a little more or a little less, so please don't give ANY serious consideration to anything I say. The owner, Spike, produced an espresso with a lot of crema, very sweet, very nice - how did the rumor get started that good coffee is bitter? Macchiato is the Jay Caragay-Bronwen Serna type, I loved it. I enjoyed the French Press a lot, but I can't say a lot about it because I am an abominable taster.
I have never had a latte. It's true, folks, I never have, but the drink menu has something called a Dulce Latte that surely will change my mind. Spike makes his own caramel and chocolate sauces, so the Dulce Latte is his coffee version of Dulce Leche. I'll try this next time.
Drop in if you can, welcome the staff to the community, and wish them well.
Clipper Park, by the way, is a development that is still being built out, in place of one of the old Jones Falls mills. Interesting shops, I enjoyed walking around.
JV Senior Member Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 159 Location: Maryland Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: La Marzocco 2EE Grinder: 2 Mazzer Major's, Mahlkoenig... Drip: French Press
Posted Thu Mar 15, 2007, 2:40pm Subject: Re: Artifact Coffee
Finally. ha. now i have two places i can get 'real' coffee. woo hhoo. all this brings tears of joy. haha. I will make sure to check them out tomorrow morning/midday. Do you happen to have the number of Artifact? I'll be buying lots of CCC Aficionado. And of course Murky's Dulce...so no worries. They are both great blends. cheers. and thanks.
my mazzer major will be having a glorious grinding..haha
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