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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

Posted in coffee Tagged la, laveta, los angeles, manila, purple, specialty coffee, ube, yam

Four Ways to Increase Safety During CoronaVirus While Still Supporting Coffee Shops We Love.

Posted on March 15, 2020 by cde

Four Ways to Increase Safety During CoronaVirus While Still Supporting Coffee Shops We Love.

Posted in coffee Tagged coffee shops, coronavirus, federal reserve, quarantine, single use, social distancing, specialty coffee, to-go

coffee.: ‘Black Mamba’, The Drink Close to the Home that Kobe Built.

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 by cde

in honor, a coffee date with the drink ‘Black Mamba’, The Drink Close to the Home that Kobe Built.

Posted in coffee Tagged black mamba, dt, dtla, kobe, little tokyo, specialty coffee, staples center

culture cooler.: Konbi at Coachella, $1.50 Coffee at Augusta National, Coffee Before The Time of Guava Island

Posted on April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 by cde

culture cooler.: Konbi at Coachella, $1.50 Coffee at Augusta National, and Coffee Before The Time of Guava Island

Posted in current culture Tagged atalnta, camber coffee, childish gambino, coachella, Donald Glover, echo park, guava island, jooyeon jeon, konbi, la palma y el tucan, rihanna, sea boston, specialty coffee, steeped, stepped

coffee.: cappuccino, The Sweetest Bloom,Maru Coffee, Los Feliz

Posted on March 10, 2017March 14, 2017 by cde

coffee.: cappuccino, The Sweetest Bloom,Maru Coffee, Los Feliz

Posted in coffee Tagged cafe, cappuccino, Korea, Los Felix, maru, specialty coffee

Protected: The Coffee Stories > Café Demitasse, March 3, 2016

Posted on March 3, 2017March 29, 2017 by cde

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in coffee Tagged cafe demitasse, coffee shop, hollywood, opening, roaster, specialty coffee

Interview..: BrandyWine Coffee Roasters: The Brand with The Beans and The Bags.

Posted on February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 by cde

Illustrating the peoples way to good coffee one bag a time. Tpdd Purse, Brandywine Coffee Roasters

Posted in art Tagged bag, branding, brandywine, coffee, illustration, packaging, roasters, specialty coffee

Interview.: Melissa, Everybodys Busy, Chicago

Posted on June 15, 2016June 17, 2016 by cde

Interview.: Melissa, Everybodys Busy, Chicago

Posted in current culture Tagged cart, chicago, everybodys busy, popup, specialty coffee

Interview.: Christina Hardy, Kivu Coffee, The Congo

Posted on May 27, 2016December 31, 2019 by cde

Interview, Kivu Coffee, Christina Hardy, The Democratic Republic of Congo

Posted in coffee Tagged christina hardy, congo, kivu coffee, saveur du kivu, specialty coffee, square mile, the drc, twin trading

music.: Mixtape, A Butler Riding Shotgun, USBC 2016

Posted on April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 by cde

music, a mixtape of the 2016 champ Lem Butler and the U.S. barista finalists.

Posted in coffee Tagged lem butler, music, specialty coffee, usbc 2016

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coffee. culture. sustainability.
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celebrating TEN years and counting.

C O F F E E T O G R A P H E R
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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