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| She's heard the stories ad nauseum. Hyperbole on my part? Skepticism is warranted. |
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| This coffee makes me so friggin excited! |
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| My usual order. Three of the most high octane roasts and blends that they make. |
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| For my brother who loves anything and everything Kona. |
1330 Pacific Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (831) 459-0100
This is my favorite coffee place. Period. Central Coast California knows how to roast beans for straight up drip coffee. This is something I really have yet to see in Seattle. Everything is espresso roast here and many places are very good at it, but when I find a light roast here it's always a little sour and, well, kinda nasty.
The Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company isn't the only place in the Bay Area that knows how to roast beans properly. There are probably dozens of places that do it well for drip purposes. Blue Bottle being the one that jumps to mind first.
66 Mint St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 495-3394
The thing with both of these roasters and their cafes is that they serve "pour over" cups of drip coffee. It's literally drip coffee. A melita filter is filled up with grounds and hot water is poured over the coffee and into your cup. Gravity, moisture and heat. It really doesn't get more simple than that! And if you want to get yourself very much wide awake, this is the best way to do it. It affords a level of control over your coffee that you just don't get via any other brewing method.
Want your coffee a little weaker? Pour it quickly.
Want your coffee a little stronger? Pour the water over the grounds in small, slow waves.
Here. Watch how it's done.
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