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coffee.: An Ube Latte Takes Me to Manila and Back

Posted on May 12, 2020October 19, 2020 by cde

drinking an ube latte in la is a trip to manila

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sustainability.: In Convo with Bobby Roshan, a Year of Eliminating Cafe Waste

Posted on December 30, 2019December 31, 2019 by cde

sustainability.: In Conversation with Bobby Roshan After a Year of Eliminating Cafe Waste

Posted in coffee Tagged cafe demitasse, design by freedom, la, recycle, sustainability Leave a comment

sustainability.: Batches of Light

Posted on December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 by cde

sustainability.: Batches of Light

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about a…brand: notNeutral, Los Angeles, California

Posted on October 18, 2019February 19, 2021 by cde

about a… rose colored glass that encourages multiple use. #sustainability

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A Guide to 15 of My Favorite L.A. Coffee Shops

Posted on June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 by cde

but first, a list

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coffeetography.: Soh, near La Colombe Coffee at Photoville,

Posted on May 8, 2019August 1, 2019 by cde

coffeetography.: Soh, near La Colombe Coffee at Photoville,

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art.: Hang in the Barker Hangar for Photo L.A.

Posted on January 30, 2019February 4, 2019 by cde

When it comes to consuming art, one doesn’t have to travel to Basel, Venice or Miami to peruse some of what the art world has to offer. Instead they can loiter in the heart of Santa Monica where Photo L.A. 2019 will occur.

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journal.: to be a young coffee in this world. at Its Highly Likely, Los Angeles, CA.

Posted on May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 by cde

i have a young coffee at the new Its Highly Likely and its good!

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coffeetography.: ’35 mm’, near G&B Coffee, Downtown, LA.

Posted on May 1, 2018 by cde

coffeetography.: ’35 mm’, near G&B Coffee, Downtown, LA.

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music.: mixtape, Who’s Got Your May Flowers?, April 30, 2018

Posted on April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 by cde

music.: mixtape, Who’s Got Your May Flowers?, April 30, 2018

Posted in los angeles, music Tagged bru coffee bar, california, document coffee bar, dtla, hi honey, KTown, kuarto, la, long beach, los feliz, love car bar, music, recreational coffee, santa monica, silverlake, the assembly, the grind, venice, weho Leave a comment

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I believe travel can restore our faith in humankin I believe travel can restore our faith in humankind as soon as it’s nearly stolen from us. just after one woman nearly ripped my camera from me, these two ‘sisters’ gave me back more than what I could have lost. 
new story on the zine. #coffeetographer
sweeter times? are we expounding on the memories sweeter times?

are we expounding on the memories of our recent times past? the places we liked to go. the dirty subways we rode. the dates we didn’t show up to, and still didn’t call? the letters we never wrote.

are we reminiscing on the moments that we were so consumed with documenting, that we didn’t live them? or, were we documenting them because we were besotted with living them?

are we remembering what was, simply because what was, may never be again? so then, what do we make now, what do we do now, what do we document now? will this time become what was, maybe what we wished we’d done? 
this was the first time I had an ube latte. the only other time I had something with ube in it, was previously in Manila in November of 2019. that time, I was given an ube ice cream by some friends, while on top of a grassy mountain. I can still smell the grass my heels sank into and I can still hear the buktots playing. 
when I met with the violet yam on the menu of this coffee shop, it brought me back to that memory which I didn’t photograph.

I remember this concrete slab and setting this drink on It, before I even sipped it. I remember all eyes looking at me, the girl putting her drink on the floor, to capture this first, regardless of what the drink tasted like. I wanted to preserve its formation before my lips disrupted it. 
now, life as we know it, is super warped. 
are we living only to have an epoch make us desiderate what was? disrupt what is, that lasts forever, so do first times. #coffeetographer
confinement is over in Paris and coffee shops are confinement is over in Paris and coffee shops are reopening, creating a new normal sending love to France and coffee speed to all the intimate spaces, talented baristas and cafe owners back on the coffee front lines.
where was I, when I became occupied with the hair where was I, when I became occupied with the hair combed behind his ears, his eyes, averted from facing me and yet fixated on the the liquid, rilling from a centuries old pot, ladling chai into a disposable mortar cup? 
today, the answer to this question exists in a current story on my webzine. moving forward, I’ll be posting less content here about what appears there and more content in a bi-weekly newsletter. 
to build community and more intimacy offline, these one page, monthly newsletters will be micro stories: on people, wellness, cultural fancies and of course, coffee that I’m head over cups into.

it will also provide a safer space to share images, foster things like a book club and launch special projects with you directly. 
i’ll still see you here, more in my newsletter and always at the coffeetographer dot com. 
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