Posted Fri Feb 27, 2004, 7:50pm Subject: Re: Global Trends....
Global Blends is Third Wave, Red Rock Second Wave (when it comes to quality espresso). Dana St coffee house on Dana St in downtown Mountain View is Second Wave but they roast their own beans ($9.75/lbs) which make quite a good espresso on my Ziffaro.
Global Blends sometimes has Stumptown Hairbender beans but I prefer Abruzzo. They charge $13/lbs for beans which is similar if I would order two pounds of Hairbender beans + S&H from Stumptown.
Barefoot Coffee Roasters on Stevens Creek blvd, also Third Wave when it comes to espresso, has a new excellent espresso called Bossa Nova. Similar to the high quality ristretto/espresso at the top coffee houses in Seattle (or maybe even better). Barefoot Coffee Roasters blends and roasts their own beans. The owner Andy told me they they might have a Barista Jam in the Spring. Hope so.
Posted Wed Mar 3, 2004, 2:53pm Subject: Re: Global Trends....
I believe i was the one who helped you that day. Im glad you enjoyed ur espresso. Just for kicks...its Global Blends not Global Trends...and we are much better then Red Rock. When I moved into the area only 2 months ago I went to all of the coffee shops on Castro to see which one I would like to work at and Global Blends is by far the best =).
As Coral said we sometimes have Hairbender and Abruzzo espresso, but we also have Del Norte which i find very easy to work with. The taste of hairbender and Abruzzo is amazing, but they can sometimes be alittle touchy =).
Also, Barefoot Coffee Roasters on Stevens Creek blvd is awsome too. Ive been there on occation, go check them out when u have a chance. (im not the global blens spokes person, just an honest opinion who works there)
If you have any questions or comments about Global Blends I would be happy to answer at the best of my knowlege.
So in the San Francisco Bay Area, Starbucks, Peets and the zillions of independent coffee houses are Second Wave. Then there are a few coffee houses like Global Blends and Barefoot Coffee Roasters who make far superior espresso and they are Third Wave.
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