Coffee

One Night As An Espresso Rockstar. Sort of.

May 3, 2012

“Want to learn to make coffee like a pro? Pull the perfect shot? Steam milk to glassy perfection? Pour latte art? Purchase this perk and you and a friend will get a 3 hour one-on-one session with one of our expert baristas.” Uh, yeah? I saw that a few months ago when I was checking [...]

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Going Further into Coffee Nerd-dom

April 1, 2012

One time ages ago I was at Barefoot Coffee Roasters in Santa Clara getting the kind of mocha that tends to make me weep from joy, when I picked up a bag of beans that sounded pretty good. It was called “Redcab” and hailed from Brazil. The description read: “Warm spice and subtle floral notes [...]

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Coffee Adventures in Oakland OR: The Makings of a Coffee Snob

February 5, 2012

A new cafe opened up in Oakland, mere minutes away from work. The cafe advertised the fact that they were using the beans of a local, popular coffee roaster. Not going to lie to you folks, I was excited about yet another coffee place opening up within walking distance to work. So I went to [...]

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Fasting Realizations – Necesito Qahwa

August 8, 2011

I’m going tell you all something that I figured out while fasting. Some of you may have already realized this on my behalf. My entire life revolves around coffee. Okay, okay, maybe I’m exaggerating (I”m a big fan of hyperbole, which is like the coolest, awesomest thing ever!) but it kind of sort of does. [...]

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On a Path Paved with… Coffee

April 28, 2011

I like coffee. Did I mention that? I realize I rarely write about anything coffee related despite the ‘caffeinated’ in the moniker so I think I want to change that and write about coffee now and then. If you’re still reading, thanks! So today I read an article about the perfect way to use a [...]

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What if I Couldn’t Have Coffee? An Elseworlds Tale

January 25, 2011

I used to take Arabic classes in San Francisco but took a break after a couple of years and just started up Arabic again, this time a “Speaking Arabic” class at Ta’leef Collective in Fremont, a local Islamic institution. In class last night, the teacher was going over a few things and brought up the [...]

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Coffee In Oz

October 3, 2010

So, I went to Australia for two weeks and I came back this past Wednesday. Before I even had a trip to Australia planned out, when it was all still wishful thinking, I found out that Australia has a thing for coffee. If you know me or if you were able to crack the code [...]

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Drinking Coffee = Embracing the Muslim Culture

February 6, 2009

I was reading through Al’ America: Travels Through America’s Arab and Islamic Roots by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Jonathan Curiel for a site I blog for and thought I would share something with you all. Did you know that coffee originated from the Arabian peninsula in the 1400s? Yes, indeed. In fact, one sect of [...]

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